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| Natural Gas: Additional 13 Billion Cubic Meters Discovered Off Israeli Coast

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckDecember 24, 2022

Energean PLC — an international hydrocarbon exploration and production company — has announced a new…

Israel’s First Bicycle Tunnel is Inaugurated in Jerusalem — Two Kilometers Long

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckSeptember 17, 2022

The tunnel connects the path between Nahal Refaim and Emek Motza. Its southern entrance is in Refaim Park…

Eilat to Become International Food Research and Development Center

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckMay 19, 2022

Israeli Agriculture Minister Oded Forer is promoting a multi-year program for…

Coming: Improved Rail Infrastructure, 30-Minute Travel Time Between Haifa and Tel Aviv

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckMarch 2, 2022

Israel’s National Infrastructure Planning Council has announced it is moving forward with a plan to expand the rail infrastructure between Haifa and Tel Aviv, adding two additional rails and thereby doubling the current capacity for travel between the two cities. In addition, a trip with the proposed lines from the Carmel Coast station in Haifa…

Jerusalem: Israel’s Capital Is Undergoing Massive Urban Renewal and New Development

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckOctober 17, 2021

Central to the city’s development plan is construction of additional light rail lines, a major high-rise project at the entrance to the city…

Tel Aviv Allocates 100 Million Shekels to Beautify Run-Down Apartment Buildings

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckJuly 25, 2021

Many newer and renovated older apartment buildings in Tel Aviv-Yafo are quite attractive, but others…

Underground Cemetery in Jerusalem: Addressing a Burial Space Shortage in the Holy City

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckMay 12, 2021

The idea of burying the deceased deep below ground level is nothing new. On the contrary, there are many examples of catacombs constructed for that purpose in ancient times. However, the first new such structure has been built in Jerusalem, simply because the city is running out of space to bury the dead directly below…

Jerusalem Gateway Project: Developing the City of David Into a World-Class Capital

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckApril 2, 2021

The Jerusalem Gateway Project — also known as the Jerusalem City Entrance Project — is a massive development plan for the main entrance to the Israeli capital. The project includes 13 high-rise buildings, a business center, a major expansion of the city’s convention center, a large number of hotel rooms, and much more. Municipal authorities…

The Tel Aviv — Jerusalem Fast Train Brings Travel Time Down to About Half an Hour

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckNovember 1, 2020

Although building the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem “fast train” took seven years longer than planned, and while it cost four times the original estimate, the full line finally came into service in 2019. The train is fast only by Israeli standards: It travels at about 100 miles per hour. Still, it reduces the travel time between Israel’s…

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NAME THAT ISRAELI! ANSWER

 
Max Nordau

Find out more about Max Nordau from My Jewish Learning by clicking here.

FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. Jerusalem’s emblem has a lion, a wall (like the city walls and the Western Wall), and an olive branch. What does the lion represent?
    a. Lion of Judah
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  3. 2. How many active archeological sites are Jerusalem? More than…
    d. 2,000
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  5. 3. Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives is the oldest active burial site in the world and is home to more than _____ Jewish graves.
    b. 150,000
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  7. 4. How many Christian churches are there in Jerusalem?
    b. 50
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  9. 5. Guests at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel have included Elizabeth Taylor, Winston Churchill, Prince Charles (now King Charles), Hillary Clinton, and Madonna.
    a. True
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  11. 6. Jerusalem’s fabulous (and frenetic!), enormous, partially covered market packs in locals and tourists with its array of food, color, and noise. What is the market called?
    a. Mahaneh Yehuda

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WOW! FACTS

Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution?

We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews!

To learn about these and many more AmazingJews, watch a compilation put together by JewOfTheWeek.net in 2015 and posted on YouTube. >>
 

Nobel Prizes
Although Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. Source: Google

Polio Vaccine
Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis — including paralysis and even death — thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and his team. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. in 1955. Source: Wikipedia

Miss Liberty
The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. Source: BuzzFeed

Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. Source: BuzzFeed

Start-Up Nation
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world. Source: BuzzFeed

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