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Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough, who turned 100 on May 8. Did you know? Sir David Attenborough’s family opened their home to two Jewish sisters, Irene (13) and Helga (12) Bejach, who escaped Nazi Germany in 1939 on the Kindertransport (a rescue effort which brought nearly 10,000 mostly Jewish children from Europe to safety in Britain)? For seven years, Irene and Helga lived as part of the Attenborough family, living in Leicester alongside David, his brothers Richard and John, and their parents, Mary and Frederick. Photo: PA Images via Reuters Connect

Minister of Foreign Affairs @gidonsaar Appointed @GeorgeDeek as Special Envoy to the Christian World Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar has appointed George Deek as Special Envoy to the Christian World. The appointment is intended to deepen Israel’s ties with Christian communities around the world. Deek, a veteran diplomat with 18 years of experience, most recently served as Israel’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan and was the first Christian ambassador in Israel’s history. He is a recipient of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General’s Award for Excellence. He is a member of the Arab Christian community in Jaffa and has been active in the community from a young age. His father, Youssef Deek, served for many years as Chairman of the Orthodox Christian community in Jaffa and in Israel. Minister Sa’ar: “The State of Israel attaches great importance to its relations with the Christian world and with its Christian friends around the world. I am confident that George, a respected and experienced diplomat, will greatly contribute to the friendship and strengthening of the ties between the State of Israel and the Christian world.”

“When they came to tell us that Hersh had been executed, then I realized that those 330 days had been the good part, because he was alive. And now I'm in this place... How do I walk through this place without a piece of me here?” says Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son was executed by Hamas in 2024. cbsn.ws/4sU4UiI

I watch this video every Yom HaShoah Remembrance Day. And I cry each time, because it revives my hope in humanity! This is Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 (mostly Jewish) children from Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust & brought them to Britain in the Kindertransport.

Israeli reality: While driving to the family traditional Passover Seder, Yossi heard the alarm indicating an incoming enemy missile was on the way. He got out of his car and covered his baby son with his body, to protect him from the attack. Credit: @N12News

We are pleased to introduce the new Ambassador of Israel to Australia! With a distinguished diplomatic career and deep commitment to strengthening bilateral ties, Ambassador Newman begins this new chapter focused on advancing the strong partnership between Israel and Australia. Welcome Ambassador @Hillel_Newman!

A rare 8th-century BCE stone seal from the biblical Kingdom of Judah was discovered during construction of the Ein Tut Interchange in northern Israel. Four pomegranates are carved into the upper section of the seal, while the other two sections contain an ancient Hebrew inscription reading: “Belonging to Makhach (son of) Amihai” the IAA explained. 📸 @AntiquitiesIL

Eitan was a friend and also a hero. He was a pioneer of peace in every way. The first thing I did on my last visit to Israel was to go straight from the airport to dinner with him & our friends. I will miss him. He leaves behind a better world. May his memory be a blessing.

Happy New Year 2026 Sydney, Australia

The sails of the Sydney Opera House have tonight lit up with a Menorah, in message of love and resilience in the wake of the Bondi terror massacre. Quite a contrast to the mob of hate, who descended there calling for Jewish blood two days after Oct 7 attack.

The Jewish community came to Bondi to light the second candle of Hanukkah and is singing songs of peace, because this is who we are, a peaceful people who just want to live freely.

In the autumn of 1942, a slight, 32-year-old Polish social worker named Irena Sendler passed through the gates of the Warsaw Ghetto with a carpenter’s toolbox in her arms. Beneath the hammers and nails lay a drugged six-month-old infant, breathing softly, utterly silent. One cry would have meant instant death for both of them. Irena smiled at the guards; they waved her through. They never suspected that this quiet woman would repeat the journey 2,499 more times. The ghetto was a slow-motion extermination. Starvation, disease, and random murder stalked every street. Jewish parents faced a choice no human being should ever have to make: keep their child and watch them waste away, or hand them to a stranger who promised a chance—however thin—at life. Irena came officially to inspect for typhus. In reality, she came to steal children from death. Babies left in toolboxes or ambulances under false bottoms. Toddlers sedated and tucked into potato sacks. Older children led by the hand through the stinking, lightless sewers while German boots marched overhead. “Not a sound,” she whispered as rats scurried past their feet. She knew that the rescued children would be given new names, new religions, new families. Their pasts would vanish unless someone remembered. So, on fragile scraps of tissue paper, Irena wrote each child’s real name, their parents’ names, and their new hiding place. She rolled the papers tight, slipped them into glass jars, and buried them beneath an apple tree in a neighbor’s garden. If she were caught and killed, the truth might still survive. She was caught. On October 20, 1943, the Gestapo kicked in her door. They took her to Pawiak Prison and demanded the list. When she refused, they smashed both her legs with iron bars. Then her feet. Then her arms. For weeks the beatings continued. She never spoke. They scheduled her execution. On the appointed morning, guards dragged the broken woman from her cell. Instead of a firing squad, she found herself outside the prison walls—alive. The Polish underground council Żegota had bribed a guard to mark her file “shot while trying to escape.” Officially dead, Irena Sendler limped back into the shadows to keep working.When the war finally ended, the first thing she did was dig up the jars under the apple tree. She spent years trying to return the children—now scattered across convents, farms, and foster homes—to whatever family might remain. Almost no parents had survived. But the children had. Because of her, 2,500 Jewish boys and girls lived to grow up, to marry, to have children and grandchildren of their own—an entire secret branch of the human family tree that the Nazis never managed to cut down.For decades her story stayed buried deeper than the jars themselves. Then, in 1999, four high-school girls in rural Kansas stumbled across a brief mention of her name. They found the old woman still living quietly in Warsaw and brought her courage back into the light. Journalists called her the greatest rescuer of the Holocaust. Irena only shook her head.“I could have saved more,” she said. “That regret follows me to the grave.”Irena Sendler—armed with nothing but a ghetto work permit, a toolbox, and a refusal to look away—proved that even in the heart of the worst evil humanity has ever devised, one determined person can still keep the darkness from winning completely.

As millions across 🇮🇳 India light their diyas to celebrate the victory of light over darkness, 🇮🇱 Israel extends warm wishes for peace, renewal and hope. May the lights of Diwali shine both on homes and on hearts. From Jerusalem to Delhi and far beyond, may this festival of lights inspire us all to keep faith in a brighter tomorrow. Wishing all our friends in India a blessed & peaceful Diwali. @DrSJaishankar @MEAIndia @IsraelinIndia

Thousands of Israelis are waiting to welcome home the hostages.

Absolutely stunning! A total lunar eclipse (‘Blood Moon’) tonight, over Israel, as seen from our Tel Aviv roof top!

Just to remind you all of the absolute legend Judge Frank Caprio was, he waived the fine for a 100 year old WW2 veteran's first speeding ticket. And there are MANY more cases of him being one of the nicest, realest, and most wholesome judges who gave people a break when they needed it most. RIP Judge Frank Caprio

Goodbye Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 It had been an incredible journey. Thank you for becoming a second home 🙏