明天我們將進入新的一年，2021年是以色列計劃的第八個年頭，八，שמונה, 無論在猶太文化還是中華文化中都是個吉利的數字，在此借這美好的寓意，願大家在來年平安順遂。
在2020的最後，我們想借31張照片與你一起回望2020年的猶太世界。現在的時代，新聞是世界的，當我們回顧世界的新聞時，也是在回顧自己的一年，希望伴隨這些照片，讓我們與這跌宕起伏的2020正式作別。
25,000 march against anti-Semitism in New York City
2020年1月5日，約兩萬五千人手舉「無恨無懼」進行遊行，他們穿過布魯克林大橋，為抗議反猶主義。在遊行之前的兩周內，至少出現了十四起針對猶太人的襲擊事件。
Before the COVID-19 pandemic prompted citywide shutdowns, some 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest rising anti-Semitism in and around New York City.
Unit 669 training in the Kinneret
The Fifth World Holocaust Forum is held in Jerusalem
Swearing in ceremony of Golani soldiers injured in ramming attack
2020年2月6日，耶路撒冷發生針對以色列戈蘭旅士兵的襲擊事件，造成12人受傷。這些士兵當時正在前往西牆的路上，準備宣誓就職。當天晚些時候，他們依然完成了宣誓。
In February, 12 IDF soldiers were wounded in a vehicular ramming attack in central Jerusalem. The Golani soldiers passing by the First Station, a popular entertainment spot on the city’s David Remez Street, during a heritage tour ahead of their swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall. The soldiers were sworn in later that day, despite their injuries.
Nearly a thousand Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem prayed for a cure to combat the coronavirus outbreak
First case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
2月21日，以色列出現首例新型冠狀病毒感染肺炎。該患者是從「鑽石公主」號郵輪下船後歸國的一名乘客。
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel is confirmed after a female citizen tests positive for coronavirus after return from quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.21 February
The 2020 Israeli legislative election takes place
Eden Alene作為以色列代表參加歐洲歌唱大賽
Eden Alene is chosen to represent Israel in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest
3月22日，Eden Alene被選為以色列代表參加歐洲歌唱大賽（因疫情取消），她是在該比賽中第一位代表以色列的黑皮膚以色列人。
22 March, Eden Alene is chosen to represent Israel in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
參賽曲目：
The first nationwide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel begins on the first night of Passover.
Exercise by the IAF's Airborne Combat Rescue And Evacuation Unit 669
A Jewish man wears a face mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus as he reads from a Torah scroll at the Western Wall
4月12日，前塞法迪首席拉比伊利雅胡·巴克希-多隆因新冠肺炎去世
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, former chief rabbi of Israel, dies of COVID-19 at 79
A small group of socially distanced kohens, took part in Passover prayers by the Western Wall
A coalition agreement signed
4月20日，現任總理內塔尼亞胡和議長本尼·甘茨在耶路撒冷就組建聯合政府籤署協議，第三次選舉落下帷幕。
The leaders of the two largest parties in the Knesset, Benny Gantz (Blue and White) and Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud), announce that they have reached a coalition agreement to form the next government of Israel
詳情查看：《新政府定下！超過1年的僵局，終於打破》
The 35th government of Israel is formed
Israel's Tel Aviv lights up with Lebanon flag
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz passed away
8月7日，以色列當代著名《塔木德》學者阿丁·施坦澤茲（Adin Steinsaltz）拉比與世長辭，享年83歲。
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, a prolific Jewish scholar who spent 45 years compiling a monumental and ground-breaking translation of the Talmud, has died.
Preliminary battalion exercise of the Search and Rescue Brigade.
The Israel–UAE peace agreement is announced
The Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement is announced
"Abraham Accords" established formal relations between Israel and the two Arab countries
9月15日，在美國總統川普的主持下，以色列總理內塔尼亞胡先後與阿聯外長阿卜杜拉和巴林外交大臣扎耶尼籤署正常化協議，隨後四方共同籤署了《亞伯拉罕協議》
15 September Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sign the "Abraham Accords" establishing formal relations between Israel and the two Arab countries, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
詳情查看：《美國、以色列、阿聯和巴林和平協議籤訂儀式現場》
猶太新年前，以色列進入第二次全境封鎖
此次封鎖持續了一個月
A second country-wide lockdown began, lasting for a month
Commando Brigade's Egoz Unit training
Four Jews won Nobel Prizes
The Israel–Sudan normalization agreement is announced
The former chief rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, passed away
11月7日，拉比喬納森·薩克斯因癌症離世。喬納森·薩克斯（Jonathan Sacks）拉比是美國、英國和以色列多所大學的客座教授，一生獲得榮譽無數，被英國前首相託尼·布萊爾稱作「智力巨人」。
The former chief rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, has died aged 72 about a month after being diagnosed with cancer
查看拉比精彩演講：《我們如何才能毫無恐懼地面對未來？》
Morocco and Israel agree to establish diplomatic relations
Bhutan establishes diplomatic relations with Israel.
Prof. Ezra F. Vogel passed away
12月20日，全球著名中國問題專家，哈佛大學榮退教授傅高義（Ezra Feivel Vogel）在美國馬薩諸撒州劍橋的醫院去世，享年90歲。
Ezra F. Vogel, a Harvard professor who served as a bridge between East Asia and the United States died Dec. 20 at a hospital in Cambridge, Mass. He was 90.
詳情查看：《傅高義：當今最了解中國的猶太人走了》
Coronavirus vaccination begins
Ivry Gitlis,an acclaimed violinist has died in Paris.
我們剛經歷特別的一年，特別艱難、特別悲傷、特別手足無措，也特別有勇氣、特別有溫暖、特別充滿力量。毫無疑問，疫情的陰影會伴隨到2021年，但在重重迷霧之中、急劇變化的世界之中，相信我們能攜手一起邁向光亮的未來。