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One of the recent finds uncovered during the excavation of the first Temple era Ophel City Wall site was part of a letter from the King of Jerusalem to the King of Egypt written over 3400 years ago.

A Jewish burial container has been certified as a genuine 2000 year-old artefact from Judea.

Not really holy, but water is so precious to Israelis that even the ritual bath water is to be recycled. In just one town near Jerusalem, it will save more than a million gallons of water each year.

Usually her husband buys the lottery ticket and wins nothing. Last week she gave it a shot and won… twice! First and second prize in the national lottery were worth a total of 36 million shekels.

100 Birthright Israel participants spent the morning cleaning, gardening, and painting. Over 11 years, the project has organised over 500,000 hours of voluntary work.

Sergeant Haim Roffe moved from Mexico to Israel and serves on a patrol boat based in Ashdod.

The Ramat Gan safari park in Tel Aviv has 250 acres of wildlife and is the 5th most popular paid-entry site in Israel. See this, plus the other nine, in the following video.

The ROI Summit in Jerusalem brought together young Jewish innovators from around the globe. Writers, activists, artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, fundraisers and social media gurus. Like Dylan’s classic – “Come gather round people wherever you roam … for the times they are a changing!”

Israel’s new UN representative Ron Prosor made his debut as chairman of the Western Europe and Others Group (WEGO). He welcomed Ban Ki-Moon’s re-election as UN Sec-General. He has also already got busy with serious work putting over Israel’s case to this controversial organisation.

Daniel Taub replaces Ron Prosor as Israel’s UK ambassador. His skills as a lawyer and a previous Oxford University debating champion will be vital in this key posting.