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{image_1}This will give you a glimpse into the daily lives of Israelis during Operation Pillar of Defense (November 14–21).
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{image_1}The Ramat Gan Safari Park announced that Anya, a western lowland gorilla, had given birth to a female baby. Two weeks later the Safari announced that yet another baby gorilla had been born to Lia. The sex of the newest arrival is still not known, as the keepers prefer to leave new babies undisturbed with their mothers for the first few weeks following their birth. The Safari's alpha male, Lucas, has so far fathered ten infant gorillas since he came to the Safari from Holland in 1997.
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{image_1}Twenty Holocaust survivors from the central Israeli town of Ramat Hasharon celebrated their bar mitzvah at the Kotel (Western Wall). The ceremony, which marks a boy’s coming of age, is usually celebrated at age 13.
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{image_1}Israel's Defense Ministry and the US's Missile Defense Agency have completed the first round of tests on the Magic Wand system. The tests were reportedly successful, raising the chances of future investment. The interceptor missile system is being developed for the Defense Ministry by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the US's Raytheon Co. It was designed to intercept Hizbullah missiles fired from Lebanon.
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{image_1}When The Guardian, a newspaper in the United Kingdom, printed an article that mistakenly described Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel, legal action taken by HonestReporting forced them to print a retraction. HonestReporting, which monitors news around the world for anti-Israel bias and inaccuracy, then took on the UK’s Press Complaints Commission (PCC) and won that round too. As a result of these legal proceedings, the PCC has sent a clear message for the UK media—Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s government and its capital!
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{image_1}For the second time in his life, Noam Gershony grabbed the headlines of all Israeli media after beating David Wagner of the United States in straights in wheelchair tennis at the Paralympic Games in September in London. It took the 29-year-old Israeli with the winning smile less than an hour to wrap up a 6–3, 6–1 victory against the top seed in the quad singles final.
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{image_1}It was estimated that from 70,000 to 100,000 people came to the Kotel (Western Wall) in October to participate in, or to watch the traditional Sukkot [Feast of Tabernacles] “Blessing of the Cohenim” [or Priestly Blessing as instructed in Numbers 6:22–27].
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{image_1}Israeli breakfasts—eggs, salad, cheeses, juice—are known for their freshness and nutrition. According to a new report, it would seem that by starting the day on a healthy kick, Israelis tend to veer toward a strong lifestyle.
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{image_1}This summer, Tel Aviv celebrated a “water war” in which participants were invited to come to the fountain area in front of city hall and let out their frustrations or pent-up emotions by being drenched from head to toe by a variety of water guns, buckets, and almost any other type of water container. The water in the fountain is, according to the municipality, not fit for drinking. This fact was meant to assuage the critics who say that the water extravaganza was a waste of precious water resources.
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{image_1}Japan is seeking Israeli experts to help in the rehabilitation efforts of Fukushima. The city was destroyed last year following a strong earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, which, in turn, caused a local nuclear reactor meltdown. The Japanese company heading the rehabilitation efforts has sent a delegation to confer with Israeli experts and look for local entrepreneurs willing to take on the daunting task.
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