It’s Rosh Hashanah- Happy Jewish New Year! with Mayim Bialik and The Maccabeats
Monthly Archives: September 2016
NOW THAT’S REFRESHING! Coca-Cola features a Shofar on limited edition bottles #RoshHashana
Source: Javier Miropolsky
“I am an Israeli Jew, he is an Israeli Arab, we both live in Jerusalem and we train together every day at Jerusalem Boxing Club.”
“In the ring, there are no differences, no politics, only the values of respect and fraternity. We both belong to the human community and we love each other!” *** “Je suis Juif israélien, il est Arabe israélien, nous vivons tous les deux à Jerusalem et…
CONDOLENCES: Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister and President of Israel
Reports coming in from Israel now that Shimon Peres has passed away at the age of 93. His family is calling for an official statement to be released at 7 AM Israel time. Source: Jewish Breaking News
Wishing everyone around the world a Happy New Year! Shana Tova #HOPE4ADAM
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15 YEARS LATER: We Remember Nancy Morgenstern
On the morning of September 11, 2001, my sister Nancy was 32 years old. In my mind, she’ll always remain that exact age because her life was tragically cut short. Nancy was the older sister that everyone dreamed of. She was seven years my senior…
Happy 113th Birthday Yisrael Kristal, the Oldest Man in the World
This photo was taken at last year’s 112th Birthday. Today, Yisrael is celebrating his 113th birthday which will be followed by his first Bar Mitzvah celebration. When Kristal was 13 which is the standard Bar Mitzvah age, he was unable to mark the special occasion due to…
#HOPE4ADAM
“Hi Everyone, last month I was diagnosed with Primary Myleofibrosis, a blood cancer that can’t be cured unless I have a bone marrow transplant. I am a husband, and father of 3 beautful kids. For the past month I have been flooded with love from family,…
WHAT IDF K9 HEROES DO WHEN THEY RETIRE
Kila used to protect Israel in the IDF’s K9 unit. Now, the retired four-legged soldier brings joy to the lives of nursing home residents on her weekly visits.
Rosh Hashanah: Can’t Stop the Feeling
Justin Timberlake, celebrating the new year and the joy of being Jewish. Lyrics by Aish.com
DEVOTED WIFE #TELFIE
“Hi there I wanted to share this photo of my wonderfully amazing kindhearted grandparents. My grandmother wakes up very early every morning to say her prayers, open the door for her helper, and sets the table to prepare for anyone who should come over. She then…
“I am deaf. For a long time I have been blind, but above all I’m an actress”.
Meet Bat Sheva Ravensari, an actress at Nalaga’at, the first and only theater in the world of deaf-blind actors, located in Jaffa. She is a proud mother to 3 sons, a grandmother for a beautiful baby-boy, and also a great advocator for people who were born…
“A photographer from the New York Daily News captured this photo of my grandmother, carrying my 11-month-old mother and her twin sister, on the day they arrived in New York after leaving Europe in July 1949.”
“My grandparents, Leon and Lodja Bloch, both Holocaust survivors originally from Poland, met and married in Germany after being liberated from the camps. A photographer from the New York Daily News captured this photo of my grandmother, carrying my 11-month-old mother and her twin sister,…
First we PRAY then we PLAY
“Went to pick up my son from high school football tryouts, and saw this beautiful sight. #Priorities #Minha #YDE #BrooklynNY” – Aileen Ades
My favorite part about leading #Birthright trips for Israel Free Spirit is probably watching people’s lives changed.
I’ve led 6 trips at this point and from them I’ve seen people make aliyah, volunteer for the IDF, and I’ve had like 12 people who met and married their spouses from my trips. That’s one couple per a trip, which is pretty good. But…
