Contents

Forewords from the Director-General and the Editors         A snapshot of Jewish history and ties to the Land of Israel.         Renowned Jewish educator Avraham Infeld offers five pillars of consensus for the Jewish people. Pick three and we win.         Eight of the dozens of ways in which human-made miracles wrought in Israel changed the lives of the Jewish people and humankind.         Israel’s universities as world leaders in academic research         The revival of spoken Hebrew as a case study in determination         Immigrant absorption and the creation of a national identity         A Jewish civic culture evolves         The secrets behind Israel's hi-tech miracle         Phenomenal strides in science and medicine, by David Kaplan         Jewish learning develops and deepens, by Reuven Spero         A taste of Israel changes Jewish education         Rabbi David Hartman , Jewish thinker and educator, Debbie Weissman , Jewish educator and activist; Hillel Halkin , renowned author and translator, provoke us with their thoughts on being Jewish and the State of Israel. Recent olah Karen Eichinger shares first-hand experiences.