Israel Active

Israel is establishing a museum within the Armored Corps Memorial at Latrun to honor the memories of all Jewish soldiers who fought and died in the Second World War.

Jews don’t need Valentines Day to bring them together. The Jewish State has a far stronger influence. These couples met on programs with Alexander Muss High School in Israel.

Algerian born Abdel Bioud contrasts democratic Israel with Arab dictatorships. Abdel is the Vice President of communications for McGill Students for Israel.

Christian readers of Israel Today have teamed up with local charities to provide after school activities for children of single-parent or dysfunctional families that cannot provide for all their needs. They even provided a place to sleep, for the most needy kids in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Gilo.

Israeli officials are to install seismic monitoring systems to help protect the Jewish State’s most important ancient treasures from earthquakes. Previously, the focus has been to retrofit existing schools, hospitals and apartment buildings, but now key historical sites are to be surveyed.

A new 7 min documentary featuring Jewish families who lived in Jerusalem’s Old City for generations, but were evicted by the Arab Legion in 1948 after the State of Israel was declared. They returned home 19 years later in 1967 after Israeli forces liberated the Old City during the Six Day War.

Twelve Holocaust survivors, five men and seven women, celebrated a joint bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah ceremony in Haifa, which they were unable to mark during their youth. “At the age of 13 I was in Auschwitz," one of them said. "There wasn't really anyone to talk to about celebrations."

(Thanks to Uri) I was initially concerned, but India’s National Power Index (NPI) 2012 states “Though a small nation in terms of area and population, Israel ranks highly on technological and scientific progress” “… also ranks a high fifteen on the UN Development index, reflecting the high quality of life this small but prosperous state has been able to provide to its people.”

Newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made his first official comments on the Jewish state since taking the helm. “Part of my job description is to be a defender of Israel” he said, “There’s no greater ally on Earth, and that’s something we should say proudly.” Texas Congressman Steve Stockman made a similar statement on his return from visiting Egypt, Israel and Russia.