Category Archives: Israel news

Shana Tova Umetuka – 5781

Posted on 18 September 2020 by

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins tonight (Friday night), and lasts for 2 days, until sundown on Sunday night. The Jewish year follows the lunar calendar, and the number counts the number of years since Creation. This year we … Continue reading →

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The Israel-UAE treaty: is it good for Israel or bad?

Posted on 19 August 2020 by

I have been very much in two minds about the Israel-Emirates peace treaty which was announced last week. On the one hand it is indeed a very good thing, one less enemy in the Arab world and indeed one more … Continue reading →

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Chag Same’ach! Yom Yerushalayim 5780 – 2020

Posted on 22 May 2020 by

Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, the anniversary of Israel’s miraculous victory over combined Arab forces in 1967, began last night (Thursday). Usually the chag is marked with festive prayer services in synagogues around the country. This year, because of the restrictions … Continue reading →

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Chag Atzma’ut Same’ach! Happy 72nd Independence Day Israel!

Posted on 29 April 2020 by

It’s Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, and, as we note every year, the country swings in a mad but so-Israeli kind of way from the mourning, sorrow and remembrance of Yom Hazikaron to the flag-waving patriotism and general merry-making of … Continue reading →

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Yom Hazikaron 5780 – Israel’s Memorial Day 2020

Posted on 28 April 2020 by

Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, began last night at sundown with the sound of the siren, as Israel commemorated its fallen with a one minute siren at 8 pm and a surreal ceremony … Continue reading →

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Yom Hashoah 5780- 2020

Posted on 21 April 2020 by

Yom Hashoah this year took on a much more subdued tone than in normal times due to the strictures imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time ever the ceremony was broadcast online while the host and choir addressed … Continue reading →

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