Life begins at eighty
It did for octogenarians Yakov (85) and Moshet Pedagog (82) who immigrated to Modi’in, Israel with Nefesh b’Nefesh in August. After long careers in education, they do not plan to relax.
Or maybe 112
Zechariya Brashi was born in Kurdistan in 1900 and came to pre-state Israel in 1936. He spends his days studying Torah and writes books about the Jewish mystical text, the Zohar. His secret to long life - don’t overeat!
Spain backs the Jewish State
Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez, in her speech in the UN General Assembly, declared Israel to be “The embodiment of the project to create a homeland for the Jewish people”. She rejected PA Chairman Abbas’s “right of return,” demand for the mass immigration of Arabs to Israel.
Prime Minister studies Torah
PM Netanyahu returned from the Negev to attend his second study session to honour of his father-in-law who died last year. The PM said he came from the biblical desert landscape back to Jerusalem to “connect to the foundations of our existence, and there is no firmer a foundation than the Bible.”
Kinneret is at highest Oct level for six years
The height of Israel’s vital natural reservoir is 1.2 meters above that at this time last year. As Jews worldwide began their annual prayers for winter rains, Israeli skies opened up and the level of the Kinneret rose for the first time in five months.
Rare tapir born at Ramat Gan Safari
The baby is the first male tapir to be born at the Israeli zoo and was born just 15 months after his sister. His mother was also born at the zoo – very rare events for the endangered South American species.
Yarkon fish returns after 50 years
The freshwater Yarkon Bleak fish (known in Hebrew as the Lebanon fish) hasn’t been seen in the mid-stretches of the Yarkon River for several decades. But thanks to a substantial improvement in water quality, Acanthobrama telavivensis have returned to inhabit their ancient waters.
On your bike
There’s been a huge jump in Tel Avivians riding on two wheels in the last decade. About fourteen percent of all Tel Aviv residents use their bikes as the main form of transport to work or school.
An observant reporter in New York
Last week I included an amusing article about the Israeli press on the way to report on PM Netanyahu’s speech at the UN. The same reporter describes the lengths he went to in order to keep the Sabbath during the hectic trip that bridged Yom Kippur and the feast of Tabernacles.
Thousands march to support Israel
Christians from over sixty countries paraded down the streets of Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, to show their support for the Jewish State.