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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

International Bible Quiz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (right) celebrate with Emunah Cohen, winner of the International Bible Quiz, April 26, 2023. (Haim Zach / GPO)
April 26, 2023, 4:19 pm
Israeli teen girls win first, second place in annual Bible quiz
Result is first of its kind in 17 years; Emunah Cohen and Neta Lax beat out 41 contestants from 20 countries who qualified for advanced stages
By Ash Obel
Dvir Merzbach and Hillel Cohen square off in the final round of the annual International Bible Quiz on Israel's Independence Day, on May 5, 2022. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 5, 2022, 2:55 pm
Israeli teens tie for 1st place in International Bible Quiz
Dvir Merzbach of Safed and Hillel Cohen of Jerusalem share top spot in contest held annually on Independence Day
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the annual Bible Quiz held at the Jerusalem Theatre on Israel's Independence Day, on April 15, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
April 15, 2021, 5:12 pm
Bible quiz gets it audience back after 2020’s COVID-restricted version
17-year-old Gilad Avrahamoff from Netanya takes top spot in Jerusalem’s traditional Independence Day competition; teen from US, competing via video link, comes in 3rd
By ToI Staff
2020 International Bible Quiz winner Ruth Cohen, April 29, 2020. (Screen capture: Channel 11)
April 29, 2020, 9:13 pm
For first time in decade, female student wins top Bible quiz
16-year-old Ruth Cohen takes top spot in Jerusalem’s traditional Independence Day competition; teens from US and Mexico, competing via video link, come in 3rd and 4th
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz
April 29, 2020, 10:52 am
Benny Gantz
The real message of the International Bible Quiz
The annual contest is a celebration of the best of what unites the Jewish people — and a reminder that we are all here to do good
Education Minister Naftali Bennett (L), Azriel Shilat (2nd-L), Oriah Cohen (2nd-R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at the International Bible Quiz, which is held annually on Independence Day, in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2018. Shilat was the winner of the contest and Cohen was the runner-up. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
October 16, 2019, 1:50 pm
Bible quiz winner gets engaged to runner-up
Azriel Shilat, who narrowly beat Oriah Cohen in last year’s contest, pops the question to her
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks to International Bible Quiz for Youth winner Yonatan Weisman of Jerusalem, left, on Israel's Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 9, 2019, 6:38 pm
At Independence Day contest, PM vows to put a Bible on the moon
Citing the holy book as the source of Israel’s ‘initiative, determination and daring,’ Netanyahu promises to press ahead with a second lunar mission
By ToI Staff
People at Bograshov Beach in Tel Aviv watch the military airshow on Israel's 71st Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
May 9, 2019, 3:20 pm
With flags unfurled, jets overhead, and grills galore, Israel marks 71 years
Independence Day celebrations across the country see hundreds of thousands turn out to enjoy nature, watch Air Force flybys, and cook up a BBQ
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin greets the Ethiopian elders at the Sigd celebration in Jerusalem on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
November 9, 2018, 7:10 pm
Aliya still near-frozen as Ethiopian Jews mark Sigd festival with mass prayer
President hails community’s ‘spirit of heroism,’ promises Israel will not discriminate on the basis of skin color
By JTA and Melanie Lidman
Education Minister Naftali Bennett (L), Azriel Shilat (2nd-L), Oriah Cohen (2nd-R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at the International Bible Quiz, which is held annually on Independence Day, in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2018. Shilat was the winner of the contest and Cohen was the runner-up. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
April 19, 2018, 5:22 pm
Winner of top bible contest says moral is never give up
Azriel Shilat, 17, from Hatzor Haglilit, only began preparing for the traditional Independence Day competition 6 months ago
By ToI Staff
Sintayehu Shafrao from Ethiopia, who is competing in the annual International Bible Quiz in Israel, receives a National ID from Israel Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri during a ceremony at the Interior ministry office in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash9)
April 15, 2018, 3:02 pm
Ethiopian Jew participating in Bible Quiz gets Israeli citizenship
Interior Ministry initially ordered contestant Sintayehu Shafrao, representing the Falashmura, to pay financial guarantee he would leave the country after contest
By Stuart Winer and Sue Surkes
Sintayehu Shafrao, a Jewish teenager from Ethiopia who has reached the final stages of the annual International Bible Quiz in Israel. (Courtesy of Struggle for Ethiopian Aliyah)
April 9, 2018, 1:47 pm
Ethiopian Jew forced to put down money to ensure he won’t stay after Bible quiz
Contestant Sintayehu Shafrao, representing the Falashmura, is said to have siblings in Israel; activist dubs treatment ‘classic racism’
By Sue Surkes
Chaya Houpt
December 22, 2017, 11:52 am
Chaya Houpt
The time I interrupted the prime minister
How wonderful to be allowed to speak out against Israel’s involvement in the torment of the Rohingya
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks ay the annual Bible contest in Jerusalem on December 19, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
December 19, 2017, 9:05 pm
Netanyahu heckled at Bible quiz over arms sales to rights abusers
Protesters slam military assistance to murderous regimes, including Myanmar, interrupting Jerusalem event
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett, right, with Sagiv Lugasi, winner of the annual International Bible Quiz at the Jerusalem Theater, May 2, 2017. (Shlomi Amsalem)
May 4, 2017, 3:31 am
Why it’s a big deal that a secular student won Israel’s Bible contest
Many educators lament that too many non religious Israelis know too little about the Book, in part because they identify its study with a political culture they eschew
By Ben Sales
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