Good Jewish News
And boy do we need it!
Beyond welcoming home three living hostages on Sunday, and hopefully four more this Saturday, here are 10 things to celebrate:
An Israeli man won the 2025 Houston marathon. Ethiopian Jew, Haimro Alame, finished first with a time of 2:08:17.
Beginning in 2026, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) will transition to a Monday to Friday trading schedule in order to align Israeli markets with international standards. Trading on Fridays will end at 2pm for sabbath.
Harvard has settled two lawsuits with Jewish groups, agreeing to paying an unspecified cash sum, to partner with the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law to host on campus events, to change its policies on anti-Zionist speech, to devote more resources to study antisemitism; and to pursue a new partnership with an Israeli university.
Nova Festival survivor Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. She secured her position by winning Israeli TV Show “Rising Star.”
Israel has passed a new law stating that publishing a denial of the October 7th massacre is considered a criminal offense punishable by up to five years in prison.
Columbia University has acted quickly and suspended one of the disruptors of yesterday’s History of Modern Israel class.
El Al will no longer be the only airline in town. Delta will resume flights to Israel this spring and United will resume flights to Israel beginning in February.
Harvard Medical School has canceled a class session with Gazan patients receiving medical care in Boston after acknowledging that it would be one-sided.
For the first time, Jewish-owned businesses will be classified as “minority enterprises” making them eligible for federal programs, grants, and loans.
President Herzog has named 150 Jewish leaders to address global Jewish challenges.
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