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Archeologists have excavated a podium on a 2,000-year-old Jerusalem street in the Old City, leading from the Siloam Pool to the Temple Mount. Four large stone rectangles form steps up to a platform, commonly used for public announcements in biblical times.

A Nefesh B'Nefesh chartered flight with 232 olim from North America, including 59 lone soldiers, landed at Ben Gurion airport. Many intend to serve with elite IDF units. And thanks to Friends of the IDF for organizing a day out for more than 5000 lone soldiers at Israel’s Shefayim Water Park.

NFL star Julian Edelman shares his enthusiasm for the Jewish State in this video.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat joined sixty children as they inaugurated the city’s first pacifier tree. The children hung their pacifiers on the tree, part of a project to assist children in breaking away from their trusted friend. The tree stands outside the well-baby clinic on Eliezer HaGadol Street.

Only in Israel. Someone obviously was not happy about the stark metallic benches that Jerusalem municipality installed in the nation’s capital. So they did something about it.

An exhausted dolphin surprised swimmers at an Acre beach when it was found on the rocks. Lifeguards, the district veterinarian, naval police and the Shavei Zion diving club all helped rescue the dolphin and transport it for medical treatment by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.

Bnei Akiva, aided by the Immigrant Absorption Ministry and the AMI association for French Olim, are holding free summer camps for the many recently arrived French children. Funds were raised by the camp counselors through public events, car washing and other initiatives.

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews brought 108 Jews from war-torn Ukraine to make a new start in the land of their spiritual forefathers. They were welcomed at Ben-Gurion Airport by members of the IDF, with Israeli flags, balloons, and warm greetings.

Julie Bort recently spent a week in Israel and wants everyone to know that it is extremely easy and safe to travel there, even if you're an American non-Jewish woman traveling alone who doesn't speak or read Hebrew.

The latest video about HaBayit Shel Benji – the charity that provides accommodation for those who have no family in Israel but who just want to help protect the Jewish State.