Israel’s First Lady Undergoes Lung Transplant to Save Her from Pulmonary Fibrosis
Nechama Rivlin, the 73-year-old wife of Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, has undergone a lung transplant following a serious decline in her condition due to chronic pulmonary fibrosis. She received the lung from a 19-year-old young man, Yair Yehezkel Halbali, who drowned in Eilat.
Report: The Need to Explain the Israeli Miracle to Millennials
Vibe Israel, a non-governmental initiative to brand Israel to the world recently presented the findings of a report into Millennials and their perceptions of Israel to the country’s 10th President, Reuven Rivlin.
Antisemitism is a Battle ‘Humanity Must Fight Together’
“Austria bears shared responsibility for the Holocaust,” said President Van der Bellen. “Many Austrian citizens took part, and we bow our heads in memory of the victims in humility and respect. We admitted our shared responsibility too late and that caused problems in our relations at the beginning.”
Arrow 3 Anti-Missile System Fully Tested Days After Iranian Rocket Attack
Just two days after Iranian military fired a missile into northern Israel from Syria, the Israeli Defense Ministry successfully conducted a planned trial of the Arrow-3 missile defense system.
At the Start of 2019, Israel’s Challenge is Narrowing Economic Social Gaps
On December 24, the new Governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Amir Yaron was sworn in at Israeli President Reuven Rivlin residence with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in attendance. Through each of their speeches, it became clear that the goals of the Governor and Prime Minister were different from the goals of the […]
President Rivlin Hosts Holocaust Survivors, Light Hanukkah Candles
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin invited Holocaust survivors from across the country to his official Jerusalem residence Monday to light the second Hanukkah candle.
Ancient Ethiopian Festival Sigd Symbolizes the Jewish Yearning for Jerusalem
Overlooking Mount Moriah where the First and Second Temples once stood in Jerusalem, tens of thousands from the Ethiopian-Israeli community gathered today at the Armon Hanatziv promenade for Sigd (meaning to worship and literally to prostrate in Amharic). Sigd is a holiday of the Ethiopian Jewish community which includes prayers, gatherings and a breaking of the fast from the previous evening until the conclusion of the afternoon service.
Biblical, Traditional and Healthy: Olive Picking with the Israeli President
On October 29, President Reuven Rivlin and First Lady, Nechama, participated in the beginning of the olive harvest season by picking olives from the trees at the President’s residence in Jerusalem. Religious, secular, Jewish and Christian olive growers from across Israel came with the next generation, their children and grandchildren.
Prophecy in Action: Pastor Bringing Together Jews and Christians in Song
A Canadian pastor is seeing prophecy materialize in the simplest way possible; by bringing Jews and Christians together in song. A simple as it seems, the idea is gathering momentum and is now becoming a global phenomenon in ways no one could have anticipated.
There IS a Doctor in the House
On a day in August, annually for the last 12 years, physicians and ordinary citizens take off for a face-to-face discussion of the latest in Israeli medicine. Some 1,500 people, most of them Jerusalemites, filled Teddy Hall (named in memory of the city’s legendary mayor Teddy Kollek) at the city’s International Convention Center for a […]
