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From left: ISGAP Managing Director Sima Vaknin-Gil, Executive Director Dr. Charles Asher Small and Chairman Natan Sharansky, and Israel’s Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism Michal Cotler-Wunsh, at Oxford University, July 28, 2024. Credit: ISGAP.

Academics in Oxford foster allies to tackle global surge in Jew-hatred

“I want to educate people that what has been happening since Oct. 7 is not the real Islam,” says Bahraini activist.

Amelie Botbol

July 31, 2024

Four Israeli heart specialists from the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer en route to a hospital in Cyprus with life-saving technology to save a woman who was suffering cardiac issues following childbirth. Credit: Courtesy of SACH.

Medical team from Israel travels to Rwanda to treat young cardiac patients

An Israeli hospital will extend pediatric cardiac care, including surgeries, catheterizations and flights to Israel for treatment, as part of a five-year agreement signed with Rwanda.

May 24, 2024

Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the Besheva group, Feb. 25, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Herzog in Rwanda to mark 30 years since genocide

Israel's president will also press for the release of the hostages held in Gaza.

April 7, 2024

Israeli Itamar Einhorn wins Stage 2 of the Tour of Rwanda, Feb. 19, 2024. Source: M Hotel_Kigali/X.

Israel Premier-Tech cycling team scores victory in Rwanda

The team and fans built the Field of Dreams cyclist center in the Central African country.

Feb. 20, 2024

Israeli Ambassador to Rwanda Ron Adam. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli embassy in Rwanda donates funds for school computers, equipment

“Education is the foundation of everything, and this goes hand in hand with the quality. In this era, you can’t talk about quality while excluding technology,” said Israeli Ambassador to Rwanda Ron Adam.

Dec. 16, 2021

Rabbi Chaim and Dina Bar Sella arrive in Rwanda to open a new Chabad center in Kigali that will include the country’s first synagogue, with Bar Sella as its first permanent rabbi. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Rwanda gets Chabad center, nation’s first synagogue and first permanent rabbi

Rabbi Chaim Bar Sella said “we look forward to meeting the needs of everyone here—from humanitarian workers helping those in need to businesspeople taking part in Rwanda’s developing economy.”

Sept. 3, 2019

RwandAir Airbus A330-200. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Rwanda’s national airline launches first direct flight to Israel

“This is a big step for us. Israel is our second destination in the Middle East after Dubai,” Rwandair CEO Yvonne Manzi Makolo told CNBC Africa before the flight.

June 26, 2019

Cutting the ribbon for the Israeli embassy in Rwanda. Credit: Presidency of Rwanda.

After years of diplomatic ties, Israel opens first embassy in Rwanda

Rwanda’s national airline, RwandAir, is expected to have direct flights to Israel in the coming months.

April 2, 2019

One of the most famous pictures of Jews being rounded up by Nazi Germans during the Holocaust, this from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in May 1943. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Study: A quarter of Jews murdered in Holocaust killed in 100 days in 1942, a 20th-century record

The estimated average of 15,000 deaths daily during the “extreme phase of hyper-intense killing” is nearly three times greater than previous approximations.

Jan. 3, 2019