| The Mossad: Israel’s Famed Spy Agency Appoints Two Women to Top Roles in the Organization
In August 2022, the Mossad made history by. announcing it had appointed two women to senior roles in the organization…
Despite All Its Problems, Israel Now Ranks Among the 10 Happiest Countries in the World!
…in the most recent United Nations World Happiness Report, Israel took the number nine slot.
Chess4Solidarity: 8-Year-Old Israeli Student Wins International Chess Competition Held on Rhodes
Sasson played as a representative of Chess4All, the Israeli chess organization responsible for…
Israeli Farmer Grows World’s Biggest Strawberry, Enters Guinness Book of World Records
We’ve all heard about fish stories (“It was HUGE but it got away at the last second!”). Well, this is a strawberry story: It was HUGE but it didn’t get away. In fact, after it was grown (10.19 ounces), it was stored away in Israeli farmer Ariel Chahi’s freezer. The amazing strawberry won Chahi a…
Dr. Marian Khatib: Israel’s First Arab Breast Surgeon Is Appointed to High Post at Sourasky Medical Center
Dr. Marian Khatib, 40, Israel’s first Arab breast surgeon, has been named Director of the Breast Surgery Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. She is also the only onconoplastic breast surgeon in the country’s public health system who performs both the resection and reconstruction of breast cancer patients. Dr. Khatib studied medicine at The…
Munich Massacre: Tokyo Remembers the 11 Murdered Israeli Athletes in Opening Ceremony — an Olympics First
Although the 11 Israeli athletes brutally murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich have been remembered and honored during a number of Olympic Games since then, they have never been memorialized in an opening ceremony. That just changed at the opening of the Olympics in Tokyo. Quote: “In particular we remember…
Sapir Berman: Israel’s First Transgender Soccer Referee Comes Out as a Woman and Takes to the Field
Sapir Berman, an experienced, male professional soccer referee, has announced publicly that she is now a transgender woman. Not long after coming out, the 26-year-old Berman went back onto the field as head ref in a Premiere League match between Hapoel Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem. Berman was received matter-of-factly by the crowd –which was small…
Yom Haatzmaut 2021: Israelis and Jews Everywhere About to Celebrate 73 Years Since the Founding of Israel
On April 14 — 15 the citizens of Israel and Jews all over the world will celebrate Independence Day 2021, the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish state. As every year, that joyous occasion will be preceded by two somber observances: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), honoring the millions who perished at the…
Ilan Ramon: Israeli Astronaut Who Perished in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut, was a member of the Columbia space shuttle crew that died in 2003 when the Columbia disintegrated during its return to earth. In addition to many other achievements and exploits, Ramon was one of the IAF fighter pilots who attacked the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981. (See the HISTORY section…
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