Jewish and Israeli Holidays
An obstacle was placed on the track between Akko and Karmiel, according to police • A Galilee resident was arrested in connection with the incident, but was released following interrogation.
According to the nation’s bureau of statistics, Israel currently has 9,593,000 residents, with that number expected to cross 10 million at the end of 2024 and 15 million at the end of 2048.
“Let us help each other to be inscribed in the Book of Life—together. Let us debate with compassion, disagree without fear, and work towards each other, rather than away from each other,” says the Israeli president.
Leaders will address everything from Israel to mental health issues.
Nightly “selichot” tours are already taking place in Jerusalem’s Old City, Bukharan Quarter and Nachlat Shiva and Nachlaot neighborhoods.
It was used as a talisman in war, offered as food to the gods and purportedly seduced a Russian tsarina who was famously averse to its dominant ingredient.
Additional emergency medical personnel will be arriving from Israel and the United States to help with medical calls during Rosh Hashanah.
The Jewish state will be home to 10 million people by 2024, 15 million by 2048 and 20 million by the end of 2065, according to official data.
“There’s a real fraying of society and social connectedness,” says project leader Arielle Levites. “Shabbat dinner, in particular, is often used by Jewish communities as a tool for fostering connection and community.”
Despite warnings that Ukraine is not safe, the faithful are determined to pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
On the Shetland Islands where I grew up, my mother served homemade pickled herring and seltzer water after the end of services—essential, she insisted, “to replenish liquids and salt lost during fasting.”
“We’re the people of the book, but we don’t read our own book,” says Robert Weinger, a master shofar-blower who lives in Israel.
