As the sun begins to shine throughout the day and flowers begin to blossom, nature sets the perfect backdrop to wedding season, and this of course includes Jewish weddings. Like most weddings, Jewish weddings are full of tradition, but these religious traditions date back to hundreds of years, with one of the first we know […]
Purim Traditions Explained
This Wednesday night, or Thursday if you live in Jerusalem, will begin the festive Jewish holiday of Purim. Everyone goes to hear Megillat Esther with a grogger in hand, people hand out gift baskets full of food before attending a lavish meal, people eat triangle shaped cookies called Hamentashen, and of course, everyone is in costume. […]
Israel To The Moon!
If you haven’t already heard, just a few weeks ago on February 22, 2019, Israel continued making history by launching a lunar lander named ‘Beresheet’. They did so with the help of SpaceX. SpaceIL which was established in 2011 decided that same year to start working on the Beresheet project as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE, […]