http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/blog.cgi?q=1&s=5 en http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/images/logo.jpg http://www.sderotmedia.org.il http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=933&q=1&s=5 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:21:46 To our families, friends, and visitors from around the world SHANA TOVA and THANK YOU!! As the New Year approaches, please stop for a moment and think about the challenges, Sderot and southern Israel are facing. Imagine the day-to day living on the borders of Hamas- controlled Gaza. Most of the Israelis living on this border are threatened by Iran and its terrorist allies. The Sderot Media Center has taken upon itself the ambitious goal of speaking to the global public. We are willing to...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=911&q=1&s=5 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:53:26 Exclusive for Sderot Media Center Dawn breaks on the city of Sderot; it's a Shabbat, the day of rest. But as they say, there's no rest for the wicked. Some found that it would be fun to play "alarm clock" with the people of Sderot. It's six o'clock AM when “Tseva Adom” alarm echoes across the city. Getting out of bed is an afterthought for most. Yet the head does not quite stay on the pillow when a sound, as loud as a clap of thunder, rips through the air. It is a...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=787&q=1&s=5 Tue, 31 May 2011 09:38:35 "Testimony", the opening film at the Cinema South Film Festival, tells only one side of the story and is no more than propaganda that is a direct continuation of the campaign to de-legitimize the State of Israel. Furthermore, the very fact that it was chosen as the opening film of the Sderot Festival events, is no more than a political statement on the part of the Festival's organizers. The Cinema South Film Festival - An Unnecessary Political Statement The Cinema South Film...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=785&q=1&s=5 Sun, 22 May 2011 11:53:38 נוכחות הארגונים J Street ו-BDS גוברת ברחבי הקמפוסים בארה"ב בפרט ובעולם בכלל - מה שמוביל להיחלשות היכולת של סטודנטים יהודיים לשקול בצורה אובייקטיבית את העובדות בסכסוך הישראלי-פלשתיני. איפה ההסברה הישראלית?. "מרכז תקשורת חברתית שדרות" נחלץ לתקן את המעוות. בסוף מרס 2011 המשטר...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=784&q=1&s=5 Sun, 22 May 2011 04:42:46 As I celebrated Israel's Independence Day last week, I did so warily. Recalling the night before, the 25,310 Israeli soldiers and civilians who died for this country during the past 63 years of its existence, makes one realize that independence cannot be taken for granted. Independence Day in Israel always falls the day after the country's Memorial Day to underscore the sacrifices made for the survival of this state. It is also the day when I recall my childhood visits to my grandmother's...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=782&q=1&s=5 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:19:13 The combination of unfair media characterizations and the infamous Goldstone Report issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has caused Israel to face tremendous struggles in dealing with the claims made about what took place during Operation Cast Lead. Israeli diplomats and lecturers have been labeled as “war criminals” and at times, speakers have been prevented from addressing different venues. The ramifications of the lies presented by the media, along with the...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=776&q=1&s=5 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:45:52 http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=761&q=1&s=5 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:38:04 http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=745&q=1&s=5 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:24:07 http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=740&q=1&s=5 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:41:36 “This most impressive work is a valuable publication that presents a comprehensive picture of the many acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens.” Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset “Giulio Meotti’s book recounts in detail the kinds of terrorist attacks to which Israel has been repeatedly subjected, and which threaten the rest of the civlized world if we collectively do not take the threat seriously and respond effectively.” John...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=738&q=1&s=5 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:41:12 Watching trauma through the lens of a camera This is the first part of a New Voices series on Sderot. Find the second part of the series . The chapel at my Episcopalian boarding school was shaped like a crucifix. I always tried to find a seat in the back corner so no one would see me when the reverend asked us to bow our heads. Instead, when the prayers mentioned Jesus, I would look at the ceiling and say the she'hecheyanu. It was the only blessing I remembered. One summer in college, I...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=733&q=1&s=5 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:16:49 It may have been peace and quiet now, but shrapnel wounds in the surrounding buildings and sight of bomb shelter after bomb shelter standing alongside the everyday homes, shops and restaurants were timely reminders of darker times. This trip to Sderot had really taken the Arad participants to one of the key battlegrounds in Israel’s recent history. Standing no more than a few kilometres from the Hamas controlled territory of the Gaza strip, the town had been under constant rocket fire...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=732&q=1&s=5 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:04:18 Hi all, My name is Phillip Graham and I am a first year accounting major student at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm a Christian and have been a strong supporter of Israel my whole life. I was fortunate enough to attend the Sderot Media Presentation given by Noam Bedein on 18 October 2010 in Garrison Hall on the UT campus. Before the presentation began I was already bombarded by absolutely shocking pro-Palestinian propaganda in the form of a handful (five of...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=728&q=1&s=5 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:04:49 Last Monday, Sderot Media Center director Noam Bedein presented about the devastating situation in Sderot. Noam presented his firsthand account of the danger that the people of Sderot live under as a result of constant Hamas-launched rocket attacks from within the bordering Gaza territory. Noam did not come to deny the legitimacy of other perspectives (which he didn’t), but to educate about his perspective as a civilian living in Sderot. Sderot Media Center...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=714&q=1&s=5 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:59:45 Below are more nice pictures of Gaza. Yes, there are poor areas of Gaza too. There are also plenty of slums in Paris (and London and Rome and New York), but the media tend to focus their pictures on the Eiffel Tower and Champs Elysee instead. Not so in Gaza where many journalists (who in private, even more than in public, disparage Israel in every way) are doing their best to paint a distorted picture of the economic situation there, showing off the worst possible aspects -- and using words...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=705&q=1&s=5 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:02:20 In his Poetics, Aristotle suggests that “art imitates life.” This statement is certainly applicable to the Sderot Community Treatment Theatre’s current production, Children of Qassam Avenue, a dramatic reenactment of a dozen teenage girls’ traumatic experiences under the terror of Qassam rockets - which have now been falling on their hometown for the majority of their lives. The company presents an original script jointly written by the artistic director, Livnat...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=432&q=1&s=5 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:10:26 SMC’s Advisory Board is made up of a wide range of people including political activists, educators, community leaders, veteran journalists, and advocacy experts across the world who officially recognize and support Sderot Media’ Center’s vision to shape world opinion through the story of Sderot--via media outreach, education, and community activism. Dr. Reuven Ehrlich served in the IDF Intelligence Corps for 30 years, attaining the rank of colonel. He is a graduate of...]]> http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=699&q=1&s=5 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:32:22 http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=692&q=1&s=5 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:48:55 http://www.sderotmedia.org.il/bin/content.cgi?ID=685&q=1&s=5 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:00:27 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... --A Tale of Two Cities 3/18: 2, 3/19: 1, 3/20: 4, 3/21: 2, 3/22: 2, 3/23: 1, 3/26: 1, 3/27: 2, 4/1: 1, 4/2:1, 4/3:1, 4/5:1, 4/6:6 --number of rockets fired into Israel by day from Gaza in the past two weeks My town: It's beautiful, quiet Spring morning in the Northeast. The rivers are receding after the recent Old Testament-style floods. The recent cold snap has ended, the sun is shining and the skies are blue. As I lay in bed...]]>