Posts Tagged ‘Israeli’
This is the day on which all of Israel remembers everyone who has fallen for her, soldier and bystander. Television and radio stations carry special programming, or go off the air, and entertainment is closed. Nationally, we know the name and the face, of every casualty, as it happened; few of us do not have a [...]
For me, one of the greatest joys of living Israel is watching Judaism happen all around me. On the first night of Hanukah, I was blessed to make it happen for someone else. I live in Shuk Mahane Yehuda, the Jerusalem Open Market. Actually, I live in an upper level of a building that is [...]
500 New Immigrants On Their Way (IsraelNN.com) Five hundred Jews from the U.S., Russia, England and South Africa will make their new home in Israel between now and the end of this year. The parade of new immigrants will begin with a planeload of 100 from the former Soviet Union Tuesday afternoon. After arriving in [...]
More Israeli Expats Returning Home (IsraelNN.com) The number of Israeli citizens returning to the country after an extended stay abroad doubled in 2008, the Central Bureau of Statistics has reported. Almost 8,800 Israelis moved back to Israel after living abroad in 2008, compared to 4,535 in 2007. The number of people who immigrated to Israel [...]
