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A main challenge for the Jewish people is not how everyone prays, it’s the unaffiliated who are our greatest challenge—the disconnected, the apathetic, the disengaged, young Jewish people totally disinterested in their heritage and Israel, says the deputy mayor of Jerusalem.
During ancient times, Sukkot was one of three pilgrimage festivals, where Jews were commanded to ascend to the Temple.
It’s part of a rejuvenation of Jewish life, particularly in Budapest, that has come about in the last decade after the dark shadow of the Holocaust and then years of Communist rule.
Where there were once 150 synagogues in Budapest, there are now fewer than two dozen; however, efforts in the past decade to foster a resurgence in Jewish life have proven successful.
Adi Topolosky is bringing awareness to equality in sports, doing her part to empower others in her bat mitzvah year and for the future.
The first Central America Forum for Israel also marked the third anniversary of Guatemala’s Israel Friendship Law, which institutes that schoolchildren learn about Israel and its historical relations with their country.
“This is a journey that is well underway, but far from complete,” said Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, who is leading the operation with the Jewish Agency.
As the dust starts to settle after heavy rioting in mixed Arab-Jewish communities such as Akko, locals say they will work together to attract tourists and to continue to build the area economically and socially.