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Rachel Neiman

Rachel Neiman

Rachel Neiman is a marketing and PR professional working with innovation-based companies, and writes a bi-monthly column about Israeli nostalgia for Israel21c. She lives in Jerusalem. 

The Haifa Municipal Band playing in the 1933 Bikurim parade. (Photo/ GPO via Wikipedia)
Posted inShavuot

When Haifa was party central at Shavuot

Rachel NeimanISRAEL21c logo by Rachel Neiman and ISRAEL21c May 27, 2020

The harvest holiday of Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and “Bikurim” — the first fruits of the grain harvest in the […]

In the midst of the 1948 War of Independence, an IDF soldier and his best girl take a beach break to cool off from the August heat.
Posted inPhotography

For Tu B’Av, enjoy 9 sweet photos of Israelis in love

Rachel NeimanISRAEL21c logo by Rachel Neiman and ISRAEL21c August 16, 2019August 16, 2019
(Photo/pxhere.com)
Posted inHolidays

Why some Israelis celebrate Shavuot with flowers in their hair

Rachel Neiman by Rachel Neiman May 17, 2018May 17, 2018
Shai Agassi at 2012 ribbon-cutting for his new electric car, the Renault Fluence ZE (Photo/Wikimedia-Better Place CC BY 2.0)
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At upcoming Oakland book talk, the epic fail of an Israeli electric car startup

Rachel Neiman by Rachel Neiman November 30, 2017November 29, 2017

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