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”Salamtac - you shall be healthy“ “Salamtac - you shall be healthy” is a non-profit organization that makes

hospitalized and bed-ridden children’s dreams come true. The aim is to improve their overall emotional well-being and give them a chance to experience excitement, fun, and joy.

EL AL proudly joins the International #WeRemember campaign to increase exposure to the memory of the Holocaust

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By fulfilling wishes and dreams, the organization looks to strengthen faith and hope in the hearts of both children and parents, regardless of age, religion, or gender. Founded in 2007 by hospital clown Sarhan Mchamid, the organization is composed of educators, medical professionals, and academics of all ages, hailing from various Israeli communities. All members are volunteers who donate time and effort to raise awareness about disease prevention and the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle. Visit the organization’s website at: salamtk.net/he

Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, available now on the EL AL entertainment system

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27 th , the World Jewish Congress (WJC) is launching the #WeRemember campaign, as it has been doing since 2015. Millions of people will be posting #WeRemember selfies as a mark of solidarity. In 2022, 700 million people took part, and the WJC hopes numbers will be even higher this year. Also, international governmental institutions such as the Reichstag, and Israeli embassies around the world will be illuminated with the #WeRemember slogan, which will also be projected onto the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, the Knesset, Tel Aviv Town Hall, etc. During the week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, EL AL will be distributing cups bearing the campaign slogan with the caption: “Learn from the past, protect the future”, on all its flights. In addition, the WJC’s social media pages will post daily interviews with Holocaust survivors, and together with UNESCO, it is launching an educational website about the Holocaust. The EL AL cups will bear a QR code directing passengers to the website.

EL AL and the Aria channel are proud to announce that the Bregenz festival’s production of “Rigoletto”, staged on Lake Constance, is available for viewing on the EL

AL in-flight entertainment system. This production of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece in three acts, is unlike any other, involving advanced technology, acrobats diving from cranes, contortionists and funambulists performing incredible gravity-defying feats, while Rigoletto is incarnated by a towering human-like robot made of iron and steel. The singers navigate through it all with awe inspiring virtuosity, offering a viewing experience like no other. This production of Rigoletto is truly breathtaking. We guarantee you’ll be humming the “La donna è mobile” aria for days. The Aria channel is home to Israel’s most extensive VOD library of operas, concerts, ballets, and mega productions from the biggest opera houses and festivals in the world, available for viewing with subtitles in Hebrew and in English.

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