Rabbi Mizrahi Leads Applause Protest, Ofer Winter Visits Yeshiva

Rabbi Yemima Mizrahi responded to the controversy surrounding the film 'Nezah Yehuda' by leading participants in her lesson in Sdot Negev to stand and applaud for at least 25 minutes. She stated the gesture was a response to applause for falsehoods in Venice, asserting, "If in Venice one can applaud a lie, we must applaud from here." Singer Din Din Aviv also performed at the event.

Ofer Winter, chairman of the "Am Israel" party, visited the Bnei David preparatory academy in Eli during a tour of the West Bank. Winter, a graduate of the academy, met with its rabbis, including Yigal Levinstein and Eli Sadan, and hundreds of students. He vowed to oppose anyone who "dares to raise a finger against the Eli academy."

A new building for the Bnei Akiva youth movement was inaugurated in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem. The structure will serve the branch's members for educational, social, and community activities. Mayor Moshe Lion and other officials attended the ceremony.

Reut Ben Haim, a candidate for the Religious Zionism party, spoke at a women's conference in Gadera about her personal connection to prayer melodies from her childhood.

Tali Shechter will replace Dr. Yaara Shila as coordinator of the "Reishit" program at the Ephrata College, a bachelor's degree program for daycare managers and educational assistants. Dr. Shila, who founded the program a decade ago, is taking a sabbatical.

Avishai Yaffe, commander of a team in the ultra-Orthodox "Avnet" company, performed a duet of "Tachzik Chazak" with singer Avraham Fried during a day for ultra-Orthodox soldiers organized by "Shomer Israel" and "Netzach."

Four students from the Meir Har'el Hesder Yeshiva in Modi'in completed a paramedic course for yeshiva students, intended to address the need for male paramedics in the operational forces.

Rabbi Avraham Amrosi was installed as the rabbi of the "Kol Avitar" community in Givat Shmuel, which was established in memory of soldier Avitar Yosefi.