Yom HaAtzmaut TODAY & Treasure Trove travels back to the first Israel Independence Day & Trump to read Bible verse from Oval Office after feud with Pope and deleted AI image & Say bye-bye to bitter herbs: Israeli researchers’ work aims to pass over tart tastes & What Israel’s then female prime minister, Golda Meir said over five decades ago is almost a prophecy & Could Paramount acquisition of CNN shift coverage of Israel? & This underground discovery on Mars could rewrite everything we know about life & with those we have lost

View in browser Yehuda Lave is an author, journalist, psychologist, rabbi, spiritual teacher, and coach, with degrees in business, psychology and Jewish Law. He works with people from all walks of life and helps them in their search for greater happiness, meaning, business advice on saving money, and spiritual engagement. Love Yehuda Lave Join my blog by sending me an email to YehudaLave@gmail.com If you have any comments or questions for me, please don't hit reply as I won't get it, write to me at Yehudalave@gmail.com Yom HaAtzmaut TODAY Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, four new holidays have been added to the Jewish calendar – Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day), and Yom Y’rushalayim (Jerusalem Day, which celebrates the reunification of the city in 1967). In Israel, these days are observed as national holidays; around the world, they are observed in various ways by Jewish communities. The Israeli Knesset (parliament) established the day that precedes Yom HaAtzmaut as Yom HaZikaron, a day to memorialize soldiers who lost their lives fighting in the War of Independence and subsequent battles, as well as a day to remember civilian victims of terrorism. The official State name given to the day is Yom HaZikaron LeChalalei Maarachot Yisrael ul'Nifg'ei Peulot HaEivah (יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לַחֲלָלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעוּלוֹת הָאֵיבָה) which means "Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism" and was enacted into law in 1963. Yom HaAtzmaut marks the anniversary of the establishment of the modern state of Israel. It is observed on or near the 5th of the Hebrew month of Iyar on the Jewish calendar, which usually falls in April. Treasure Trove travels back to the first Israel Independence Day New York City was the site of a massive rally, and concert for the Jewish state's first birthday. David Matlow Treasure Trove travels back to the first Israel Independence Day Trump to read Bible verse from Oval Office after feud with Pope and deleted AI image https://edition.cnn.com/2026/0... President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business. “On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour,” a press release from organizers reads. The event is called “America Reads The Bible.” Trump’s participation in the weeklong reading is particularly notable given his recent feud with Pope Leo over the Iran conflict and the backlash he received earlier this week for posting – and then deleting – an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus. The Three Musketeers at the Kotel The Three are Rabbi Yehuda Glick, famous temple mount activist, and former Israel Mk, and then Robert Weinger, the world's greatest shofar blower and seller of Shofars, and myself after we had gone to the 12 gates of the Temple Mount in 2020 to blow the shofar to ask G-d to heal the world from the Pandemic. It was a highlight to my experience in living in Israel and I put it on my blog each day to remember. The articles that I include each day are those that I find interesting, so I feel you will find them interesting as well. I don't always agree with all the points of each article but found them interesting or important to share with you, my readers, and friends. It is cathartic for me to share my thoughts and frustrations with you about life in general and in Israel. As a Rabbi, I try to teach and share the Torah of the G-d of Israel as a modern Orthodox Rabbi. I never intend to offend anyone but sometimes people are offended and I apologize in advance for any mistakes. The most important psychological principle I have learned is that once someone's mind is made up, they don't want to be bothered with the facts, so, like Rabbi Akiva, I drip water (Torah is compared to water) on their made-up minds and hope that some of what I have share sinks in. Love Rabbi Yehuda Lave. Say bye-bye to bitter herbs: Israeli researchers’ work aims to pass over tart tastes 'Maror means not avoiding bitterness, but leaning into it' Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists’ compendium of 2,200 bitter molecules and their research on TAS2R14, a bitter receptor, can help make medicine ‘easier to swallow’ and even treat lung diseases By Diana Bletter Say bye-bye to bitter herbs: Israeli researchers' work aims to pass over tart tastes | The Times of Israel Prof. Masha Niv, left, with graduate student Nitsan Dallal at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition. (Courtesy) This underground discovery on Mars could rewrite everything we know about life Imagine a place deep underground, twisting and turning through solid rock, where ancient rivers of lava once flowed. Sounds like something out of "Journey to the Center of the Earth," doesn’t it? But this isn’t just science fiction—it’s the key to a discovery that could change everything we know about life, here and on Mars. This underground discovery on Mars could rewrite everything we know about life - Futura-Sciences Could Paramount acquisition of CNN shift coverage of Israel? Ellison-led firm could put two leading US news companies under the same umbrella, part of an expanding media empire Could Paramount acquisition of CNN shift coverage of Israel? | The Times of Israel Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington on February 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) What Israel’s then female prime minister, Golda Meir said over five decades ago is almost a prophecy. Those we have lost Stories of civilians and soldiers killed since Hamas’s onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023 Every day you can look at another victim and send him/her prayers Those we have lost | The Times of Israel Categories Civilians IDF Israel Defense Forces soldiers and reservists Police officers Israel Police and Border Police officers First responders Local security team members, firefighters and medics Supernova festival Those who attended the Supernova or Psyduck festivals Foreigners Foreign workers, tourists and students See you tomorrow bli neder We need Mashiach now! What is disliked by you, don't do to others. Be nice and kind and smile! 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