Department for the Promotion of Aliya co-organized the event where thousands of people in New York City’s Times Square viewed an empty Shabbat table set for 224 people, symbolizing the 224 hostages held captive by the terrorist group Hamas.

On November 2, 1917, an event occurred that gave a powerful impulse to the idea of the revival of the Jewish state on its historical territory.

Dear friends, We would like to wish you and your family a sweet New Year.