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social

and

spiritual work

,

and

reveals

to us with great

frankness personal

stories

from

the

journey

of

her

becoming

a

spiritual caregiver

.

The

third

part of

the

issue

,

Knowledge Management

and Development

,

presents

readers with

the

challenge

of managing

and

developing

knowledge

in

constant

interaction

with

the

environment

.

In

this

section

,

Daniel

Kerenji

,

Director

of

Knowledge Development

at Mayda

-

Ashalim

s

Knowledge

&

Learning

Center

,

presents

the meeting

point

between

collaborations

and

competition

.

The

article

provides

a

short

review

of

the

phenomenon

of

coopetition

,

while

examining

the

nature

of

the

cooperative

-

competitive

dynamic

in

the world

of

knowledge

development

.

In

addressing

the

central

question

being

raised

for

discussing

coopetition

in

the

literature

of

knowledge

the

pros

and

the

cons

Daniel

harnesses

the

central

trends

in

the world

,

while

addressing

the

importance

of

knowledge

development

in

a world

that

is

said

to

be

a

global village

.”

The

issue

s final part

,

Reading Corner

,

focuses on

interesting and relevant

literature

for

social work

in

the

sphere of

children

,

youth

and

young

adults

in

situations

of

risk

and

their

families

.

Here

,

we

provide

a

platform

for

professionals

from

inside

and

outside

of

the

organization

to

read

and

analyze

a

new

and

relevant

book

to

our work

,

and

to

share with

readers

the

personal

and

professional

experience

that

they underwent as a

result

.

This

time

,

Emil Zaidman

,

Better Together Central

Region

Director

,

has

chosen

to

share

with

us

Barack

Obama

s

book

,

Dreams

from My

Father

.

Although

the

book was written

in

the

1990

s

,

Emil

succeeds

in

connecting

us

to

its

relevance

today

as

well

.

In

discussing

Obama

s

life

,

Emil weaves

a

tapestry

of

connections

between

the

past

,

the

present

and

the

future

;

between Obama

s

life

as

a

youth

and

as

an

adult

,

to

his

being

President

of

the

United

States

,

between

his

education

and

his

professional

community

work

and

his

abilities

as

president

.

In

his

article

,

Emil manages

to

simplify

the

book

s

complexity

somewhat and

to make

it possible

to

ready

it

in a professional

,

pleasant

and

free

-

flowing manner

.