Daily Archives: May 7, 2019
ARYEH TOEG, OUR PARDES TEACHER – MURDERED AS A POW
Tribute from his student, David Bedein, 46 years later.
People in Israel who do not have a loved one to mourn often choose someone to think about on Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s day to mourn those...
![The Israel Project [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Flickr_-_The_Israel_Project_-_Children_in_bomb_shelter_at_Kibbutz_Kerem_Shalom_5-324x235.jpg "The reality of sirens for children in Israel")
The reality of sirens for children in Israel
It’s been a surreal few days. On Thursday, I grappled with how to explain the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren to my 4-year-old. We were in a coffee shop when it blared. I decided I...
From ‘oy’ to joy: A call for positivity in Jewish engagement
There is a dissonance between the Jewish story and narrative. We are a people who have demonstrated an inverse relationship between numbers and impact for thousands of years, and represent an unparalleled catalyst for...
A day to honor the memory of 23,741 of Israel’s fallen
Events to commemorate the memories of 23,741 fallen soldiers and civilians began in Israel on Tuesday evening as part of Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism.
According to the Defense Ministry’s Families...
From Yom Hashoah to Yom Ha’atzmaut – the New ‘High Holidays’ of Israel
The Jewish national calendar of Israel is populated by new holidays that Israel has placed at the center of our national and Jewish consciousness and which define and set aside the most significant time...
Gaza rockets caused as much as $14 million in property damage
Buildings in southern Israel sustained some NIS 50 million ($14 million) of damage in the escalation of the past few days, according to the country’s Renovation Contractors Association.
RCA chairman Eran Siv explained on Monday...
Israel’s Eurovision entry gets overhaul as global song contest’s host nation looks to repeat...
Responding to criticism over his uninspiring performance, Israeli singer Kobi Marimi recorded a new version of Israel’s entry for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, set to take place in Tel Aviv this month.
Israeli singer...
Summer camp serves as a bridge between young Israelis and Diaspora Jewry
Kibbutz Shfayim is simply gorgeous. With palm trees and Hebrew signs everywhere, it doesn’t have the feel of an American summer camp.
Yet somehow, with enough American camp staff, small bunk-like guest houses and goofy...
American and Israeli science academies sign cooperation agreement in Jerusalem
At a ceremony held Tuesday at the Jerusalem residence of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the American National Academy of Sciences signed a cooperation agreement to increase...
Pew: US Jews are more likely than Christians to state that Trump favors Israel
U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say that U.S. President Donald Trump favors Israelis more than the Palestinians, according to a Pew Research poll released on Monday.
Some 42 percent of American Jews say Trump...