A very personal gift
Keren Urzach from Jerusalem celebrated her bat mitzvah and gave a gift instead of receiving one. Her long hair was made into a wig for a 13-year old girl who went bald due to cancer treatment.
“Old soldiers never die”
Yitzhak Taito has just celebrated his 70th birthday – and he is still serving in the IDF. He has spent 52 years in uniform, having enlisted in 1959, and is Israel’s oldest soldier by a long shot.
Our new man at the UN
Ron Prosor will be well known to UK readers of this newsletter. His excellent record in London has vaulted him into the “lions’ den” of world politics.
They’re still coming
May 2011 was another record month for tourism. 308,000 tourists arrived – 5% more than May last year.
Free-wheeling
The JNF have launched 3 new bike trails in the North of Israel.
What have they found this time?
Dig under a car park in Acre and find a 1500 year-old Byzantine church. History is uncovered almost every time someone disturbs the soil in this amazing country.
Morocco comes to Jerusalem
A newly restored centre for North African Jewish heritage promises to become one of the capital's most colourful tourist sites.
The new curriculum
The standard of Jewish Studies in Israel’s state schools is often criticised. Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar here defends the performance of the first year of his new “Culture of Israel” programme.
Israel’s first start-up company
Read how Israel’s aircraft industry began. Al Schwimmer, who passed away last week, was Israel’s first entrepreneur. One of the stories in the amazing book “Start-up Nation”.
Running with the people
The Golani brigade has reached Tel Aviv on its annual run down the length of the country. Its aim is to show Israeli citizens that the elite soldiers are an integral part of the Jewish people.