Thanks to a joint Jewish-Christian effort, 250 new Olim from Ukraine landed in Israel on Monday.
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At the recent Jerusalem Marathon in which more than 35,000 people took part, there was a special team from Run for Zion, a non-profit working for the benefit of Israel’s poor, made up entirely of Christian runners.
“Purim is known as the holiday of giving” explained Rabbi Tuly Weisz of Israel365. “We give food and charity to those in need. Perhaps most importantly, Israel365 strives to give joy to those who need it most.”
For its relatively small size, [Israel] has played a large role in global affairs. The country has a strong economy, landmarks of significance to several religions and strained relationships with many of its Arab neighbors.
Jerusalem witnessed the launch of a new economic initiative, aimed at advancing business opportunities in Israel’s Biblical heartland (Judea and Samaria) – and with the active support of Israeli and Palestinian business leaders.
Vibe Israel, a non-governmental initiative to brand Israel to the world recently presented the findings of a report into Millennials and their perceptions of Israel to the country’s 10th President, Reuven Rivlin.
Laurie Cardoza-Moore, President of Proclaiming Justice to The Nations is launching a nationwide campaign to create enough pressure to demand Ilhan Omar’s immediate resignation from Congress.
In further evidence of Palestinian agricultural terrorism, approximately 200 cherry trees and vines in a kibbutz near Gush Etzion were destroyed earlier this week.
Israel’s Security Cabinet finally implemented a law freezing Palestinian Authority funds and originally approved in the Knesset in July 2018. Israel decided to deduct NIS 502,697,000 (US $138,000,000) from the funds designated for transfer to the Palestinian Authority.
As part of Iran’s celebrations commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the Deputy head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps political bureau Yadollah Javani said the Jewish state would suffer if America struck Iran.
“Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” (Malachi 4:4-6)
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the effervescent but deeply thoughtful co-founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews died today at his Jerusalem home. He was 67.
News rocked Jerusalem this afternoon that Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship) died today, after suffering a massive heart attack.
“Austria bears shared responsibility for the Holocaust,” said President Van der Bellen. “Many Austrian citizens took part, and we bow our heads in memory of the victims in humility and respect. We admitted our shared responsibility too late and that caused problems in our relations at the beginning.”
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro thanked the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for sending a delegation of divers, engineers and medical experts, to aid in the search for survivors following the collapse of a dam that killed at least 99 people and left hundreds missing earlier this month.
