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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a new $1 million international prize to be awarded to Jews who win global recognition due to their achievements in the fields of science and the arts. “The prize symbolizes Jews’ great contribution to human development and will be a source of pride for young Jews around the world, ”

Following on from my comments about the Queen of England, royal watcher Eric Moonman says that “the Prince of Wales’ interest in the environment and Israel’s green successes have made him increasingly enthusiastic about a visit”.

Here are two lovely personal articles from Newsletter readers focusing on the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem. They both ask us to remember that the cornerstone for the success of tomorrow is our family.

Yes, you read it correctly – The United Nations named Israel as one of the top 20 countries for the provision of government services through the Internet. Israel even beat Germany and Japan. It also came 4th for active citizen engagement with government through the Internet.

Just minutes after kibbutz children boarded their school bus, a terrorist rocket from Gaza smashed into their bus stop. This, and other miraculous near misses, occurred on the last day of school in the week when Southern Israel was hit indiscriminately by over 100 rockets.

Here are two detailed analyses of Israel’s 7th Prime Minister who passed away last week aged 96. Shamir was “a roaring tiger” in protecting Israel’s security. His immigration and financial policies transformed Israel’s economy from near meltdown to one of strength.

Documents and photographs from a 1927 excavation on Temple Mount have just been uncovered from archives hidden in the Rockefeller Museum in East Jerusalem. They show that a Jewish ritual bath (“mikva”) dating from the Second Temple had been unearthed beneath the Al-Aqsa mosque.

While Hamas runs summer camps that teach kids to hate Jews, Israeli children are learning how to build robots and bridges. “Tech-Know-Play” is the summer camp Shaiel Yitzchak runs in Jerusalem for kids who are interested in all things scientific and mathematical.

New information that the American country music great visited the Jewish State five times from 1966 to the mid 1990s. A devout Christian, Cash recorded complete albums of inspirational hymns about the holy land and made films about his journeys to Biblical sites.

Hip-hop pioneer, Russell Simmons, has arrived in Israel for his first visit, in an effort to promote Muslim and Jewish reconciliation. Simmons, is one of USA Today’s most 25 influential people of the past 25 years, and chairman of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU).