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The Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality has announced the opening of a lifeguard training course (Type 1 Sea Lifeguard certification) for the first time in four decades.
The course is approved and supervised by the Ministry of Labour and includes training as first responders under Magen David Adom supervision. The municipality will fully fund the course at no cost to participants, and it is open to the general public who meet the admission criteria.
The course is expected to take place between February and March 2026 and will include weekly sessions with theoretical and practical studies. The initiative aims to strengthen the municipal rescue system and address the existing lifeguard shortage, a deficit affecting the ability to operate lifeguard stations along the municipal coastline.
L’CHAIM
Who needs Scotland or Ireland when the Holy Land whisky tastes even better?
Take a look behind the scenes as the whisky distillery industry takes off in Israel.
WINTER WONDERLAND
Winter in Israel only lasts for about three months.
When conditions are right, Israelis make the most of the opportunities to relax and enjoy themselves.
HISTORY COMES ALIVE
Watch this video and travel back to the time of David and Goliath.
Thousands of travellers pass this place every day, where a decisive battle took place millennia ago.
DEDICATED TEACHER
A Jewish teacher of Ivrit (Hebrew) at a Bedouin school in the Negev helps children to integrate into Israeli society.
Her devoted efforts are an example of how tolerance and outreach are making a difference in the lives of the next generation.
It is a “good news” story that the mainstream media avoids publishing.
