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.

These days, the Jewish world is celebrating Passover — a holiday that tells of a pivotal moment in Jewish history when an entire nation stepped from slavery to freedom in one night.

k45025 / depositphotos.com According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel, the average salary in Israel for November 2023 was 12,969 shekels gross, which is equivalent to $3,554.