The Golan Heights | Virtual Israel Experience
admin | May 20, 2015
SITES & INFORMATION: Overview The Golan Heights rise from 400 to 1700 feet in the northeastern section of the country. Israel's highest mountain, Mt. Hermon, is located here
Israeli PM Calls Off Controversial West Bank Bus …
admin | May 20, 2015
ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM (AP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday canceled a plan that would have banned Palestinian laborers from riding on the same buses with Jewish settlers in the West Bank, just hours after it was announced an embarrassing about-face that reflected the tensions enveloping Israel's new government. The inauspicious start for Netanyahu's hard-line government illustrated the difficulties that loom as it tries to advance a pro-settler agenda in the face of rising global outrage and domestic criticism.
IMF says Gaza reconstruction moving slowly | News OK
admin | May 20, 2015
Published on NewsOK Modified: May 20, 2015 at 9:09 am Published: May 20, 2015 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip is going "far more slowly than expected" after a devastating war between Israel and the Hamas militant group last year, the International Monetary Fund said this week. IMF said in a report that just over a quarter of the $3.5 billion pledged for reconstruction has been disbursed.
B’nai B’rith Museum Trove Will Go Public in Cincinnati …
simmons | May 20, 2015
Two major Jewish institutions have stepped in to provide a home for the art and artifacts of the Bnai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum. Bnai Brith International and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion will display the Klutznick collection at the HUC-JIRs Skirball Museum, located on the colleges campus in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Klutznicks sacred and secular fine and decorative arts and social documents will be exhibited in galleries designated as the Bnai Brith Klutznick Collection.
The Diary of Anne Frank | ArtSWFL.com
simmons | May 20, 2015
Twelveperformances ofThe Diary of Anne Frankcometo the Lab Theater onApril 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26 (which is a 2 p.m. matinee performance)and 30, and on May 1 and 2, 2015. Set in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam and depictinga family and acquaintances hidden in the sealed-offupper rooms of an office building, thisis Anne Franks story of captivity,fear, andthe burgeoning of a hopeful and beautiful spirit
Donor Support Crucial to West Bank and Gazas Recovery
simmons | May 20, 2015
West Bank harvesters: Economic reforms and donor support will help sow the seeds of West Bank and Gazas future growth (photo: Mohamed Torokman/Reuters) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA IMF Survey May 19, 2015 The West Bank and Gaza will need policy discipline and donor support in the short run, but a new financing model will be essential over the medium term for sustained private-sector-led growth, the IMF says. The Gazan economy is struggling to rebuild in the wake of the violent conflict last summer that resulted in losses of over $4 billion
Rangers find dead rabid wolf in the Golan Heights | The …
admin | May 20, 2015
Authorities confirmed Sunday that they had found the carcass of a rabid wolf, suspected of being behind three separate incidents of wolf bites that occurred last week in the Golan Heights. Lab tests by the Agriculture Ministry and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority confirmed that the wolf had been infected with rabies.
Judaism 101: What Is Judaism?
admin | May 20, 2015
Level: Basic Judaism has been described as a religion, a race, a culture, and a nation All of these descriptions have some validity The Jewish people are best described as an extended family What is Judaism?
