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.
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.
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.
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.
On Jerusalem Day, there’s no place like Jerusalem
Rony Yedidia-Clein writes that although she lives temporarily in London, Jerusalem is the place she refers to as her real home, where she will always return.
Not only Jerusalem Day, but also Hebron Liberation Day
In the same Six Day War in which Israel won back the Old City of Jerusalem, the second most holy city to the Jewish People - Hebron - was also recaptured. Plus a video of the Jerusalem Day atmosphere!