Bible quiz winner is from secular school
On Israel’s Independence Day, 15-year-old Sagiv Lugasi, from the ORT Sci-Tech high school in Maalot, won Israel’s annual contest - the first secular contestant to win since the 1980s. The Bible in Israel is a shared national document. Each soldier gets a copy upon joining the army.
Israel’s first interactive hiking path
Israel is constructing the “Sanhedrin Trail” - its first “smart” hiking trail - between Tiberias and Beit Sheʽarim National Park in the Lower Galilee. It will feature an augmented reality-based smartphone app that will reconstruct heritage sites and bring to life historical biblical scholars.
240 Ukrainians arrive on Freedom flight
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has brought another 240 new immigrants (62 families) from Ukraine to Israel. The IFCJ provides the air fare plus financial assistance, in addition to that provided by the Israeli Government to all new immigrants.
What Israel children say about their country
Israel’s future is bright with children such as these.
Jacob sheep are doing well
I reported previously about the return to Israel of the Biblical breed that Jewish patriarch Jacob originally reared when he worked for his uncle Laban. Here is a recent video showing the sheep thriving in their new / old homeland.
Happy Independence Day
- From Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- From Israel’s Technion Institute
Israeli Arabs are more positive than Jews
A poll by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University Peace Index found 66% of Israeli Arabs are satisfied with life in Israel, whilst only 43.9% of Jewish-Israelis were satisfied. They need to start reading my newsletters!
From Gazan Muslims to IDF Jews
This amazing journey is nearing its finish. After a Muslim Arab from Gaza was treated at an Israeli hospital, his son went to work for the Israeli Shin Bet security service. Later, the son moved to Israel and now his sons are in the IDF and are converting to Judaism.
Monkeys love matzah
On Passover, Jews around the world ate matzah - unleavened bread - to remember their ancestors who fled ancient Egypt who had no time to wait for the dough to rise. It appears that the monkeys at Ramat Gan Safari Park also enjoyed partaking in that tradition in the Jewish state.
Letter from a tomato
Israel’s agricultural regeneration followed the return of the Jewish people to its homeland. This clever historical summary is written from the viewpoint of the fruit and vegetables themselves.