7 immigrants awarded Nefesh B’Nefesh prize for major contributions to Israel Hundreds of immigrants from English-speaking countries were nominated for the prize "encapsulating the spirit of modern-day Zionism."
David Friedman, new US envoy to Israel, presents credentials in Jerusalem During the ceremony, the president of Israel said the world must recognize Jerusalem as the nation's capital.
Israeli, Italian cyclists pay tribute to champ who saved Jews during the Holocaust Gino Bartali, who died in 2000, smuggled in his bicycle frame Resistance messages and false documents for Jews supposedly on training runs through central Italy.