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Dear friends!
It is our pleasure to send you warm greetings from Jerusalem on the occasion of Israel 60th birthday!
The uniqueness of the only Jewish country in the world is astonishing. You might be surprised to discover that:
- Israel’s residents constitute only a thousandth of the world total population
- Compared to its size, Israel holds the highest rate in the world of immigration absorption
- Israel’s birth rate is the highest in the western countries
- The operating system “Windows XP” was mostly developed by Microsoft Israel
- 24% of the Israeli labor force holds an academic degree, placing Israel in the third place in the world
- Israel is the only country in the world, which entrance to the 21st century was marked by an increase of amount of trees
- Israel has more museums, compared to its population size, than any other country
- Israelis are the people who hold the highest number of patents
Even though Israel is an extremely complex country, it has a special place in the heart of every Jew.
David Palant, Natalya Slobodyanik,
Director of the Institute for Jewish Studies Director of “Melamedia” center
The “Melamedia” center has developed an experimental educational kit of materials for the celebration of Israel’s 60th birthday – “The magic suitcase – a marvelous study tour of Israel”. The kit has been developed according to the principles of informal Jewish education and is meant for families, communities, schools, youth clubs, summer camps, after-school activities and kindergartens. Please click here to view the on-line presentation of the kit.