Monthly Archives: January 2022

Ancient Hebrew amulet found at site of Joshua’s Altar

Posted on January 30, 2022

Israeli archeologists recently discovered an ancient Hebrew amulet on Mount Ebal, overlooking Shechem (Nablus), at the site of Joshua’s Altar. It is inscribed with the Hebrew letter Alef and a popular Egyptian motif. The Israelites may even have brought it … Continue reading →

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VeryGoodNews zooms to Massachusetts

Posted on January 30, 2022

Your editor gave a virtual presentation last week to members of Temple Israel of Natick and others, entitled “Israel – Beyond Imagination”.  Watch the recording here. https://www.youtube.com/embed/steJNQx0pEg?start=930

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Israel’s youngest lifesaver

Posted on January 30, 2022

At his recent Bar Mitzvah, Rafael was presented with a certificate of appreciation and excellence by Israel’s United Hatzalah. A week earlier, Rafael, the son of a UH volunteer, successfully performed the Heimlich Maneuver to save his 4-year-old sister when … Continue reading →

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More publicity for Israeli good news

Posted on January 30, 2022

Student “Ambassadors” at Haifa’s Reali Hebrew School have been posting selected articles from the VeryGoodNewsIsrael newsletter onto their website.  Read them here. https://www.medioq.com/XX/Unknown/233385837507023/Very-Good-News-Israel

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Jewish woman escapes Iran for Israeli medical treatment

Posted on January 30, 2022

After Iranian doctors had given her no hope, Iranian Jew Zehava fled Iran, via Turkey, to get life-saving treatment in Israel.  One month later, Zehava can walk again, and is no longer constantly connected to an oxygen tank. https://www.jns.org/jewish-mother-flees-iran-for-life-saving-treatment-in-israel/

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NASA veteran makes Aliya

Posted on January 30, 2022

Jerry Wittenstein, the CEO of NASA’s International Space Systems who worked alongside US astronaut Neil Armstrong and developed half of Apollo 11’s trajectories, has just made Aliyah with his wife Carol. They regularly flew on Delta Airlines, which gave them … Continue reading →

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Digital Media Warriors

Posted on January 30, 2022

Episode 13 of the JNF’s Conversations on Zionism (Reclaiming the Narrative) will be shown on Tues 1st Feb at 7:30pm ET (4.30pm PT). Register today and then tune in on 1st Feb to hear 4 dynamic panelists who use social … Continue reading →

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Dig for a day, at Maresha

Posted on January 30, 2022

Israeli licensed tour guide Nosson Shulman writes about Maresha, a city mentioned in the Book of Joshua, where visitors can help excavate houses that are millennia old. When they find an object, Nosson tells them that they are the first … Continue reading →

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One of the earliest printed Hebrew books

Posted on January 30, 2022

The National Library of Israel (NLI) has acquired 90 pages from Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher’s “Arba’ah Turim”. The 1492 Soncino edition is from the earliest period of Hebrew printing. No complete copies have survived, and these 90 pages cannot be … Continue reading →

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Israel’s first paralympic skier

Posted on January 30, 2022

20-year-old downhill skier Sheina Vaspi will be Israel’s first and only competitor at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, March 4-13. She is from a Lubavitch family in the Hula Valley and was the first Israeli to compete in the recent … Continue reading →

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