Party 424 metres below the sea Each year, there is a rave at the lowest point on Earth – in Israel. Approximately 13,000 people party from 7pm until 7am the following morning. The venue, in the Masada Heritage Park, is 424m below sea level and stands…
Israel’s history Part 2 – The Arab historical connection with Palestine In this 4-part series, Professor Dov Bing examines the historic connections of Jews and Muslims to Israel and the more contemporary establishment of the State of Israel. Part 1 concerned the indigenous Jewish presence in the land. Part 2 examines…
Israel featured in Wine Spectator Magazine Wine is an integral part of Jewish culture; “the fruit of the vine” is one of the seven species named in the Torah as the main produce of the land of Israel. Each week on shabbat, and for many Jewish…
Israel’s history part 1 – The indigenous Jewish presence in Israel/Palestine In this 4-part series, Professor Dov Bing examines the historic connections of Jews and Muslims to Israel and the more contemporary establishment of the State of Israel. Part 1 concerns the indigenous Jewish presence. The Indigenous Jewish Presence In Israel/Palestine…
Thou must rejoice in temporary housing If your neighbours have built a hut and start shaking leaves around while chanting and singing with joy, especially if this is happens between the evening of 16 Oct through to 23 Oct, it is most likely that they are…
Anti-Semitism 101 — A case study Yesterday a Shalom.Kiwi reader, Natalie Owen, posted a series of hate-filled anti-Semitic rants in response to one of Shalom.Kiwi’s articles. Normally these kinds of abusive rants would be removed, but on this occasion we thought they served a useful purpose in…
Flotilla became ‘Ship Of Fools’ The sovereign integrity of states is one of those building blocks on which the modern world operates. It is a guiding tenet of international law, and one of the founding principles of the United Nations. In the case of Israel’s protection of…
RNZ airs unbalanced anti-Israel tirade on Afternoon Panel show [UPDATED on 7 October 2016 to include a statement from Colliers International CEO as well as a link to the RNZ interview with Dr David Cumin of the New Zealand Jewish Council – see the bottom of this article.] RNZ has once…
The mutating virus: Understanding anti-Semitism Watch and read the speech given by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks at the European Parliament on 27 Sept 2016 at a conference entitled “The Future of the Jewish communities in Europe”. The hate that begins with Jews never ends with…
NZ praises Israel at Global Education Summit in Jerusalem New Zealand’s Education Minister, Hon. Hekia Parata, was in Jerusalem attending the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Global Education Summit, organised jointly with Israel’s Education Ministry and the European Union. She commended Israel for its “undiluted focus on…
Not all Māori on board with Marama Green M.P. Marama Davidson’s involvement with the “Peace Boat” to Gaza is purportedly to raise awareness of the struggle of women in Gaza. However, Davidson has involved herself in one of the world’s most intractable conflicts without attempting to understand…
When a Zionist went to Ramallah: You won’t believe what she found As a Jewish Zionist it is easy enough to believe that all Palestinians hate me, they see Israel as the source of all their suffering, and they believe that Jews do not belong there. It’s not hard to find evidence…
Life-saving Israeli tech coming to Kiwi roads soon The problem of foreign drivers straying on to the wrong side of the road and killing or injuring other motorists is a vexed one. Tourism is now our biggest income earner and our economy needs the dollars, pounds and yen:…