Burning kite terrorism from Gaza
Today in Jewish History (1945): The charter of the United Nations is officially put into place. To read about the UN-Israel relationship, please click here!
In this photo: Classic cars participating in the “Holyland 1000 Tour″ racing event outside of the Western Wall. x
In this photo: French Prime Minister and Nazi collaborator Philippe Pétain shakes hands with Adolf Hitler. x
Today in Jewish History (1940): France surrenders to Nazi Germany, beginning the French Vichy regime. To read more about the Vichy regime, please click here!
In this photo: Current Israeli President Reuven Rivlin visits the grave of Menachem Begin, Israel’s 6th Prime Minister. x
To read more about Menachem Begin, please click here!
In this photo: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meets British Prime Minister David Cameron at the British Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing st, England. x
Later this month, Prince William will become the first ever member of the British Royal Family to visit Israel. To read about Israel-UK relations, please click here!
World renowned-chefs visit Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market.
Jewish Girls at a Bat Mitzvah Ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt; before 1967. x
Bat Mitzvah means ‘Daughter of the Commandment’. It, like the Bar Mitzvah - meaning ‘Son of the Commandment’ for boys - involves a ceremony commemorating when Jewish people become adults, at age 13. The first Bat Mitzvah ceremony occurred in the United States on March 18, 1922 at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism in New York. The first Bat Mitzvah was Judith Kaplan and her father, Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, was the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism as well as the Rabbi at the ceremony.
This International Women’s Day, we pay respect to all the Jewish women who have advanced Judaism and held onto our culture, despite receiving little recognition for their contributions.
17th Century Jewish Amulet
Jewish Amulet, silver, in the form of a square plaque; with eight lines of Hebrew text on each side, with cross hatching below on one side. The inscription refers to the four rivers of the Garden of Eden.
(via jewishvirtuallibrary)
General Motors truck picking up passengers from the central bus station to go to Merhavia from Nahariya, Israel; 1951. x
Nahariya was founded in 1935 during the British Mandate of Palestine as an agricultural community headed by Selig Soskin, a noted Jewish scientist, after land was purchased from an Arab landowning family. After achieving only marginal success in agriculture because of climate and financial problems, the town diversified to focus on tourism as well.
Kahenat mourning the Ethiopian-Jews who perished before they could make aliyah to Israel; 2010. x
Kahen (Kahenat plural) in Ge’ez are religious leaders and are responsible for carrying on and furthering the teachings of the Beta Yisrael community. In Hebrew, they are referred to as Kes for singular and Kesim for plural.
