Israel Active

Prior to Passover, the Jewish Agency and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews sponsored events to help new Ethiopian Jews prepare for their first Seder in the Jewish State. All participants were encouraged to share their personal stories of Exodus and renewal— to retell the details of their immigration to Israel and their renewed life free of religious persecution.

(thanks to NoCamels) Technology from Tel Aviv-based startup “Rounds has connected 100,000 Israeli with 10,000 Iranians. It is part of the “Israel Loves Iran” facebook campaign that highlights Israel has nothing against ordinary Iranians – just their mad leaders.

A group of Harvard students are organizing that university’s first-ever Israel Conference tell the story of Israel’s contributions to the world. Speakers will include Bank of Israel Governor Prof Stanley Fisher and Start-up Nation co-author Dan Senor.

Russian President elect Vladimir Putin is reportedly rushin’ to visit the Jewish State. He wishes to unveil a monument in Netanya honouring Jewish Red Army soldiers who fought in World War II. Putin will be formally inaugurated on May 7th. Israel will be his first foreign destination following the G8 summit on May 20th.

What other country would in one week deliver 180 trucks of aid, building materials and merchandise to a terrorist-run state that fired 300 rockets at its civilians?

Iranians speak to an Israeli newspaper and reveal the state of affairs in the Islamic Republic. Many confess their fondness for Israel and a Western lifestyle.

After three years of caring for thousands of sick patients in Africa, gynaecologist Dr. Avigail Maayani has returned to Israel to treat African refugees in Tel Aviv.

21,500 Palestinian Arab children from Judea and Samaria were treated in Israeli hospitals in 2011, a 171% increase from 2010. They are included in the 200,000 PA residents given permits to enter Israel for medical treatment last year.

Muslim, Jewish and Christian clerics gathered in Israel’s capital city for the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference. The event promoted cooperation among spiritual leaders regarding reinforcing the importance of environmental protection among their individual communities.

On Israel’s ‘Good Deeds Day’, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro visited the unique Israeli organization that develops and provides services annually for some 30,000 children and adults (including Israeli Arabs) with developmental disabilities. He praised Beit Issie Shapiro as an example of US-Israeli collaboration that really touched people.