The Dream of ‘Aliyah:’ Personal and Prophetic

Chasya-Uriel Steinbauer, 44, sat on the floor of terminal four at John F. Kennedy International Airport earlier this summer with her two young children. She was minutes away from boarding a plane to Israel that would change the course of her family’s life; the Steinbauers were not just visiting Israel, but making Aliyah – immigrating to Israel.
239 North American Jews Immigrate to Israel, Prophetic Ingathering of Exiles

As the olim (immigrants to Israel) hugged and kissed their loved ones goodbye at their JFK airport send-off ceremony, Fass told the immigrants, “We’ve been born into a generation in which the State of Israel is a given and sometimes we are numb to the miraculous times we live in.”
’70 and Sababa!’: Tens of Thousands in New York Celebrate Israel’s 70th Anniversary

Festivities continuing in the evening at Times Square with music by Israeli singer Shiri Maimon and DJ Omri Anghel.
Alternative Conference in DC Calls for Israeli Sovereignty

The event focused on solidifying Israel’s connection to her ancestral heartland and building bridges for peace.
Convicted Murderer of Six Israelis Elected Palestinian Mayor of Hebron

Tayseer Abu Sneineh, a convicted Palestinian terrorist who killed six Israeli yeshiva students, was elected mayor of the city of Hebron Saturday.
Karma Hits Brazil as President who Rejected Israeli Ambassador Suspended

Brazil’s Senate on Thursday morning voted to impeach and suspend President Dilma Rousseff, who will now face a trial manipulating the country’s finances in 2014.
Israel Admits Defeat With Brazil-Rejected Ambassador; Dayan Appointed to NY

After a long political battle over a controversial diplomatic appointment which deeply embittered relations between Israel and Brazil, Israel has backed down.
Torah Codes, Rabbinic Scholar Reveal Divine Message Hidden in Zika Virus

Is it possible to look into the Zika virus and see God’s Hand at work? Rabbinic scholar and popular lecturer Rabbi Mendel Kessin thinks so.
In Diplomatic Jab, Brazil Inaugurates PA Embassy While Refusing Israeli Ambassador

The new embassy is the PA’s first diplomatic mission in the Western Hemisphere.
Netanyahu to Brazil: Accept Settler Dayan as Ambassador – Or Nothing

f Brazil doesn’t accept former settler leader Dani Dayan as its Israeli ambassador, it won’t get any ambassador at all, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.