Israel's Ministry of Education & Wikimedia Israel Agree on New, Unique Initiative

• t: Teachers in Israel to receive special professional training to instruct students on how to contribute to Wikipedia: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimedia-israel-agree-on-new-unique-initiative/
• t: Interested in learning how to write for WIkipedia? You're not alone! Over a third of the population of Israel is: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimedia-israel-agree-on-new-unique-initiative/
• f/g: “It is important to us that the education system in Israel leads in innovation, and cooperating with Wikipedia is a wonderful opportunity to think outside the box and enable students in Israel to do things that make a difference from which others can also benefit,” says Israeli Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron. Wikipedia may soon become part of academic curricula in Israel. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimedia-israel-agree-on-new-unique-initiative/

English Wikitionary Word of the Day

• f: This Foreign #WordoftheDay literally means "generosity trousers" in German. Think you know what it is? http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German
• f: Spendierhosen: (Idiomatic) A metaphorical representation of a feeling of generosity; literally "generosity trousers." #WordoftheDayhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German
• f: Are you wearing your generosity trousers today? In German, Spendierhosen is a metaphorical representation of a feeling of generosity. #WordoftheDayhttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German

Wikivoyage Destination of the Month

• t: THE American metropolis, June's Destination of the Month is Manhattan. Think you know this tiny island well enough? https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manhattan
• t: Wall Street. Madison Avenue. 34th Street. Broadway. Wikivoyage's Destination for the month of June is Manhattan: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manhattan

Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day

• t: Wikimedia Commons' #PictureofhteDay is of Gunnar Sonsteby, a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day
• f/g: Wikimedia Commons' #PictureoftheDay is of Gunar Sonsteby, a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day

Wikisource

• t: Wikisource's featured text for the month of June is "Alice in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll. Read it for free here:https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_(1866)
• f/g: The Wikisource featured text for the month of June is the 1865 novel "Alice in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll. Due to its vivid imagery and unique narrative course and structure, it is often regarded as one of the greatest examples of the literary nonsense genre. Read it here on freely licensed Wikisource. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_(1866)