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3rd Issue


From the Editor
A few words from Leon Fine, editor of Kaleidoscope magazine, on Issue 3.
Leon Fine
Jun 26


Remembering Stanley Fischer
Kaleidoscope remembers one of Habonim’s most accomplished alumni who passed away on May 31st 2025 New York Times obituary of June...
New York Times Obituary
Jun 25


The Voices in My Head: Reflections on South Africa, Israel, Palestine, Gaza
by Stephen Clingman June 24, 2025 This essay is dedicated to the memory of Alon Confino. At around 7 pm on October 7th, 2023, I arrived...
Stephen Clingman
Jun 24


The Israeli Peace Movement
by Meir Margalit June 24, 2025 In this age of barbarism, the peace movement is going through the most critical moment of its existence...
Meir Margalit
Jun 24


Composer and Virtuoso Violinist, Ittai Shapira, Writes and Performs for Kaleidoscope
June 23, 2025 The composition and audio performance of “Virtuoso Variations”, can be played by clicking on the below arrow. Editor’s...
Ittai Shapira
Jun 23


Innovation: Africa and the Mwendo* Group: Empowering African Communities with Water, Education, and Health
by Terry Kessel and Sivan Yaari June 23, 2025 “ In Chalenga Village, I met Mary, a mother of three who told me that before the...
Terry Kessel
Jun 23


Heuristic Thinking: Why Our Brains Take Shortcuts
by Professor Owen Epstein June 22, 2025 Heuristics are mental shortcuts, like the autopilot mode on a plane. Instead of calculating every...


The Red and the Black
by Emanuel Derman June 22, 2025 This article is extracted from “Brief Hours and Weeks: My Life as a Capetonian” by Emanuel Derman. ...
Emanuel Derman
Jun 22


The Responsibility to Remember – Remember Responsibly: Hitkansut, A Ritual Gathering for Yom HaShoah
by Michal Govrin June 21, 2025 A Personal Note I am a woman and mother who lives in Jerusalem. I am also the daughter of a survivor....
Michal Govrin
Jun 21


The Violin Journey
by Basil Porter June 20, 2025 To the Editor. In the trying times in which we now live in Israel, I am led to recall a set of occurrences...
Basil Porter
Jun 20
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