A new book every 80 minutes
A new book, CD or magazine is published every 80 minutes by the “People of the Book” in the Jewish State, amounting to about 20 titles per day, according to data released by the National Library ahead of Israel Book Week. 6,302 books were published last year, 240 CDs were released and 334 new newspapers and magazines were founded.
“This is your country”
Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the thousands of young Jews who came to Israel as part of the Masa Israel project.
Bible Lands are our Birthright
The Bible Lands Museum has launched a new Jewish Heritage Tour for Birthright-Taglit that shows the Bible as Israel’s true birthright. The Museum is gearing up for 1,200 Birthright visitors from North America, and the tour is part of the Museum’s Birthright Israel Education Fair.
And Jerusalem is our heart
The Prime Minister’s Jerusalem Day speech on Ammunition Hill.
The law is on our side
One of the recipients of the 2012 Moskowitz Prize for Zionism is Attorney Darshan-Leitner, who fights for the interests of victims of terrorism in Israel, filing lawsuits against major terrorist organizations, such as Hamas and Hizbullah, while upholding the victims’ dignity.
Peres receives first fruits
Children from the Megilot-Dead Sea Region brought President Shimon Peres some of the first fruits of harvest, in place of the ancient temple offerings at the time of the festival of Shavuot.
Tel Aviv has come a long way
Another feature on the “White City”, this time by Steve Rubin.
3000-year old treasure unearthed
Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have found jewellery from the eighth millennium BCE at Tel Megiddo, near Afula. The jewels include over 1000 beads of gold, silver and carnelian. Nine gold earrings include one shaped as a basket bearing a bird.
Bethlehem was Jewish 800 years BCE
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1.5cm clay seal with the name of Bethlehem in ancient Hebrew. It is the first time the name Bethlehem appears outside the Bible. Another “one in the eye” for those denying the link between the Jews and the Land of Israel.
The 2012 Moskowitz prize
The winners of the 2012 prize for Zionism are are Dr. Yitzchak Glick, Chairman of the Emergency Medical Center in Efrat; Attorney Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, who fights against terrorist "lawfare"; and Tzvika Slonim, a founder of Gush Emunim and of the Ariel University Center.