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Blinded in a Gaza terrorist attack last month, 2nd Lieutenant Ahiya Klein has recovered enough sight in his left eye to return home and light Hanukkah candles. And, two-year-old Avigail Ben-Tzion is smiling again after suffering serious head injuries when Arabs threw rocks at her family’s car in Jerusalem.

For the first time ever, the remains of a Hasmonean building are being excavated in Jerusalem. Coins found in the ruins of the house date the building to the 2nd Century BCE - the time of War of the Maccabees against the Syrian-Greek rulers that led to the Jewish festival of Hanukah.

On the last (8th) day of the Jewish festival of Hanukah, Israel Electric Corporation switched on the 8th candle on the largest Hanukah candelabra in the world. It is made from nine aerial platforms, reaching a height of 28 meters and can be seen from all over Tel Aviv.

This article explains the simple reason why Israel has been sending rescue missions and humanitarian aid across the world for the past 60 years. It gives examples from the Greek earthquake of 1953 to the Philippines in 2013.

This video was taken 10 days before Uzi Narkis passed away. Uzi commanded the Israeli forces that re-captured the Old City of Jerusalem in 1967. The video was released on Jun 1st 2011.

For centuries the family of Tony Pina practiced Judaism secretly in Majorca. Now, 500 years after forced conversion to Christianity, Tony has returned to his roots in Jerusalem, defying history, logic and the impossible.

Archeologists have found the first physical evidence that the ancient city of Shiloh (in Judea and Samaria) was a religious center before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem. An Iron Age stone altar was accidentally exposed during a recent archeological dig.

Direct from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, five talented Technion students perform their version of Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) created in the lab.

Israel’s Masa (Hebrew for “journey) brings young Jewish adults from around the world to Israel for five months to a year. This year Masa celebrates its 10th anniversary when a record 11,000 young Jews from 62 countries will take part in Masa’s programs.

I was listening to a BBC interview last week where the BBC presenter accused Israel as being one of the countries where Christians were under threat. I would like to point out that Israel is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian population is on the increase.