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Eliana Rudee is a journalist and marketing professional based in Seattle. She spent nearly a decade working as a journalist in Israel, focusing on global Jewry and culinary arts. She is a trained culinary tour guide of Jerusalem, has led culinary workshops and retreats, and has written several digital cookbooks on the intersection of food, culture and Jewish peoplehood.

At the special Jerusalem center, volunteers sit at least six feet apart from one another, responding to thousands of calls on a daily basis from those who need essentials delivered in light of restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak.
Staff members are at the forefront of medical technologies and innovation, task forces, methods and vaccines in the making, working to protect the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Putting like minds together to create solutions to tackle necessary services during a pandemic.
Rachel Gemara, a 32-year-old Jerusalem oncology nurse at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, saw the first fatality from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Israel, 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Aryeh Even, take his final breaths. Credit: Courtesy.
Coronavirus death toll rises to two in Israel, both over 60
Israel’s second victim of coronavirus, a 67-year-old woman, suffered from “a serious pre-existing medical condition.” She died on March 24 at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.
It provides 18 months of career-oriented training alongside Torah learning, followed by a guaranteed minimum of two years’ employment to jump-start careers for ultra-Orthodox men.
Three of the leading lights of Tel Aviv’s vibrant culinary scene share their messages of equality, authenticity and the power of food and hospitality.
Israel has made significant strides in the past decade, some owed to fluctuating climates that produce different varietals.
“We cannot be disconnected from the history of anti-Semitism, and we should be very careful of hate speech,” said Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who recognized that “there is a new form of anti-Semitism, which is anti-Zionism.”
A quarter of Europeans equate Israelis to Nazis, while one in five believe a “secret Jewish network” controls the world, according to a new survey of 16 European countries.
Ogen has financial advisors who coach young families “from A-Z to go through the process of looking at income, expenditure, equity, savings and loans, as well as help with contracts and mortgages—all paid for by donors,” says CEO Sagi Balasha.
The event, featuring an exhibition of 11 startups, was attended by ministers and ambassadors from Nepal, the Republic of Srpska (Serb Republic), Greece, Honduras, Equatorial Guinea, Slovak Republic, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Georgia.
The meeting at the Israeli president’s residence featured prominent thought leaders from diverse fields gathered to discuss ways of strengthening Israel-Diaspora relationship.