CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published June 3, 2021
June 3, 1974 — Rabin First Becomes Prime Minister
After defeating Shimon Peres for the Labor Party leadership, Yitzhak Rabin becomes Israel’s fifth prime minister when he presents his coalition government to the Knesset. In succeeding Golda Meir,...
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21C
• Published May 28, 2021
The Nerivio therapeutic wearable for treating migraine pain won the “Best New Technology Solution for Pain Management” award in the fifth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program that attracted more than 3,850 nominations from 17 countries.
Nerivio...
When New York was caught in the midst of a brutal wave of COVID-19 last spring, the daily death toll reaching as high as 800, the stress for many Orthodox Jewish schoolchildren was overwhelming.
They were catching the coronavirus in high numbers. And...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published May 28, 2021
May 27, 1911 — Longtime Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek Is Born
Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem’s mayor from 1965 to 1993, is born in a Budapest suburb. His parents name him after Theodor Herzl. After growing up in Vienna, he moves to Palestine with his family...
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“The Messier Side of Parenting” introduces readers to Taryn Goldstein, 43, a St. Louis Jewish mother of four sons, ranging in age from 9 to 15. In her video blog, Goldstein will offer her no-holds-barred take on parenting, with topics ranging from...
School is over, or almost over. Camp hasn’t begun. And already you and the kids are close to getting on each other’s last nerve. What’s a parent to do?
The good news is that there’s a lot more to do these days compared to a year ago, when most...
(JTA) — What would it be like to go to sleep one day and suddenly wake up in a world turned upside down by COVID-19?
Eli Seliger, an Orthodox Jewish father of seven from London, has a pretty good idea.
In March 2020, long before anyone knew the...
Memorial Day Weekend
Photo by Juan Salamanca from Pexels
Swim time at the J
Friday, May 29
File photo of Bais Abraham Congregation in University City.
FABA (Families at Bais Abe) event
Memorial...
After discovering a suspicious lump in her breast one day while in the shower, Abby Match was diagnosed in August with an aggressive form of breast cancer. She subsequently underwent a bilateral mastectomy, a hysterectomy, chemotherapy and radiation.
It...
(JTA) — Israel will end its coronavirus restrictions on businesses and allow small groups of foreign tourists to visit within weeks in the wake of the world’s quickest vaccination program.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Sunday that he will...
