This newsletter puts together a little bit about what’s been happening in Israel over the last week. We try to keep it positive.  That’s why it’s the Good Newsletter.  

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Last night the state budget was passed for the first time in 3 and a half years.  I think that’s good news. We’ll see.  

Israeli companies raised a record 8 Billion dollars in October.  That capital injection made the shekel even stronger and, at one point, hit 3.10 NIS to a US dollar.  The Bank of Israel bought 30 Billion dollars to try to lift the dollar and weaken the shekel. A strong shekel makes life difficult for exporters that need to pay employees in shekels but get paid in dollars.  We’ll be keeping an eye on that. 👀

Rosh Chodesh Kislev starts tonight, and sufganiyot are popping up everywhere as the excitement for Chanukah starts to fill the air.  Today is the Ethiopian holiday of Sigd.  I honestly don’t know too much about it, but my 4-year-old is in a kindergarten with two Ethiopian parents that came in to teach the kids about it. So he’ll grow up knowing all about it.  I included an article about it below.

Finally, we’ve begun our Early Bird Special, and through next Friday, November 12th, you can save 10% on your Chanukah order with coupon EB2021.