Next week, we celebrate Jerusalem Day to commemorate the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967.
Jerusalem – the golden city, the holy city, the beating heart of so many people, of so many beliefs and religions. Whenever I go up to Jerusalem (we don’t say that we simply go or travel to Jerusalem, we always “go up” […]
20 May
Posted by: Shira Cohen-Regev in: Israel history
I sit at my home-office, the olive tree peeps at my window, the birds are chirping, the sky is blue, and I read on the internet that Israel is rated as the fifth less-peaceful country in the world at the Global Peace Index (GPI) of 2008.
The Peace Index was translated on the Israeli news […]
12 May
Posted by: Shira Cohen-Regev in: Holidays
The Israeli poet Nathan Alterman wrote a famous poem that describes the fallen soldiers of the Independence War as the silver platter on top of which the Jewish State was given to the nation.
To reflect this notion, the Israeli Memorial Day and the Independence celebration are attached.
The Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism […]