Yisrael Kristal Kristal was born in 1903 to a religiously observant Jewish family in what is now part of Poland. His first wife and two children were murdered in the Holocaust. He survived Auschwitz and other death camps, remarried, made … Continue reading →

A Belz yeshiva student found a small bag containing 130,000 shekels (over $32,600) in cash at a bus station in Haifa. He then waited until the owner of the cash turned up and handed it over to the astounded (previously … Continue reading →

A wedding nightmare had a happy ending after a lost engagement ring was found in a garbage pile and returned to the frantic bride-to-be. Volunteers sifted through trash at the Municipal warehouses in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem after the bride’s family … Continue reading →

Dr. Shahab Davidfor, an Iranian Jew, served as a doctor in the Iranian army, treating patients at an Iranian air force base. He made Aliyah 2 years ago and is now working in a Terem (emergency) clinic in Romema, Jerusalem. … Continue reading →

Liami Lawrence (featured here in Jan 15) made Aliya from California in 2014. Now he has formed a group “Keep Olim in Israel” for the thousands of new immigrants to Israel, providing a positive channel to helping them settle in … Continue reading →

Melba Landa, 97 was the oldest woman to make Aliyah in 2015. She was born in Odessa and now lives with her son and daughter-in-law in Haifa. By profession she is a geologist but she dedicated the bulk of her … Continue reading →

Corundum stones found in the Kishon River, near Haifa contain a variety of rare minerals, including Moissanite and tistarite. Until now, tistarite has been found on a single meteorite that came from outer space; this is the first find in … Continue reading →

In the 1960s, Uzi Paz realized Israel’s wildflowers would simply disappear at the rate people kept picking them. Uzi helped found Israel’s Society for the Protection of Nature, convinced the government to make picking illegal and campaigned successfully for protecting … Continue reading →