US volunteers in Israeli schools
The number of high calibre college North American graduates participating in the Israel Teaching Fellows program, has grown from 68 last year to 170 in the current school year. Teaching in Israel is a meaningful volunteer opportunity, helps build a strong resume and strengthens bonds.
Israeli prisons are like paradise
Please tell anti-Israel activists at Amnesty International to watch MSNBC’s program “Lockup”. Jews and Israeli-Arabs are housed together and sometimes share cells. “I feel like I am in a hotel,” says one Israeli-Arab “resident”. Released prisoners achieve high levels of reintegration into society. Education, skills training and job placement helps prevent repeat offences. And read about Hamas inmates!
Oo La La – Aliya
There are 600,000 Jews in France, but one in every 300 is immigrating to Israel. French immigration first spiked above 2,000 in 2002 and reached nearly 3,000 in 2005. The French Consulate in Tel Aviv estimates that as many as 150,000 French Jews live in Israel. Many live in Netanya.
46% of Israelis earn academic degrees
Israel came second in the OECD ranking of adults with academic degrees. Only Canada, with 51% and Russia (not an OECD member) with 54% ranked higher.
Caught on camera
Some unusual, potentially dangerous individuals have been sighted near Israel’s security fences.
One million supporters of Israel
Christians United For Israel (CUFI) contains some of the most loyal non-Jewish supporters of the Jewish State. The organisation even understands that many Jews have issues with it.
Have you seen “Israel Inside”
If you missed the opportunity to watch this fascinating film about Israel’s achievements, “Israel Inside” will air on Comcast on Demand starting September 15 for limited release.
The NYPD branch of Kfar Saba
For those fans of “New York’s finest”, the NY Police Department has opened shop in the Sharon city. The office is to focus on the extradition of criminals, the transmitting of intelligence information and to assist in the location of missing persons, both in the United States and in Israel.
Massive reservoir found under Western Wall
The reservoir is approximately 1/10th the size of an Olympic swimming pool, and is the first evidence that water was available next to the first Temple.
The Walls of Jerusalem are restored
A five-year project to restore the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City has been completed. The $4.4 million project ("one of the most complicated, largest and important ever conducted in the country") cleaned and repaired the 2.5 miles (4 km) of walls and seven gates constructed by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.