Shabbat Message from Rachel Mersky Woda & Carl Shulman
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Temple Beth-El
Shabbat Message from Rachel Mersky Woda & Carl Shulman
In honor of Israel’s 73rd Birthday, which was observed yesterday, we wanted to share ten little-known things about this tiny country. Did you know….
The Judean date palm tree, which was thought to be extinct, was brought back thanks to the discovery of 2000 year-old seeds in a clay jar.
The largest known dog cemetery in the ancient world is in Ashkelon. Archaeologists say that there are canines interred there from the fifth to third centuries BCE.
Israel has been dubbed a “smart car hub” for being at the forefront of the driverless car revolution even though they do not manufacture cars in the country.
The first-ever live miniature heart with cells, blood vessels, ventricles and chambers was created using 3D printing combined with human tissue at Tel Aviv University.
Eighty percent of Israelis eat fresh fruit and/or vegetables daily.
Ninety-three percent of Israelis eat hummus every week.
Israelis eat the most chicken per person in the world.
The world’s first autonomous beehive was made in Israel in an effort to save the world’s bee population.
Israeli jewelers sold a Covid-19 facemask made with 18k gold and over 3600 natural diamonds for $1.5 million.
The country’s best-selling snack, Bamba, has become a global phenomenon because it has been shown to help protect children from developing peanut allergies.
H. Jack Feibelman Thomas Feldman Dr. Henry Gewirtz Edith Gordon Clinton Grossman Lawrence Hoffman Fredrick Francis Jaffe Alvin Kurzer Bernie Levine Lillian Loeber Levin
Max Mann Eileen Parker Lenore Rakatansky Sherry Royall Fay Rozovsky Stanley Smith Esther Schwartz Florence Tilles
Anna Cohen Haberman Herman Haberman Donald David Jaffa Jean Moverman Jaffa Sloan Myles Jaffa Farrel A. Jaffa
YIZKOR ELOHIM The Congregation joins in mourning the death of Ruth Robinson Saltzman Dr. Leonard Triedman Lea van Leeuwen Rizack Savely Kuperman Moris "Moe" Tcath Edmund Jordan Silverman
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