New initiative aims to digitize 35,000 Jewish texts from 40 Italian libraries, within three years.

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, conveyed in an interview with Israel Hayom to Russian President Vladimir Putin: "You were wrong, and you will pay a painful price for it." "They explain to their people that in Ukraine there are Nazis, fascists and radicals, and that Russia is protecting the people of Ukraine. In practice, what is happening now is that the Russians are destroying buildings and killing civilians. The numbers have probably already exceeded 10,000. We have no way to measure, millions have left home. A catastrophe not Inly for Ukraine but also for Europe," Klitschko said.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid thanked the US House of Representatives for approving military aid to Israel. "The support that the State of Israel received tonight in the US House of Representatives is a testament to the strategic relations between Israel and the United States. Thank you for the $ 1 billion assistance for the Iron Dome systems and the commitment to the security of the State of Israel over the years," Lapid said, adding: "I would like to thank the House of Representatives, the Democratic and Republican leadership, and especially the Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer."

"This is a catastrophe not just for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe," says Mayor Klitzko from the besieged Ukrainian capital.

This is how the president was received at the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul, which has experienced two murderous terrorist attacks.

Defense Minister: The IDF is thwarting terrorist acts - we will continue to do so wherever necessary.

The Knesset plenum In Wednesday evening approved the first reading of a bill submitted by Yisrael Beytenu MKs Yulia Malinovsky, Evgeny Sova and Alex Kushnir, which seeks to toughen the punishment in relation to the offense of vandalizing real estate in circumstances where the offense was committed in order to restrict women's free access in public spaces or to prevent the presentation of female figures in public.The penalty for committing this offense will be a fine of 75,300 shekels or Ine year imprisonment.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki In Wednesday warned of the potential for Russia to use chemical weapons in Ukraine after Moscow alleged the United States was housing biological weapons in Ukrainian territory, The Hill reports.Psaki called the claims from Russia "false" and "preposterous," and warned they could serve as a pretext for the Russians to deploy chemical weapons in their assault In Ukraine.