Aish
From classic jam-filled to gourmet creations, Jerusalem’s bakeries are ready for the holiday rush.
Muslim, Christian and Jewish community leaders gather to talk at Aish in the Old City.
No information was lost or stolen, said the Jewish educational group.
The U.S. athlete also met with United Hatzalah volunteers.
The ceremony in Jerusalem will be broadcast live on YouTube at 6:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. E.T.), Aish HaTorah said.
Organized under the auspices of a volunteer organization called “Imahot L’Maan Imahot” (“Mothers Supporting Mothers”), the gathering took place at the Dan Family Aish World Center near the Western Wall in the Old City, almost exactly one month after the tragedy at Mount Meron.
“The rabbis teach that the point that triggered the miracle of Purim was the moment that the Jews of Persia united as one to fight our enemies,” said Rabbi David Rosman of the Aish HaTorah Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
The diplomats represented Kenya, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Latvia and Lithuania.
Rabbi Reuven Biermacher, 45 and a father of seven, was attacked outside of Jaffa Gate while walking home from teaching his morning class at Aish HaTorah in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman met with leaders of the White House Faith Counsel Initiative the day after the celebratory opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem.