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Moshe Gerlenter arrived with his four sons and grandson Elad at the Magen David Adom Blood Center at Tel Hashomer. Elad is now 17 years old and was able to donate for the first time. Grandfather Moshe has donated 275 pints since 1973 and received a citation in 2006 when he gave his 200th pint.

Nobel Prize winner for Economics, Yisrael Aumann, is scheduled to teach Jerusalem high school students in the upcoming school year. The 82-year old Hebrew University professor will teach game theory to students from all over the capital in the new pilot program.

Sixty students representing 25 countries took part in the Student Conference on International Law (SCIL), at the Hebrew University’s Law Faculty. The theme for this year’s conference addressed Israel’s legal challenges, turning theory to practice.

A new video showing the route that hundreds of thousands of pilgrims took when walking from the Shiloah Pool to Temple Mount at the time of King Herod, 2000 years ago.

The Rabbi of our community has just returned following surgery. While he was recovering in Laniado hospital, where he also serves as chaplain and fundraiser, staff kept coming up to him and saying, “Do you know that your Netanya supporters bought this equipment?”

Luiza Nahari has immigrated to Israel with her four youngest children. She arrives four years after her teacher husband was murdered by a radical Islamist in Raydah, Yemen. Luiza’s other five children made Aliya shortly after the death of their father.

Ari Teman writes about his parents, who were ordinary suburbanites in New Jersey. They were boring and predictable – but then they made Aliya.

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has discovered an industrial olive press from the 6th – 8th century CE. The site was found near Hod HaSharon, North of Tel Aviv. The olive press system had been carved into huge building slabs that were sunk into the ground.

84-year-old Judaic expert Menachem Cohen accomplished a 30-year task to correct all known textual errors in Jewish scripture. Cohen identified 1,500 inaccuracies in vowels and cantillation notation in the Old Testament’s prophets and writings.

In the middle of the Arava desert is Kibbutz Neot Semadar growing several varieties of native date palms and organic grapes that it transforms into sulphur-free wines. It also contains Pundak Neot Semadar - a charming all-organic restaurant with a dining area enclosed by a veritable jungle.