Flying abroad? Take some Zionism with you
Helena Glaser, Chair of the Zionist Council, highlights the 400-foot poster display of 120 Years of Zionism at Ben Gurion Airport. Its message is that although you might be leaving the Holy Land physically, that doesn’t mean you can’t stay in Israel in spirit.
Inspiration for Australian Aborigines
Nyunggai Warren Mundine is a leader of the Australian Aborigines. He has just returned from his fifth visit to Israel in the last ten years. He says, “I’ve found inspiration in peoples who’ve rebuilt themselves to thrive in modern society.” He describes the history of the Jewish State very well.
Found in Jerusalem – source of Tekhelet blue dye
The latest discovery from the Temple Mount Sifting Project are shells from the sea-snail Murex trunculus used by Jews in Biblical times to make the blue dye Tekhelet. The dye was used to color the fringes worn on prayer shawls and 4-cornered garments, until the technique was lost.
Israeli weather forecast – Rain, cold with chance of rainbows
Israelis look forward to winter rains. They provide precious water but are also often accompanied by a heavenly visual promise of no more global flood!
The first all-Haredi paratrooper company
The first-ever all-Haredi paratrooper company of 40 soldiers was sworn in at an IDF ceremony at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem. Rabbis associated with the Nahal Haredi Foundation, which provides support to Haredi soldiers, praised the new paratroopers as trailblazers.
Torah is alive in Jerusalem
This new video from the Pardes Institute connects an incident in the Talmud with the sights and sounds of modern day Jerusalem. Should Torah be taught in the market place?
Tu Bishvat – New Year for Trees
Our friend DJ Antithesis broadcast an Israeli Tu Bishvat Music Special on Israeli radio station TLV1.
Plant trees for Tu Bishvat
Click on the United with Israel link to support Tu Bishvat tree-planting activities in Israel.
Recognition for women on Jerusalem streets
Two Israeli activists got Jerusalem’s Municipality to properly recognize the women identified in the street signs for Beruryah Street and Ruth Street. Beruryah’s now says (in Hebrew) that she was Righteous and amazing in Torah. Before, she was just Rabbi Meir’s wife.
Discovering a vineyard for the Temple wine
Whilst Yaakov Berg was planting his vines in Psagot, Judea, he discovered a cave containing a 2000-year-old wine press. Their “new” vineyard was exactly on the site where wine for the ancient Temple in Jerusalem had been made.