Those missing their Israel trip this summer can keep their ivrit up to speed through a new online offering form the  World Zionist Organisation’s alliyah promotion department and the Zionist  Federation.

In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s currently summer, and the ulpan classes of the World Zionist Organization Department for the Promotion of Aliyah have gone on vacation.

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.