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West Bank & Gaza
Trends Among Arab Jerusalemites
Along with radicalization, we also see normalization of relations with Israel and even integration into its society. More and more residents of eastern Jerusalem are choosing to adopt a much more pragmatic policy than in the past.
Jerusalem's Forever Crisis
Until the 1930s and 1940s, the Jewish history of the Temple Mount was not perceived as a threat to Muslim preeminence there. Today, however, the presence of Jews is characterized as a "storming" of the compound.
What a hypocrite!
I know it's biased; I know it's one-sided - but it's out there... and it's a National Geographic. On the other hand, it sure doesn't look like a large, open-air concentration camp:
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Tech & Trade
Israeli Solar Power Bringing Light to African Villages
An Israeli R2D2?
Israel and the Google Lunar XPrize
In January 2017, Israel's SpaceIL won a position as one of five finalists in the multi-million-dollar
Google Lunar XPrize
race to the moon. This competition began with 33 teams a decade ago. With 30 engineers working in an Israel Aircraft Industries facility in Yehud, Israel, SpaceIL hopes to finish the spacecraft in the next 11 months. "The fact that we're one of five teams that achieved this shows what we always knew: We are at the forefront of global technology in Israel and the space industry here has potential to be a leader globally,"
said
Kfir Damari, one of SpaceIL's founders. "This gives us a lot of motivation to shoot for the moon."
"We have waited for this moment for a long time,"
said
SpaceIL CEO Eran Privman. "Our hard work over the past six years is bearing fruit and we're looking forward to the historic day of SpaceIL's launch and to see the first Israeli spacecraft landing on the Moon."
Israeli High Students' Satellite Launched into Space
On April 18, a small satellite built by Israeli high school students was launched into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of an international research project. The Duchifat-2 (Hoopoe) is one of 28 nanosatellites from 23 countries participating in the European Union's QB50 thermosphere research program-and it is the only satellite in the program constructed by high school students.
"Duchifat-2 is not only an educational venture that brings space closer to youth and lays the way for tomorrow's generation, it is also an international research project. This is Israeli pride for the future generation, and an opportunity to increase public awareness about space,"
said
Israel's Science Minister Ofir Akunis.
The Israeli satellite will study the plasma density in the lower thermosphere and send signals to the Herzliya Science Center, where students will analyze the data.
As the United States and Israel strengthen their ties across many important areas, exploration of "the final frontier" provides ample opportunity for the two allies to deepen their bilateral relationship in the decades ahead.
And from National Geographic Magazine:
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Click here for upcoming Federation programming in our area. 
Join us at Ramah here in North America or in Israel for one of these very special programs designed especially for women. All are invited to participate. No Ramah connection is necessary, so please forward this email to friends and family who might be interested!
Ruach Nashim: Women's Spirituality Weekend
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April 27-29, 2018
Ramah California · Ojai, CA
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Join our extraordinary program combining creativity, text study and friendship with the joyous celebration of Shabbat in an inspirational setting. Share with friends and connect spiritually through reflection, prayer and song. Indulge in relaxation and activities such as yoga, pilates, meditation or martial arts. Bring your daughter, mother, sisters and friends! You will return home refreshed and renewed in body, mind and spirit.
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November 5-8, 2
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Ramah Darom · Clayton, GA
Bring your mother, sister, grandmother or best friend, or come solo and meet other amazing women looking to build their community of Jewish friends! Surrounded by the beauty of nature, we will explore finding balance as we create, eat, drink, laugh, learn, sing and study together and learn to listen to our authentic selves. This women's-only weekend will have everything you need to relax, rejuvenate your body, and fill your spirit.
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Ramah Women: Celebrating Israel at 70
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Join Amy Skopp Cooper, Executive Director of Ramah Nyack and National Ramah Associate Director, on Ramah Israel Institute's first women's trip to Israel, an inspiring ten-day journey of exploration, dialogue, social action, hiking, art and culinary adventure.
Women of all ages are warmly invited!
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$4,999 per person* - flights to Krakow and from Israel are not included - land only ($1,108 - Single Supplement)
A deposit of $500 will guarantee you a place on the trip. Space is limited.
Cost covers two nights in Krakow, two nights in Warsaw, two nights in Jerusalem, two nights in Tel Aviv, most meals, all programming expenses, tips, flight from Krakow to Tel Aviv. $1,000 minimum gift per household to the 2018 Annual Campaign of Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. Travel extensions available for an additional cost.
*based on double occupancy and number of participants For more information or to register, contact
Jane A. Sherwood | [email protected] | 201-820-3962
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TORAH Page 1037 HAFTARAH Page 1056
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In this continuation of Moses' farewell messages, he reassures the Israelites of God's blessings as a reward for observance of the commandments. Similarly they will be led to victory over the Canaanite inhabitants of the Land of Israel if they remain faithful. Conquest of the land must be followed by purging it of all remnants of idolatrous practice.
Many were the lessons to be learned from the Israelites' forty-year sojourn in the wilderness: they were tested in terms of their loyalty to God's commandments, they had achieved a measure of discipline through the hardships they endured, and they learned that God would see them through their difficulties. Most importantly, they must remember that their impending victory over the Canaanites should not be viewed as a sign of their virtue and piety - it was a fulfillment of the promise made to their ancestors.
To illustrate this last point, Moses recalls the sinfulness of the nation in making the Golden Calf and at Tav'erah, Massah, Kivrot HaTa'avah and Kadesh Barne'a.
Their future was entirely dependent on their obedience to the Torah and love for God.
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