Despite Rising Anti-Israel Rhetoric, Jewish Teens Worldwide Explore Their Heritage In Israel With Pride

Hundreds of Jewish teenagers joined Israel trips arranged by Merkos 302’s CTeen Network this summer, despite the ongoing war and the troubling rise of antisemitism in school and online. The flagship “Heritage Quest” program takes these young leaders on a journey through Poland and Israel, immersing them in the resilience that has defined the Jewish people throughout history.

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A 3,800-Year-Old Red Textile Dyed with Biblical Scarlet Discovered in the Judean Desert Caves

In the caves of the Judean desert, the earliest evidence of red-dyed textile using scale insects was revealed. According to a new joint study of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Bar-Ilan University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the color of the rare 3,800-year-old textile was produced from the oak scale insects, which the researchers identify with the biblical “Tola‛at Hashani”.

City on the Kazakh Steppe Inaugurates Its First-Ever Mikvah

History was made on Tuesday, July 9, when the Jewish community of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, gathered to inaugurate ‘Mikvah Mei Elazar,’ the city’s first-ever mikvah. The mikvah’s opening marks a coming of age for Jewish life on the vast Kazakh steppe.