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Articles
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‘Charging’ Down the Drag
Tel Aviv-Yafo is paving the way for electric roads of tomorrow
By David E. Kaplan
Tel Aviv-Yafo lives up to its reputation as “A City on the Move” by introducing its first electric road. Looking ‘down the road’, we explore an environmentally friendlier future following this latest ‘smart move’.
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The Right Kind of Notorious
By Rolene Marks
Small in physical stature, we pay tribute to this towering legal giant and Jewish, feminist icon who imagined a new world and worked to make it happen. Chapeau to the “Notorious RBG”.
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Major Contributing ‘Faktor’
The Entebbe Raid of 1976 revisited
By David E. Kaplan
This month’s passing of a former South African doctor in Israel, brought back memories of one of the most successful rescue operations in history, when Israel mounted a daring night-time raid on Uganda’s Entebbe airport to free the hostages held by pro-Palestinian terrorists. Amongst the medical team was one intrepid Dr. Jossy Faktor.
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