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Journalist Hanoch Daum offered to pay a Tel Aviv restaurant owner for the meals of the IDF soldiers sitting at a table. The owner replied, “you'll have to get in line, six other people have offered to do the same thing before you!"  (more articles below)

Dairy farms near Israel’s Gaza border have been supplying milk uninterruptedly since the outbreak of the Oct 7 war thanks to a few staff that remained behind while most residents were evacuated. Among those who stayed are university students from Africa and Asia.

On Oct 7, Druze IDF Sgt Maj Iyyad Yousef captured two Hamas terrorists who invaded the Jewish town of Yated where he lived. His wife Nasreen then interrogated them in Arabic and extracted vital information that helped IDF forces to eliminate the threat to their town.

IDF soldiers have found a Book of Psalms dated 1986 in the home of a Hamas terrorist in Jabalia, Gaza. It contains a personal dedication to an Israeli Shmuel Goldring. The sender has been identified but at the time of writing, the recipient has not.

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek medical center had a record 1,856 babies delivered in Dec due to many expectant mothers evacuated to Jerusalem. Shira ben Yitzhak was born at Shaare Zedek 26 years ago. She also worked there during her national service year. Shira gave birth to the hospital’s first baby of 2024.

A beautiful rendition.

The Alexander Muss High School in Israel has information on its Spring and Fall semesters. Spend four exciting months digging deep into the history, culture, language, and geology of Israel, while keeping up with your coursework from home. Also learn about summer programs.

Secular Israeli actor Guri Alfi says he is not becoming religious, but since Oct 7 he wants “to go to synagogue, to learn Talmud, to put on tefillin”.  In the Jewish State, that’s not a problem!

Here is one company that organizes packages for those wanting to combine a visit to Israel with a couple of days experiencing what it is like to help those in need.   And one US couple made good on a 50-year promise to volunteer to help Israeli farmers during a war. Their trip was arranged by JNF-USA.

19 years after Amiel Yarchi was evacuated from his home in Netzarim during the 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers in Gaza retrieved the name plaque that was on his house. Amiel reported the find on the Kipa News site that he works for. See the photos.