The foundation also donated to several other Jewish causes.

Senior officer: "Firing at the lower half of the body above the knee led to the deaths of many people."

Neo-nazi flyer denying Holocaust stapled to Jewish Cemetery in Michigan

The structure was replicated to scale to match the actual size of the lunar lander that SpaceIL launched into space earlier this year.

The White House, Pentagon and U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A study recently released warns that over the next two decades, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens from the former Soviet Union or of Ethiopian descent may need to validate their Judaism.

The Jewish dating website, JWed, announced this week that it is raffling off a free trip to Israel to any couple who met through JWed or its predecessor site, Frumster.