A plan to mark the 30th anniversary of Israel’s independence next year by planting a Jewish children’s forest near Jerusalem was presented by Moshe Rivlin, chairman of the Jewish National Fund, at the meeting of the JNF board of directors. The Ministry of Education has already given its blessing to this project.
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