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Jewish Catacomb in Rome Open to Public Tours

Jewish catacombs, Appian Way, Rome

On Sunday, the city of Rome opened the little-known Jewish catacombs to the public in honor of Pope Frances’ Jubilee Year of Mercy. Of the six Jewish catacombs in Rome, two have been made accessible: Vigna Torlonia and Villa Randanini — with the latter now opened up from May 1 to June 5 in the Jubilee Year of Mercy. It is the first time it has been opened to the public in over a decade.

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Israeli Doctors Save 3-Year-Old Palestinian from Paralysis

Jerusalem, Hadassah

Israeli doctors at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem recently saved a three-year-old Gazan child from paralysis, successfully operating on the boy’s rare tumor. The tumor, which was located in the chest and neck, both within and around the spine, has never been seen in Israel and is rare in recorded medical history. lysis, successfully operating on the boy’s rare tumor.

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Mimouna Meal Marks End of Passover

At the close of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the feast of Mimouna begins. This traditional North African Jewish celebration is held the day after Passover and marks the return to eating chametz (leavened foods). In Israel, it has been adopted as something of “a national holiday,” after years of celebration in Israeli circles by Moroccan Jewish and Sephardic Jewish communities.

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UN to Israel: Golan Heights Belong to Syria

Golan Heights, Netanyahu, IDF

In light of international peace discussions over Syria that identify the Israel's Golan Heights as Syrian territory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Cabinet in the Golan on April 17, declaring, “The Golan Heights will remain in Israel’s hands forever.” The Cabinet’s meeting in Ramat Golan was the first since the territory’s capture from Syria in 1967 and its annexation in 1981.e Golan Heights will remain in Israel’s hands forever.”

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7 Arrested in Jerusalem for Attempting Passover Sacrifices

Passover, Korbanot, Pesach

In the Old City of Jerusalem, Rafael Morris, the leader of the Return to the Temple Mount Movement, was arrested for trying to sacrifice a goat for the Feast of Passover. His effort was in obedience to Deuteronomy 16:2: “You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to establish His name.”

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