In Jerusalem, in the historic Ben-Gurion Hall of the World Zionist Organization headquarters, a solemn ceremony was held dedicated to the second graduation of the “Geula” program – a project for preparing young women leaders for Jewish communities in the diaspora.

In Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday, January 18th, at Leblon Beach, a gathering was organized to mark the one-year anniversary of Kfir’s abduction, who is still being held captive in Gaza.

Early in the morning of July 13, from the launch site at Cape Canaveral in Florida, the Israeli communication satellite “Dror-1” was launched into space — the first fully national telecommunications satellite in the history of the State of Israel.