UNESCO Israel exhibition opens in Paris
The exhibition “People, Book, Land: The 3500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People with the Holy Land” was originally scheduled for Jan 2014 but was controversially postponed by UNESCO.
The 42 winners of “My Family Story” project
There were over 13,000 submissions to the “My Family Story” competition for the best 3-D Art representation of their family history. 42 students won a trip to Israel and will have their entries displayed at Tel Aviv University’s Beit Hatfutsot Museum of the Jewish People.
Israel has a new President
Israel’s 10th President is Reuven “Rubi” Rivlin. He promised to be the President of all Israelis - "Jews, Arabs, Druse, rich, poor, those more observant and those who are less…. Long live Israeli democracy! Long live the State of Israel!"
People of the Book – over 1 million Israelis regularly use a library
Visitors to Israel's public libraries increased in 2013. Over 1 million of the 8 million Israeli citizens now have active public library memberships. On a particular day during August one million books were checked out.
French businessmen have idea to benefit the Jewish State
Frenchmen Didier Maarek and Gerard Ben Hamou started selling Teva products in their shops. Teva then donated a percentage of the revenues to Israeli charitable causes. Some $5.4 million has been donated so far.
35,000 march in NYC’s Israel Parade
Thirty-five thousand people marched in the fiftieth annual Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City. Associated Press reported “Awash in white and blue - the colors of Israel’s flag - tens of thousands of onlookers cheered the celebration that also featured a model of an Israeli spacecraft.
The land of milk and honey
It is traditional to eat foods made from milk during the Jewish festival of Shavuot just celebrated. So it was timely that Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released 2013 figures that the average Israeli cow produces 11,780 liters (3,141 gallons) of milk, making it the most productive in the world.
Ancient Jewish settlement uncovered in Hebron
Remains of a Jewish settlement from the Second Temple period have been partially uncovered in Tel Hebron, near Tel Rumeida in Hebron. Finds include an olive press, cisterns, a workshop with furnace and ponds, stone tools and a stamp in ancient Hebrew.
From Sydney to Jerusalem
Isi Leibler shares a Jerusalem Day message. Rabbi Israel Porush, father-in-law of Isi Leibler made a remarkable sermon one year after the Six-Day War. It is still relevant today.