Mediterranean sea Israel The State of Israel is

Mediterranean sea Israel The State of Israel is located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south. Israel contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area: Snow up north, Desert in the south, a long sea shore on the west, and even the lowest point on earth is located in Israel – the Dead Sea.

sea ran ean ter me di Nazareth Sea/ The Sea of Galilee Tel Aviv Jordan River Jerusalem The Dead Sea Israel The Red Sea 470 KM from north to south

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Capital: Jerusalem Area: 22, 000 square kilometers Population: 8 million Government: Parliamentary, Democracy Currency: Shekel Language: Hebrew Independence day: May-14 -1948

Israel is a “young country” and its population is composed of Jewish people from different countries and different ethnics. Each has Jewish traditions in its own version and the culture from its own native country. We call it “Kibbuts Galuyot”. A Mix of and from all people. The Israeli culture is influenced from different cultures: European, East-European, Mediterranean, Yemenite and many more.

Holidays The Hebrew New Year Eating Apple with honey wishing a sweet year Hanukah Lighting candles in the Hanukiya starting with one and adding one each night for 8 days Purim Wearing Costumes Passover “Lel Haseder” – reading the “hagada”, eating matza bread

Humus Deep (made of garbanzo beans) Falafel (Fried Garbanzo beans ) Ptitim (Israeli Couscous) Pita-Bread Couscous (Semolina) Jachnun traditional Yemenite dish

Vegetables Fruits The Israelis kids are sometimes nick named Sabres (Sabra fruit) Why? They can be thorny on the outside – like a Sabra Cactus But on the inside they are very sweet – Like a Sabra Fruit!

The Hebrew Language exists since the 2 nd Millenuium BC (for more than 3000 years) It disappeared as a spoken language at the 2 nd century AD, but continued to be written and used in prayers. Hebrew was revived at the beginning of the 20 th centuray. Hebrew is the only language that was revived – a unique phenomenon!