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Here are some classic songs to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the unification of Israel’s capital city. Plus details of the Jerusalem Day parade.

Hundreds of years after their forefathers fled Spain, some 300 descendants of Spanish conversos live in El Salvador as a thriving community, observing Orthodox Judaism, keeping the laws of the Sabbath, and dreaming of converting and immigrating to Israel as Jews.

Two Dutch filmmakers produced this “educational” video featuring 101 Israelis.

This newsletter editor booked a trip to the UK before the previous Israeli election date was announced and was unable to vote. It is now proposed that Israel will amend the law and allow absentee voting in future elections. We shall see!

The Hallelu Foundation has just been established, with the aim of advancing Israel’s global image. It will show the world what Israel is really all about and make us proud of Israel. Here is Hallelu’s first video.

All Israeli climbers visiting Chabad of Katmandu are given one of the satellite phones donated by the family of Nadav Shoham. Nadav was killed last year while climbing in the Himalayas. His family teamed up with Chabad to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. And it worked.

I remember watching a video of this incident during Operation Protective Edge. But I never knew about the amazing reason as to why the Hamas terrorist cell was so easily detected.

Looking at Israel’s neighborhood, this report by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) isn’t too surprising. What is perhaps surprising is that Israel is the 11th happiest country in the world - ahead of the USA and the UK.

A copy of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel was printed in the Israeli Independence Day editions of the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, LA Times, and Washington Post. It was to celebrate 67 years of the special relationship between the United States and Israel.

Over 1,000 students gathered on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans to celebrate Zionism at the DYF (Declare Your Freedom) Music Festival. Most of the attendees were non-Jewish. There was a similar event at Indiana University a week later.