Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Volunteering changed her life

Posted on March 17, 2024

On Oct 7 Yocheved Ruttenberg was in Dallas Texas waiting for her lone soldier brother to return from Israel so they could start a business in the USA. Now Yocheved is co-founder of NGO Sword of Iron – Israel Volunteer … Continue reading →

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The largest ever IDF enlistment of Yeshiva students

Posted on March 17, 2024

The upcoming IDF recruitment cycle will include a record 1,000 fighters from the Hesder yeshivot (300 to combat units); another 300 from Zionist yeshivot gevohot (post high school yeshivot); and hundreds more from religious pre-military preparatory schools. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386759 https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-confirms-1300-to-be-recruited-early-from-pre-army-programs/

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Reservists complain – let us fight

Posted on March 17, 2024

Israel’s military ombudswoman Brig. Gen. (res.) Rachel Tevet-Wiesel has found that most of the 1,316 complaints during the first three months of the war (Oct-Dec) were civilians seeking to return to reserve duty after receiving exemptions and reservists asking to … Continue reading →

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Christian Embassy donates 4 ambulances

Posted on March 17, 2024

The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem has donated four new ambulances to help replace the dozens of Israeli ambulances destroyed on and since Oct 7. One is an advanced military  ambulance for Gaza border communities. One will serve Holocaust survivors in … Continue reading →

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Film festivals mark International Women’s Day

Posted on March 11, 2024

LiaFEST at the Jerusalem Cinematheque honors Lia van Leer, the founder of that cinematheque, the Haifa Cinematheque, the film festivals in Jerusalem and Haifa, as well as the Israel Film Archive. The Tel Aviv Cinematheque is also featuring a women’s … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem marathon’s Bar Mitzvah

Posted on March 11, 2024

The 13th edition of the race featured a record 40,000 participants, including 15,000 IDF soldiers and 1,800 international runners from more than 70 countries. Many runners participated in full IDF uniform, or with Israel flags, and shirts supporting the hostages. … Continue reading →

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Other Israeli medalists

Posted on March 11, 2024

Elizabeth Tkachenko and Alexei Kiliakov won silver in the ice dance at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taipei. Judoka Baruch Shmailov won silver at the Tashkent Grand Slam event. And 2nd-placed go-karter Yam Pinto held up a poster … Continue reading →

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Gymnastic successes

Posted on March 11, 2024

At the Gymnastic International 2024 in Germany, Israel’s Daniella Munits won the gold medal in hoop and bronze with ball. In the juniors’ competition, Israel’s Alona Tal Franco won gold in hoop and clubs, while Meital Sumkin won gold in … Continue reading →

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Things are looking better

Posted on March 11, 2024

OurCrowd’s Jon Medved discusses Israel’s economy on “Wall Street Week” daily. It helps that many of Israel’s hi-tech workers have returned from the IDF. Israel is good value for investors.  Meanwhile, Israel’s annual inflation rate fell to 2.6% from 3% … Continue reading →

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Nvidia’s success in Israel

Posted on March 11, 2024

US tech giant Nvidia has 3,300 employees in Israel – 13% of its global workforce. In 2019 Nvidia acquired Israel’s Mellanox, now with annual sales of $13 billion, plus Israel-1, the world’s strongest supercomputer. Some 1,000 Israeli AI tech companies … Continue reading →

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