Israel Active

It did for octogenarians Yakov (85) and Moshet Pedagog (82) who immigrated to Modi’in, Israel with Nefesh b’Nefesh in August. After long careers in education, they do not plan to relax.

Zechariya Brashi was born in Kurdistan in 1900 and came to pre-state Israel in 1936. He spends his days studying Torah and writes books about the Jewish mystical text, the Zohar. His secret to long life - don’t overeat!

Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez, in her speech in the UN General Assembly, declared Israel to be “The embodiment of the project to create a homeland for the Jewish people”. She rejected PA Chairman Abbas’s “right of return,” demand for the mass immigration of Arabs to Israel.

PM Netanyahu returned from the Negev to attend his second study session to honour of his father-in-law who died last year. The PM said he came from the biblical desert landscape back to Jerusalem to “connect to the foundations of our existence, and there is no firmer a foundation than the Bible.”

There’s been a huge jump in Tel Avivians riding on two wheels in the last decade. About fourteen percent of all Tel Aviv residents use their bikes as the main form of transport to work or school.

Last week I included an amusing article about the Israeli press on the way to report on PM Netanyahu’s speech at the UN. The same reporter describes the lengths he went to in order to keep the Sabbath during the hectic trip that bridged Yom Kippur and the feast of Tabernacles.

Christians from over sixty countries paraded down the streets of Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, to show their support for the Jewish State.

Please watch this video story of Louis Miller’s journey from Alabama college graduate to IDF paratrooper.

For anyone who wants to know what it is like to arrive today in the Jewish State as a new immigrant, this 8-minute film (the eighth in the series) featuring the family of Jamie Geller is totally authentic.

If you are flying out of Ben Gurion airport soon, make sure you watch this amazing display.