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Jerusalem was the venue for two contrasting recent conferences. The gala opening of the Christian Media Summit took place at the Museum of Tolerance. Meanwhile, the annual symposium on indigenous people was held at the Bible Lands Museum.

The 16th Annual Bel Air Affaire, hosted by American Friends of the Hebrew University’s (AFHU) Western Region at the iconic Papillon Estate in Beverly Hills on Sept. 20, raised over $3.2 million in support of student scholarships at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU).

The Gilat Foundation (see previously) held its first annual gala at ALYN Hospital with a performance by Israeli singer-songwriter Ishay Ribo. The Gilat Foundation provides therapeutic live theater to children in hospitals, including (since 7 Oct 2023) 4 Jerusalem hospitals.

Four Israeli dairies won a total of 15 medals in the annual international Mondial du Fromage cheese competition in the city of Tours, France. Gvinage, Hanan Hagaban, Flora and Hanoked Dairy Farm won between them four gold medals, five silver and six bronze.

Israel has begun the dispatch of humanitarian and medical aid to Jamaica, following the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa.

Israel and India signed new agreements to expand defense, industrial, and technological co-operation during high-level talks in Tel Aviv. India is also finalizing deals worth $3.7b for Israeli defense systems and the joint manufacture of other armaments.

Miklós Szánthó, Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights in Hungary, says, “what we are doing here in Hungary is to back the cause of Israel. That's why we block and stop every and each initiative in the UN or within the EU that would harm the interests of Israel."

Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel’s made her first visit to Fiji following the opening of the country’s new Jerusalem embassy. She also visited several other Pacific countries, including Papua New Guinea where she toured one of the farms built by Israel’s Innovative Agriculture (Agro) Industry.

Rabbi Daniel Walker, who blocked the terrorist from entering his Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, underwent security by the Community Security Trust, funded by Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry. Thanks to the rabbi’s actions, an even greater disaster was prevented.

The Israeli mission to the United Nations honored the “women who stepped forward when the world stood still” at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Ambassador Danny Danon said, “On Oct. 7, not only was the cruelty of Hamas revealed to the world, but also the heroism of Israeli women,”