Daniel Lubetzky

At the close of OneVoice’s delegation to Israel and the West Bank, participants met with Israeli celebrities such as Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, Lior Shlein (of the popular TV show State of the Union), Meirav Michaeli (a journalist from Haaretz and former TV actor), and Shlomo Baraba (a theatre actor).

Read this article, written by OneVoice’s Ivan Karakashian, to see more about participants reflections on their previous meetings and on the peace process at large.

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Thinking Fast and Slow, a book about the dual system in our brain that informs human thinking, received a great review from the WSJ.  Check out this article to learn about Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky’s fascinating work.

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Optimists and Pessimists both die the same way. They just live differently.
- Shimon Peres, Israeli President

Check out this great Haaretz article describing OneVoice’s delegation and the group’s quest for unity and peace.  As Daniel put it: 

“On the one hand, there has been a collective understanding that we know less (than we thought we did) about the issues at hand, and on the other hand there has been an appreciation for the challenges before us and a real determination to bridge these gaps.”  Sounds like the delegation was extremely productive!

by Adeena Schlussel

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The OneVoice delegation caught the attention of the Jerusalem Post, for its important meeting with President Shimon Peres.  Over the course of the meeting, Daniel, Jason Alexander, and the delegation’s prominent business leaders spoke about ways to achieve peace in the region, the need to respect opposing leaders, and a vision to unite the myriad of opinions.  It is definitely worth checking out this article.

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Check out this clip from Israeli channel 2 news featuring an interview with Jason Alexander, Tal Harris and Samer Makhlouf in which the group discussed an array of poignant topics from the delegation to Gilad Shalit to the peace process.

by Adeena Schlussel

OneVoice’s high profile delegation to the Middle East, led by Daniel and Jason Alexander, is off to a great start and the international media has been noticing, as you can see here, here, and here, to name a few.  (Unfortunately, the poor sound quality of this clip only  emphasizes the funny question at the end, and not the substantive conversations that took place.)

At the Knesset, Shimon Peres had deep conversations with the group as to how to achieve peace in the region (and even joked around a little).  According to a Reuters article, during the meeting Peres defended Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad- after criticism from ultranationalist  leader Avigdor Lieberman- exemplifying the open minded attitude that Israeli and Palestinian leaders should embody to reach a solution.

Aside from spending time with the top level government, the group will be meeting with OneVoice’s Israeli and Palestinian youth leaders who will be sure to offer unique perspectives of the challenges on the ground.

By Adeena Schlussel

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Martha Stewart’s Everyday Living lauded KIND Healthy Grains for its whole grains and “good-for-you mix-ins.” The magazine favors KIND Healthy Grains over alternative granolas for being gluten free, low in sugar and fat, and for its perfect cluster size that allows for eating by the handful.

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Click this image and keep your eyes affixed on the dot and not remove your eyes from the dot in the middle of the picture.  After the clock counts down, so long as you keep your eyes affixed on the dot, the castle picture will look like it’s in color instead of black and white…

With the lack of leadership in Washington, it is comforting to know there is creativity and bold leadership coming from business entrepreneurs who want to contribute towards improving society.  Take a look at this article about Howard Schultz’s efforts to generate jobs for America.  This is a harbinger for the increasing role that enlightened capitalists will play in the future to address social challenges we face.  As business pervades more and more in our daily lives, market forces and good corporate brands will be able to play increasing leadership roles – even as politicians get co-opted by special interests and petty extremist politics.

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