Feeding the poor at the New Year

Colel Chabad, Israel's longest continuously running social services organization, is delivering tons of food for the New Year, to over 18,000 Israeli families, including 2,500 single-parent families. Each family will receive boxes of dry goods, vegetables and vouchers for chicken.

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What do you want to be in 5776?

asked some people on the streets of Jerusalem “What do you want to be in the New Year?” Here are their answers.

I am an Israeli

I echo everything that Roi says in this video.

Go forth and multiply

Six-year-old white rhinoceros Keren Peles has given birth to a female calf at the Ramat Gan Safari. She is the 27th rhino born at the safari, which belongs to an international consortium of zoos working to pull the white rhino back from the verge of extinction.

The impact of religion on the Startup Nation

Interesting opinion piece that suggests Judaism’s historical greater respect for economic liberty and commerce than for military power is one reason for Israel’s modern day success.

2000-year-old podium found in Jerusalem

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.

59 lone soldiers make Aliya

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.

Yalla – let’s go!

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

No more dummies

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.