Happy 70 to Israel By Moran G , 11 th Grade

As you walk the streets of Israel this time of the year, you are most likely to notice the white and blue theme: The Israeli flags that are hanging everywhere, the streets that are lit up with blue and white

lights etc.

This indicates of the special time of the year which is Independence Day.

In honor of Israel's Independence Day, the whole country is wearing the colors of our flag.

This year, 2018, our small county is celebrating 70 years since it was founded back at 1948.

But you know what they say, it gets better with age.

Israel may be a tiny country but it is very advanced and rich with its spirit.

It can be credited with technological inventions that have changed the face of the world, groundbreaking academic research and some impressing achievements. 70 years and Israel is stepping up the game.

On this day, the birthday of the State of Israel, we celebrate the establishment of our State, our independence and who we are.

Some of this day's events include a special ceremony in "Har Herzl" which is broadcasted live all over the country, an outstanding air force flight of the IDF and shows of famous Israeli artists in festivals. 

The events are ending along with a phenomenal fireworks show that leaves our all hyped with expectation for the next year's celebrations to come.

Another Great Israeli Invention By Moran G, 11 th Grade

 Imagine this: It's an emergency, the place is filled with wounded people and there is nowhere to evacuee them. Unfortunately, these days, it might happen. 

Here comes the outstanding blue and white invention to save the day.

Infallible surgery room.

The system is actually a unit that folds into three handbags that weigh less than 100 kilograms together, and within minutes can be deployed and become a pollution-free treatment environment.

This is why it is effective in emergencies! The system was developed in 2012 by the Israeli company "SYS technologies" and has already been used in disasters throughout the world, for example in the 

Congo.

This is a revolution in medical treatment in emergency situations and an innovative solution for treating the

 wounded.

Heart Muscle Cells Regrown in Medical Research Breakthrough By: Ron B Grade 9

Unlike animals such as the salamander and the zebrafish, humans are unable to easily regenerate heart cells, making it difficult to recover from the permanent damage caused by heart attacks.

In our near future, we may be able to regenerate our heart cells just like the salamander and the zebrafish!

A group of scientists from Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Victor Chang Institute in Sydney have discovered a way to stimulate heart muscle cells to grow!

The heart is markedly different in this respect from human blood, hair and skin cells, which are renewed throughout life. But as far as heart muscle goes, we can’t match some animals.

In my opinion, this idea is going to change the way we’ve lived so far. We could live more than 150 years, and the blessing “May you live to be 120…” will be offensive. 

There’s No Place Like Home By : Shani O. Grade 11

Recently, I was on a plane heading to the United States with our Jewish Diller (a teen leadership program) delegation.  It was my first time ever leaving Israel, and I had absolutely no idea of how it was going to be out of my country.

At first, we were excited, it was really thrilling knowing that you are meeting with complete strangers, that you're talking in a different language and walking on a foreign land.  Quickly the excitement wore off. We drove around town, picturing through the windows that those were Tel Aviv's streets we were passing.

We all kept imagining ourselves eating our Israeli Humus, Jachnoon and Shawarma, and how we cherish each bite.

We were all dreaming about Israeli weather and the warm sunshine patting our faces, about Israeli trees, Israeli birds and Israeli ants.

We couldn't stop thinking about Israel. 

Don't get me wrong, it's not that we didn't have fun! We truly did, in the most superlative way of the word! 

After all, it wasn't just a trip aboard. 

Our delegation had very important and exciting causes --to strengthen the connection between Israeli Jews and Jews in the diaspra.

Learning about Jewish communities outside of Israel, and many more beautiful goals, which we all believe we have succeeded reaching, thank Hashem! 

It wasn't anything like we imagined, and we can't believe how privileged we all are getting to that spectacular program.

I guess we just had a major case of Homesickness. 

Israeli-sickness!

It's amazing how you can have the tallest buildings, the cheapest living, exotic food, amazing malls and gigantic houses -- and still, you just know...it's not it.

A week ago, the national memorial day of the Holocaust was taking place in Israel. Yesterday, we had the national memorial day of the IDF and Terror casualties.

Tzur Erlich, An Israeli writer, said once that the difference between those two was how much it has cost keeping the Jewish nation safe inside Israel, and how much it has cost without it. 

Israel, thank you for being our home.

Thank you, Hashem, for giving us our home. 

Actually, thank you for everything.

Young Ambassadors Seminar By :Senem N Grade 8

During the Pesach vacation my friend Sharon and I were getting ready to get on the bus. We had a few more people joining us Ravit , our teacher from our school,  three more people from Ronson and one other student. The seminar was a very interesting experience. We had to sleep in tents, but boys and girls were separated. The tents were huge and very close to each other. We learned about the Buddhist religion. We learned that men could have up to five wives if he wanted to, because he needed to have as many children as he could. But the women were not allowed to have more than one husband because if she did she would not know who the father was. We also learned that if you get lost and a Buddhist family finds you; you will be their guest for  up to three days. If you don’t leave by then, you are considered to be a part of the family and will be treated like someone in the family. You will do work and help other family members. The family can also kick you out of the house after the three days had ended if they wanted to. The food was delicious and we had a good night sleep. We woke up five in the morning to get breakfast but we didn’t eat where we were, we went to a Masada to eat. We had some activity before we ate.  After we ate we were separated into groups to talk about the events that happened there. Jews were living on Masada for about  seven years or and barely had  anything to eat.  To add to their lack of food they were under attack by the Roman people. They thought that the best way to escape this nightmare was suicide. So the men killed their own family and then killed each other.  When the Roman people came to the place where the Jewish people were staying almost everybody was dead.  There were a few people who didn’t think that suicide was the right way out:  They were taken by the Romans as slaves. It was quite interesting to see what different people thought was the best for their family and themselves.  We then went to some kind of a museum that I don’t remember the name of. But it was so cool and a lot of fun. We could play games there and it was so awesome.  On the ride home most of the people were dead tired; it was wonderful to go home and sleep in my own bed. A great finish to a wonderful trip.