An Aliya video with a difference
(Thanks to Leonie) This could inspire many to come and study in Israel.
Flags of joy
(Thanks to Jacob Richman) Israel has issued new postage stamps. Three of them mark the upcoming festival of Simchat Torah (rejoicing of the Torah) by depicting flags waved during the celebrations.
Lebanese Muslim activist waves the Israeli flag
The speakers at the Stockholm pro-Israel rally on Aug 31 included Mostafa Geha, a Muslim Lebanese activist and writer, who co-founded the Lebanon Israel Peace Project. He says peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon, like those between the biblical Kings Solomon and Hiram, will create an amazing region.
Visiting the sick and supporting the fallen
One of my readers is a member of SOS Netivot – Israel. The organization helps injured children and needy families in the South of Israel. Please support their vital work.
Jerusalem of Gold
The City of David Foundation’s annual conference enabled the general public to experience some of the most important archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem in recent years. A special portion of this year’s conference highlighted several never-before-seen golden artifacts.
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Huge philanthropic donation for Israeli research
Ukrainian-born US billionaire Len Blavatnik is donating $20 million to Tel Aviv University. The donation will fund three new centers and two new funds at Tel Aviv University that will focus on promoting applied research.
US medics help at Israeli hospitals
Over the last seven weeks, the Emergency Volunteers Project (EVP) has brought volunteer emergency first responders from various locations in the United States to help out where they were most needed – southern Israel.
Archaeologists unearth Canaanite wine cellar
Excavations at Tel Kabri, near Nahariya in Northern Israel have revealed a 3,600-year-old palace storeroom full of wine jars. Two further storerooms will be excavated in 2015 and may provide a glimpse of the agriculture of the Land of Israel at the time that the Israelites entered it.
Oldest metal object found in Israel
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 7000-year-old copper awl in Northern Israel during excavations of Tel Tsaf. It is the oldest known find of a metal object made by humans.
Israel’s Indian friends march in their thousands
(Thanks to Hazel) In the biggest pro-Israel, anti-terrorist rally in recent years, an estimated 20,000 gathered in Kolkata, India in a show of solidarity with Israel.