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KKJ-JNF unveils rare photos of Tisha B’Av from early Israeli statehood

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Tisha B’Av, the pinnacle of the Jewish mourning period for destructions of the First and Second Temples, will be observed this year from sundown on Aug. 13 until nightfall on Aug. 13. It is...
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 participants plant saplings in the KKL Eurovision Forest, located within the Ben Shemen Forest, April 3, 2023. Photo by Shachar Cohen.

Eurovision participants plant saplings of hope, healing and harmony

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In the middle of a field that was devastated by the 2019 fire that razed most of Moshav Mevo Modi’in and 500 acres of nearby forest, a fresh-faced group of 36 participants in the...
New immigrants Charley and Shaked Smith, and their baby son, Adar, on April 27, 2022. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Nefesh B’Nefesh welcomes 74,000th new immigrant ahead of Israel’s 74th year

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Nefesh B’Nefesh, in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA, welcomed its 74,000th new immigrant on Wednesday. Charley Smith, 34, made aliyah from Florida and reunited...
The 2022 "Foresters of the Future" cohort. Credit: KKL-JNF

Israel’s future foresters are mostly women

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Planting trees is a national pastime in Israel. The country prides itself as being one of the only nations in the world to enter the 21st century with more trees than it had 100...
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion speaking in the Knesset on Jan, 1, 1957. Credit: National Photo Archive via Wikimedia Commons.

Historic scroll found at Ben-Gurion House ‘shines with the Zionist story’

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A scroll presented to Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, during a tree-planting ceremony in 1949 was recently found at Ben-Gurion House in Tel Aviv. The scroll was presented to Ben-Gurion by students at the...

JNF-KKL resumes tree planting under heavy security after Bedouin riots

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Under heavy security, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael  (JNF-KKL) resumed planting trees in the Negev on Wednesday morning after they were halted the day before by an eruption of Bedouin violence. At least 18 people were arrested...
Twelve future lone soldiers from North America landed on a Nefesh B’Nefesh Group Aliyah Flight to serve in the Israel Defense Forces and make their homes in the Jewish state, Aug. 10, 2021. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Future lone soldiers arrive with Nefesh B’Nefesh during summer ‘aliyah’ peak

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Twelve future lone soldiers were among new immigrants who landed this week on a Nefesh B’Nefesh Group Aliyah Flight, in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren...
President of FC Barcelona Joan Laporta takes part in a tree-planting ceremony in Israel organized by Keren Kayemet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund on July 20, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

FC Barcelona president honored with tree-planting ahead of Tel Aviv match

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The president of FC Barcelona participated in a tree-planting ceremony in Israel ahead of the El Classico match in Tel Aviv between the soccer club’s legendary players and Real Madrid. Joan Laporta took part in a prayer...
Michal Cotler-Wunsh, head of the new Nefesh B’Nefesh Institute for Aliyah Policy and Strategy, greets arrivals to Israel. Credit: Nefesh B'Nefesh.

Nefesh B’Nefesh launches new institute for aliyah and strategy

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It’s been three years since Hanna and Shamshy Schlager traded their home in New York for a new one in Modi’in, Israel. It’s been a good three years, they’ll tell you, a time of growth,...
A ceremony in the Tzora Forest near the city of Beit Shemesh marks 30 years since Israel established diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation, July 7, 2021. Photo by Yosi Zelliger.

Israel, Russian Federation plant trees to celebrate 30 years of ‘blooming’ relations

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Israel and the Russian Federation celebrated 30 years of diplomatic ties with a ceremonial planting of 30 trees in central Israel on Wednesday. The ceremony took place at the Tzora Forest, a large swath of...