In honor of Israel’s Independence Day, a panel of San Francisco-based experts share the latest on Israel’s high tech economy, the explosion in arts and culture, efforts to improve the lives of Israeli Arabs and Israel’s place in the world. Israel’s Consul General Akiva Tor speaks about efforts on college campuses to divest in companies that do business in Israel. Rabbi Brian Lurie, co-chair of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arabs speaks about progress to open lines of communication and commerce between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Bruce Taragin of Blumberg Capital shared positive news about Israel’s growing high tech economy and amazing gains that have been made there in I.T. and Dr. Donny Inbar paints a glowing picture of the arts scene today in Israel.