Israel Active

British Jew David Littman, who passed away recently, had been a Mossad agent, human rights activist and a historian. His biggest achievement was rescuing 530 Moroccan Jewish children and bringing them to Israel in 1961. In 2009 Israeli President Shimon Peres presented him with the “Hero of Silence” citation.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee certainly didn’t hold back on the accolades for the Jewish State at the 8th annual Jerusalem Banquet of the Eagles' Wings organization in Manhattan. "Every time we win a friend for Israel, we win a friend for democracy, freedom and justice."

Ben Havardi is the youngest winner ever to receive the “President's Award for the Volunteer” given to those who have contributed to Israeli society in an extraordinary way. He works with special needs children, distributes food to the needy, visits nursing homes and much more.

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.

Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the thousands of young Jews who came to Israel as part of the Masa Israel project.

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.

The Prime Minister’s Jerusalem Day speech on Ammunition Hill.

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.

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.

Another feature on the “White City”, this time by Steve Rubin.