Shalom all!

On May 12th, 2010, Israel and Jews all over the world marked Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem’s Day – One of the most emotion provoking days of the year if you ask me.

Here are are a few sights&sounds of the celebrations in Jerusalem, I hope you enjoy them :

© RomKri

Let us all pray for peace in Israel:

This one is from last year, but still worth embedding as it is high-quality and festive:

Today we, the people of Israel and the Jewish community around the world, celebrate the new Hebrew year.

It is customary to exchange greeting cards for the new year. I thought I’d do something a bit more creative this year. I took a photo I took in the last trip to the Western Wall, and with my incredible computer skills changed what’s written. Here you go:

Have a truly blessed new year!

Best regards from the Holy Land,

Alon

Shalom all,

I want to remind you that today is the Tweet4Shalit event. So please tweet for the release of Gilad Shalit and use the hashtag “#GiladShalit” in your tweets. Read all about it here.

After Gilad’s capture, his family published a book with a short story he wrote when he was 11 years old. It’s called (loosely translated) “When the shark and the fish first met“. Ironically, it’s a story about peace between enemies.

Here is a video clip of people reading the story in different languages:

If you liked the story, and have children, you can download a PDF file (Here) which has the story printed next to blank boxes for your children to draw in.

The finished product can be sent to habanim.org@gmail.com .

More info on Tweet4Shalit here .

More info on Gilad Shalit – English | Français | Español | Italiano | Deutsch | Русский | العربية .

Tweet4Shalit on Facebook.

Please share with your friends and tell them about Gilad Shalit and Tweet4Shalit.

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