Today, June 11, marks the beginning of the Shavuot festival, which will continue until sunset on June 12.

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.

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.