Shoshana Weiner of Long Island, New York, has been a volunteer firefighter for 12 years. In addition to firefighting, Weiner’s day job includes working as a nurse practitioner at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and as a paramedic instructor at St. John’s University in Queens. Tazpit News Agency caught up (literally) with Weiner during her vacation in Israel, where she took the time to volunteer with the Petah Tikvah fire department, answering some brush fires and dealing with hazardous …More

Rob Lattin is Jspace News' Foreign Affairs Correspondent. In addition to covering foreign affairs for Jspace, Rob is a blogger on Israeli and Middle Eastern foreign policy for the Foreign Policy Association, as well as a freelance writer. He can be reached by email at rob@jspacecorp.com. Everyone in the United States knows there is something inherently wrong with the college system in regards to the maturity level of our undergraduate college students. Yes, college is a great time, but these days unless you are …More

Over 800 world Women’s International Zionist Organization leaders from 40 countries will convene in Israel next week for the 25th Enlarged General Meeting of World WIZO. Representatives from the United States, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Jamaica, Brazil, India and Chile, among others, will discuss the main issues confronting the Jewish people and Israeli society under the banner, "Creating a New Tomorrow." An Enlarged General Meeting of WIZO, the largest women’s …More