Israel Active

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin sang “Jeena, Jeena, Ierusalem, longing, longing for Jerusalem” at celebrations marking the Sigd holiday of the Ethiopian-Israeli community. He praised “those ancient, wonderful prayers that you kept hold of and held dear to you and learned by heart and taught your children and passed down the generations.”

London-based Jewish philanthropists Gillian and Irving Carter, of the Locker Foundation trust, opened the Sylvia Carter Medical Clinic at ALEH Moriah, a treatment center for Israeli children with severe, complex disabilities.

According to David Parsons, vice-president of ICEJ (International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem), “Investing in Israel is biblical”. ICEJ therefore engaged equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd to present to 6,000 evangelical Christians at its annual Feast of Tabernacles conference.

I wrote three weeks ago that the Friends of the IDF (FIDF) raised over $32 million at their gala in New York.  Well, their Beverly Hills event eclipsed that by raising $60 million - a record amount for the charity at a single event. The IDF’s paramedic “heroes” were specifically honored.

Dr Nan Greer, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Redlands, outlines the five essential characteristics of an indigenous people and summarizes that Israeli Jews tick all the boxes.

Beautiful song and video by Akiva Pamensky.

Following his victory in Brazil’s Presidential elections, Jair Bolsonaro announced that Brazil would move its embassy to Jerusalem. Mr Bolsonaro visited Israel two years ago and said earlier this year that a visit to the Jewish state would be his first diplomatic mission.

Israeli women originally from the UK won two of Nefesh b’Nefesh’s Bonei Zion (Builders of Zion) - Israel’s top prize for outstanding contributions of immigrants. Linda Streit founded the Daniel Amichai Center for Rowing and Natural Studies. Major Keren Hajioff manages the IDF’s social media.

A baby boy was born at 1:58am on Sunday 28th October at BeerSheva’s Soroka Medical Center. Four minutes later, his twin baby sister was delivered.  But daylight-saving time began at 2am and the girl’s birth was registered as 1:02am. “The first one now, will later be last.” (Bob Dylan).

This article emphasizes that there is a positive activity that everyone can do in the aftermath of a tragedy anywhere in the world.