Your Favorite Things About Israel

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Fauda.

 

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Israeli Olympian Shares Training Regimen, Raises Money for Coronavirus Relief - Algemeiner.com

JNS.org - Israeli Olympian Sagi Muki is sharing his home-training regimen online to help motivate those in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic, and dedicating his time to projects to raise money for coronavirus relief. Muki is Israel’s first male world judo champion, winning gold at the...

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Locked down? Open up to… rising Israeli musician Oren Lavie

The promising 43-year-old singer may not be a household name just yet -- but a Grammy nomination and a YouTube video with 34 million hits indicate a star on the rise

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Beautiful Haifa.

Where the B’haians Are free to practice.

Unlike in Iran.

Apartheid?

 

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Star-Studded online event celebrates San Remo Conference centennial

Special online event is being held to mark 100th anniversary of historic post-WWI meeting of Allied powers.

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Yom Hazikaron: Israel's Memorial Day | My Jewish Learning

Every year Israel marks Yom HaZikaron, a day to remember Israeli soldiers who have fallen in battle. For 24 hours the nation mourns its heroes, and at 11 am the entire country observes a two-minute standstill of all traffic and daily activities.

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04/28 Links Pt1: Remembrance Day to Independence Day: From Holocaust to rebirth; ‘US Prepared to Recognize Application of Israeli Law to Areas of the West Bank’

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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Watch: Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony on Mt. Herzl

Ceremony marking switch from Memorial Day to Independence Day begins with no audience this year due to coronavirus crisis.

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Watch: Jewrovision Song Contest on Israel's Independence Day

Watch the Jewrovision Song Contest, featuring guest singer Yishai Ribo, in honor of Israel's 72nd Independence Day.

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Journey to Israeli Independence: Key Moments to the Day that Changed Jewish History

Key Moments about the day that changed Jewish history, with the establishment of the modern state of Israel. By veteran Israeli tour guide Peter Abelow.

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A lily pond in the Kiryat Sefer urban park in Tel Aviv ​

His younger kinsman, Otniel the Kenizzite, captured it; and Kalev gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage Judges 1:13 (The Israel Bible™) וַיִּלְכְּדָהּ עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַז אֲחִי כָלֵב הַקָּטֹן מִמֶּנּוּ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתּוֹ לְאִשָּׁה va-yil-k’-DAH ot-nee-AYL ben k’-NAZ a-KHEE kha-LAYV ha-ka-TON mi-ME-nu va-yi-ten LO et akh-SAH vi-TO l’-i-SHAH This verse, describing the conquest of Kiryat Sefer, demonstrates Otniel the Kenizzite’s power as a military leader. However, Otniel is more than just a strategic tactician. The classic commentator Rashi (Joshua 15:15) notes that Kiryat Sefer, which means ‘the city of the book,’ gets its name from an incident that occurred after Moshe’s death. Due to the people’s profound sadness, many biblical laws were forgotten. However, Otniel, with his great intellectual prowess, relearns and restores these commandments. Hence, we see that Otniel is not only a great warrior; he is also a great Torah scholar. Similarly, today’s Israeli army has many soldier-scholars who combine "the book and the sword" in their service of God and the Jewish people.​