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Israel’s Technion Institute is awarding NIS 6,000 to all its 2,500 students who were mobilized by an emergency call-up order for ‘Operation Swords of Iron.’ The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has also announced an aid package for its roughly 4,000 students who are serving in the IDF.

Some 100 young Jewish men and women from around the world have made Aliyah and are completing a Defense Ministry course to prepare them physically and mentally for IDF service.

This Israel21c article lists dozens of organizations who can provide exciting and rewarding experiences while helping the disadvantaged and the whole of Israel at this time.

The Jewish Agency, Nefesh b’Nefesh and Israel’s Aliyah Ministry are setting up a database to help global physicians (Jewish and non-Jewish) volunteer in hospitals and medical facilities around the country as quickly and efficiently as possible. 70+ have already arrived and begun work.

Six-year-old Ofek nearly died from blood loss on Oct 7 after Hamas terrorists shot her in the leg. MDA paramedic Yarin and EMT Gali treated Ofek and were amazed at how calm she was. A month later they brought Ofek a unicorn doll inscribed "To Ofek the heroine, with great love, Gali and Yarin from MDA”.

Incredible dashcam footage shows farmer Oz Davidian dodging bullets as he saved 120 lives from the Supernova music festival on Oct 7. He drove his truck on 20 separate journeys from the Re’im site of the open-air party to bring survivors to safety.

Hallel Kana, an 11th grader at Ohr Torah Stone's Ulpanat Katz Oriya saw that the driver of her school bus was having a heart attack. Despite no driving knowledge, Hallel grabbed the wheel and pressed the brake. EMTs used CPR to save the driver. Hallel received a gift – 18 driving lessons.

Watch how IDF soldiers treat civilians who are moving out of the battle zone in Northern Gaza.

With the festival of Chanukah rapidly approaching, Jacob Richman has updated his blogsites containing educational resources, videos, and humor about the Jewish Festival of Lights. The Jewish State has come a long way since the victory of a small band of Maccabees over the Syrian-Greek rulers.

Despite war, Ethiopian Israelis celebrated the Sigd holiday on Nov 13 – 50 days after Yom Kippur. It is recognized by the Knesset as a national holiday. Sigd comes from the Aramaic word sged which means to prostrate oneself, as in prayer.