Monthly Archives: September 2017

What goes around, comes around

Posted on September 10, 2017

15 years ago, Batya donated a kidney to save her daughter’s life.  Shortly afterwards, her daughter gave birth to a baby girl.  15 years later, Batya contracted Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and needed a bone marrow transplant. Thanks to the Ezer … Continue reading →

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3 days in Basel

Posted on September 3, 2017

120 years ago, on 25th Aug 1897, the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland began a Jewish transformation. The sheheheyanu blessing was read, thanking God for bringing the Jews to this time. “We are coming home,” Herzl declared in the … Continue reading →

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How King David conquered Jerusalem

Posted on September 3, 2017

3000 years ago, the Israelite King David used Israeli “outside of the box” thinking to penetrate the seemingly impossible defenses of the Jebusite city that would become Jerusalem – the capital of the Jewish State. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XXHiXuPw7zM?rel=0

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120 Herzls celebrate in Herzliya

Posted on September 3, 2017

To mark the 120th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress that Theodor Herzl organized, 120 men and women named for him gathered in Herzliya, Israel, to celebrate his legacy. http://www.jta.org/2017/08/25/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/120-people-named-herzl-pose-for-photo-in-israel-to-honor-1st-zionist-congress-anniversary

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50 seconds of Jerusalem

Posted on September 3, 2017

Multicultural, energetic, inspiring. So much is happening in Jerusalem you will be amazed to see it packed in to 50 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jxt3-VIi-W4?rel=0

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Inspiring documentary

Posted on September 3, 2017

“Operation Wedding” a film by Israel’s Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov is currently showing in Israel and will shortly tour the USA. The film portrays Anat’s parents and 14 others who were jailed for planning to escape Soviet Russia by plane in 1970. … Continue reading →

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Israeli blind bowler is World Champion

Posted on September 3, 2017

Shlomi Lazmy, a blind Israeli veteran, won first place in the 2017 International Blind Sports Federation Tenpin Bowling World Championships for the blind in Fukuoka, Japan. 60-year-old Shlomi was blinded in the Golan in 1986. He has been playing the … Continue reading →

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Cliff Richard to perform in Tel Aviv

Posted on September 3, 2017

British singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist Sir Cliff Richard is scheduled to give a concert on October 10 at Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim Arena. The day before, he will visit the Freddie Krivine Foundation, which fosters young Arab and … Continue reading →

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Israeli in FIBA Hall of Fame

Posted on September 3, 2017

Miki Berkovich is the first Israeli player to be inducted into the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame. Berkovich, now aged 63, helped Maccabi Tel Aviv win its first European Championship in 1977 and is widely considered to be … Continue reading →

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Why did the chicken enter the monkey cage?

Posted on September 3, 2017

Niv – a crested macaque monkey at Israel’s Ramat Gan Safari – has adopted a chicken that wandered into his enclosure.  Zoo officials say that the unlikely pair are inseparable. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ss_Qsu_yC-g?rel=0

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