Yonatan Sredni

Raised in Palo Alto, Ca. Yonatan has lived in Israel since 1994. His engaging articles, which often blend Torah with current events and pop culture, have been published in The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Israel National News, and NoCamels.com.

 Picture of San Francisco 49ers' Brock Purdy

Brock Purdy's journey from 'Mr. Irrelevant' to NFL spotlight reflects Israel's resilience - opinion

 ‘AS I CONTINUE on my path to full recovery, I can’t help but contemplate the story of that last group of surviving Israelites in their 40th year in the wilderness,’ says the writer.

Tu B'Av: A love of life and of Israel - opinion

SOWING SEEDS: The WIZO of the 1920s birthed the WIZO Executive of 2020. (Top: Kfir Sivan; Bottom: Court

The history of WIZO and Tu Bishvat


WIZO celebrates centenary by continuing to go from strength to strength

Entering its centennial year, World WIZO President Esther Mor shares the keys to the success of Israel’s largest social organization.

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WIZO’s global partners

Arriving in Israel for the annual Meeting of Representatives, four international WIZO federation presidents weigh in on the challenges of being 21st-century female Zionist leaders in the Diaspora.

World WIZO chairwoman, Prof. Rivka Lazovsky (right) at the WIZO Olive Tree exhibition

The people’s chair

Presiding over World WIZO, a network of 800 projects serving hundreds of thousands of children, youth and women across Israel, chairperson Rivka Lazovsky is in the business of changing lives

RIVKA LAZOVSKY visits a WIZO day-care center on the first day of school

Family Day: A salute to wonder women

No offense to Gal Gadot, but these wonder women come in all ages, sizes, and from all backgrounds.

Gal Gadot stars as the fierce Amazon warrior princess out to save the world in ‘Wonder Woman'

Tu Bishvat: The ‘giving’ trees

The concept of “giving trees” has existed in the Jewish tradition for centuries.

BORDER POLICEMEN plant trees for Tu Bishvat in the Arazim Valley near Jerusalem in 2013.

Lag Ba’omer: From Bibi to Bogie to Boujie

As former IDF chief of staff Ya’alon knows full well that at the start of basic training in the IDF new recruits are taught how to address their commanding officers.

A bonfire during Lag Ba'omer festivities in Bnei Brak

Tu Bishvat: From tree planting to planet saving

HomeBiogas has developed a self-assembled backyard biogas system that turns kitchen waste and livestock manure into usable cooking gas and liquid fertilizer.

The Homebiogas unit turns organic waste into garden fertilizer and cooking gas.

Where’s the fire? A pitch for Lag Ba’omer

On Lag Ba’omer, for one night a year, we put away our mobile phones and laptops (which are not safe to have around a bonfire anyway) and relate to one another as human beings.

A bonfire seen on Lag Ba'omer

Putting the PR in Purim

In both the worlds of PR and Purim, it’s rare to find people like MK Uri Orbach

The reading of Megilat Esther at the Western Wall last year.

From seedlings to start-ups

Perhaps that’s the real essence of the holiday of Tu Bishvat. It’s not enough to just talk about it, you have to experience it.

 A winding road: The roundabout, manipulative nature of political discourse.