Israel Active

We never forget that some great people have been put on this Earth to help build the Jewish State into today’s miracle. Stanley (Shalom) Zielony – Friend of the Technion – who has just passed away, was one of those people.

Archaeologists have discovered remains of a large 1,500-year-old Jewish town near Be’er Sheva, including two public ritual pools (mikvehs) and a synagogue or Torah study centre. The town was uncovered while extending the southern leg of Israel's north-south super highway.

Sar-El (Hebrew for “Service for Israel) is the national project for volunteers for the Jewish State. In May it celebrated its 30th anniversary and I thought it appropriate to share some of the many comments of Sar-El volunteers over the past year. Also the history of the organisation and its achievements.

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) brought nearly 40 students from across the United States and Canada to participate in its second annual Student Leadership and Advocacy Training Conference.

A central location ensured the most prominent rally in Sweden for the past ten years. Organised by Annika Hernroth-Rothstein, it featured on IBA TV and radio Kol Yisrael and in most of the Israeli English and Hebrew press. However, the Swedish media seemed to want to keep it quiet.

For the first time in 150 years, the blades of the restored windmill in Yemin Moshe were turning once more. Although an electric motor replaces the wind as the source of power, the iconic machine will soon be grinding grain once more for the citizens of Israel’s capital city.

I found this lovely article on Israel National News. Go’el Jasper is so fed up of reading bad news that he is now writing about optimistic topics, and leaving the negative stuff aside. His first article describes the 10 wonders of the land of Israel. Maybe he was inspired by this newsletter?

Lily Hyde is believed to the oldest Australian ever to immigrate to Israel. Lily left the Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home in Sydney bound for Tel Aviv, where she will be reunited with her family. It’s a dream come true,” she said. “It will be comforting to have so many of my family by my side.”

A record two million Israeli children began the new school year last week. They included little Moshe Holtzberg who miraculously survived the Muslim terror attack on Mumbai’s Chabad Center four years ago. Moshe’s Indian nanny rescued Moshe before the terrorists discovered him.

(Thanks to Israel21c) Israel comes a healthy 6th in the Bloomberg list of the World’s Healthiest Countries. The top order is Singapore, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, Japan and then Israel. Bloomberg analysed average life expectancy, mortality, pollution and other factors.