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Shiryn Ghermezian

“The great philosopher Plato said thousands of years ago that necessity is the mother of invention; this is the story of the State of Israel,” said Israel’s Environmental Protection Minister Ze’ev Elkin.
A new project brings together veterans of the Israel Defense Forces and the U.S. military with Jewish students to stand up against hatred.
Outside: a German-made Model 2 freight car used for the deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in occupied Poland. Inside: 20 galleries with more than 700 original objects and 400 photographs.
“We have to be prepared,” said Brig. Gen. (Res.) Jacob Nagel. “We have to be prepared to fight regular armies, paramilitary, terrorists, terror along our borders and all over the world, in addition to cyber attacks and, of course, threats to our legitimacy.”
It featured 18 photographs showing soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli volunteers aiding those affected by natural disasters, requiring medical care and more in Haiti, Nepal, the Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Syria, Liberia, South Sudan and North Mauritania.
“When it comes to the most aggressive anti-Semitism and hatred of the Jews, it’s coming from the Muslims. Not from the extreme right. It’s difficult for some people to admit,” said Arié Bensemhoun, executive director of the European Leadership Network.
Three Jewish grandmothers star in a new dating show, where they put their matchmaking skills to the test for eligible bachelors and bachelorettes.
Its small Jewish community lives in a besieged state, economically and socially, like the rest of the country, but also needing to rely on kosher food, especially as Passover approaches.
Sixteen-year-old Andrew Barth Feldman is playing the title character in “Dear Evan Hansen,” a musical about a high school senior who has severe social anxiety.
The JCC Budapest, called the Balint House, was founded in 1994 after the fall of the Iron Curtain. It has so far made connections with 20,000 to 30,000 newly discovered Jews through events and programs.
Masa Israel Teaching Fellows offer college students from North America the chance to build skills, gain experience, learn about Israel and its citizens, and hopefully, become Jewish leaders of the future.
“Boycotts do not cause peace. Boycotts cause more division among people. More polarization,” says the New York director of Creative Community for Peace, which supports artists and encourages artists to perform in Israel.