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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel’s Economy: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel’s Economy: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times Israel used to be poor and egalitarian. The good news: it is no longer poor by any standard. The bad news: it ranks very high among the major OECD countries in the s
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Jan. 16, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Jan. 16, 2022 These are very exciting times, as Israeli innovations are literally lifting-off. Dozens of Israeli children watched eight of their school-built nano-satellites being launched into space, and there
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Steve Kramer – Follow the Salad Trail in the Negev Desert
Steve Kramer – Follow the Salad Trail in the Negev Desert As you know, Israel is a very small country in area, roughly the size of New Jersey, with a similar long, narrow shape. Recently Michal and I went on a tour with the ESRA group (Englis
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Exclusive – Youngest Life-Saver in Israel
Exclusive – Youngest Life-Saver in Israel A 13-year-old boy saved his 4-year-old sister from choking and was awarded a certificate from United Hatzalah Jerusalem – A certificate of appreciation from United Hatzalah was awarded to a Bar
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News Jan. 12, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News Jan. 12, 2022 Pentera becomes Israel’s latest cybersecurity unicorn with $150 million Series C. The company, formerly known as Pcysys, was valued at $1 billion in its latest round. Read
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Howard Epstein – ISRAEL LETTER – MY PREDICTIONS FOR 2022
Howard Epstein – ISRAEL LETTER – MY PREDICTIONS FOR 2022 January In an unprecedented universal pang of guilt (and because they want unlimited supplies of a so-far-unnamed Israeli Covid-beating drug), 125 states who voted at the UN just before Chri
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The Historical Jewish Origins of Facebook’s “Metaverse”
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The Historical Jewish Origins of Facebook’s “Metaverse” Is “virtuality” a new phenomenon spawned by contemporary technology? Not at all! Virtuality has been part of humanity from the start, expanding through histo
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Jan. 9, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Jan. 9, 2022 Israel has just re-opened its gates to overseas visitors who can once again experience the Start-up / Scale-up Nation at first hand. Those who are not yet ready to travel can read here about the
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EMILY SCHRADER – 2021 Proves that Antisemitism Manifests as anti-Zionism
EMILY SCHRADER – 2021 Proves that Antisemitism Manifests as anti-Zionism Re-post by permission. originally posted at Jpost The year 2021 proved unquestionably that modern antisemitism is often manifested in anti-Zionism and anti-Israel hatred.
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Exclusive: Two Yechiels On Bicycles Save The Life Of a Man In A Cafe
Exclusive: Two Yechiels On Bicycles Save The Life Of a Man In A Cafe On Sunday evening, at around 6:00 p.m., in a cafe on Chaim Valero street in Jerusalem, a 67-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest. Yechiel Gurfein, a United Hatzalah of Israel vo
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Steve Kramer – The US and the West Fund the Jihadists. Really?
Steve Kramer – The US and the West Fund the Jihadists. Really? The West abhors terror attacks for good reason, whether in their country or an ally. Except when it comes to Israel. Not having learned the lesson that Islamist terror doesn’t a
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CTECH – Israel’s Latest Technology and Innovation News
CTECH – Israel’s Latest Technology and Innovation News Israeli startups raise record $25.6 billion in 2021. Local companies recorded more than 77 mega-rounds of over $100 million last year, more than double of 2019 and 2020 combined. Re
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel’s Arab Spring
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel’s Arab Spring My headline here is misleading – but only if it reminds you of what occurred a decade ago among other Arab countries in the Middle East. Taken metaphorically for the positive connotation it should h
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Jan. 2, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Jan. 2, 2022 At the start of a new calendar year, Israelis continue to bring new innovations into the world to benefit humanity. A new heart implant, a new treatment for Parkinson’s, a new sleep quality an
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EXCLUSIVE: One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim
EXCLUSIVE: One Year After Being Injured In An Act of Violence, EMT Saves Car Accident Victim Tayibe – Eiad Azem is a United Hatzalah volunteer from the city of Tayibe, an Arab city in central Israel, and the deputy head of the team there. He is an i
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Muslim and Jewish EMTs Save A collapsed Woman’s Life in Ein Naqquba
Muslim and Jewish EMTs Save A collapsed Woman’s Life in Ein Naqquba Ein Naqquba- On Monday night at around 10:30 p.m., a 50-year-old woman collapsed in her front yard in the town of Ein Naqquba, an Arab village west of Jerusalem. Her children found her
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News Salt Security to join Unicorn club after reaching $1.5 billion valuation. Alphabet’s independent growth fund CapitalG is believed to be among the investors in the $120-150 million ro
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 26, 2021
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 26, 2021 At the end of the civil year, Israelis continue trailblazing. Medical successes include amorphous calcium to treat coronavirus; completed trials of a Parkinson’s treatment; remote heart monit
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ANS – Blind Woman Regains Eyesight at Israeli Hospital
ANS – Blind Woman Regains Eyesight at Israeli Hospital by Sharon Wrobel Algemeiner News Service A blind woman has regained her eyesight after 20 years following a first-of-its-kind surgery at an Israeli hospital. The rare procedure carried out at Is
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Steve Kramer – The West Dances to Iran’s Tune
Steve Kramer – The West Dances to Iran’s Tune Iran has requested a new pause in the talks in Vienna, negotiations which purportedly aim to bring the US back into the 2015 agreement and roll back Iran’s nuclear activities. Too bad that that agree
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HOWARD EPSTEIN – ISRAEL LETTER – THEIR LOSS IS ISRAEL’S GAIN
HOWARD EPSTEIN – ISRAEL LETTER – THEIR LOSS IS ISRAEL’S GAIN Last Sunday, the Israeli Immigration Minister announced that 27,000 new immigrants will have made Israel their home during 2021. This represents an increase of some 23% over the pr
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Tel Aviv University – Latest Israeli Medical Research
Tel Aviv University – Latest Israeli Medical Research For the first time under laboratory conditions New study at Tel Aviv University: Medicinal cannabis oil found effective for treating autism Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by PhD s
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 19, 2021
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 19, 2021 The astounding Israeli medical achievements this week include breakthroughs in treating brain diseases, cancer, wounds, glaucoma, infections, deafness and blindness. Israelis have given aid to the
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The New Domino Crisis: Iran, Ukraine, Taiwan
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The New Domino Crisis: Iran, Ukraine, Taiwan Dominoes might be a child’s game, but not when it involves international relations. President Biden is now learning that game quickly, as he’s faced with a particularly acute
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UNPACKED – The Modern Shift That Divided Judaism | The Jewish Story
UNPACKED – The Modern Shift That Divided Judaism | The Jewish Story As the Age of Enlightenment spread across Europe, 18th-century Jews still faced persecution and were banned from assimilating into modern civilization. A young Jewish German philoso
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News Israeli tech M&As and IPOs reach record $82.4 billion in 2021. According to the PwC Israel High Tech Exit Report, this represents a 520% increase from 2020. With the addition of over $25 billion
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HOWARD EPSTEIN’S LETTER FROM ISRAEL OUR SPIES IN THEIR MIDST
HOWARD EPSTEIN’S LETTER FROM ISRAEL OUR SPIES IN THEIR MIDST Imagine a darkened stage, suddenly illuminated with three pools of light. Now the audience sees the same number of actors, two men, and a woman. Thus opens Michael Frayn’s 1988 play ‘Cop
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IsraelSeen Exclusive – This Is What We Train For
IsraelSeen Exclusive – This Is What We Train For EMTs save a choking woman’s life in a Rehovot Restaurant Rehovot – Tuesday evening, just after 8:00 p.m. a woman in her 70s was enjoying a meal in a restaurant on Herzl Street in Rehovot when
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UNPACKED – Israel: Can We Solve The Global Water Crisis??
UNPACKED – Israel: Can We Solve The Global Water Crisis?? The catastrophic global effects of climate affect us all. In the Middle East, a part of the world with scarce water sources, Israeli innovators are tackling sustainability head on, specifical
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Steve Kramer – The Kinneret, aka the Sea of Galilee, Beckons
Steve Kramer – The Kinneret, aka the Sea of Galilee, Beckons Like in many countries, Israel’s tourism business has dropped dramatically. In fact, currently (12/12/21) all tourism traffic is restricted because of the fear of the latest Covid varian
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Political Responsibility and Family Loyalty
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Political Responsibility and Family Loyalty Sara Netanyahu, Chris Cuomo, and Gilat Bennett: what do they have in common? All three are family members of political leaders whose actions straddle (overstep?) the fine
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 12, 2021
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 12, 2021 Israeli innovations continue to flow at an amazing pace. This week’s newsletter includes medical cures for Alzheimer’s and Covid; a cancer mutation database and saliva-based testing kit
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News Fintech unicorn Tipalti quadruples valuation to $8.3 billion in $270 million Series F. The Israeli company currently processes over $30 billion in total annual payments volume — growing 120% ye
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HOWARD EPSTEIN – THE PALESTINIANS SAY ALL OR NOTHING – AGAIN!
HOWARD EPSTEIN – THE PALESTINIANS SAY ALL OR NOTHING – AGAIN! Monday the 29th November, a portentous date for Jews and more especially for Israelis. On that date in 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted by 33 to 13 (with 10 abstentio
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Israel Seen EXCLUSIVE – Saving the Life of A Badly Injured Cyclist
Israel Seen EXCLUSIVE – Saving the Life of A Badly Injured Cyclist At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday evening, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Itai Strominger was eating dinner with his family in their home in Be’er Milka. At the same time, a man
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – For Israel’s Army, More is Less
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – For Israel’s Army, More is Less We’ve all heard of the maxim: “More is Less.” Israel’s army is now facing precisely that phenomenon, and its headache will only increase in the coming years. What does it have an ov
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 5, 2021
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Dec. 5, 2021 the highlights include: Israeli scientists have found a new way to destroy blood cancer cells. Israel continues to see a reduction in serious coronavirus patients. Colombia has opened a Jerusalem
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Steve Kramer – Israel Report: Can You Trust What You See?
Steve Kramer – Israel Report: Can You Trust What You See? Do you believe me or your lying eyes? That’s a relevant question when it comes to today’s news “reporting”. I’ve often mentioned that what is left out of reporting (or analysis) is
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RAV KOOK ON CHANUKAH: KINDLING THE INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL LIGHT
RAV KOOK ON CHANUKAH: KINDLING THE INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL LIGHT The people of Israel are lighting the 8 lights of Chanuka everywhere. The Talmud recounts the original disagreement between the schools of Shammai and Hillel about the proper order of kindl
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UNPACKED – The Origins of Hasidic Judaism: The Ba’al Shem Tov
UNPACKED – The Origins of Hasidic Judaism: The Ba’al Shem Tov In the aftermath of historical events that impacted Jews of Eastern Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, two groups rose up that inspired generations of Jews to revolutionize the
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Israel-Hanukkah Videos for 2021
Israel-Hanukkah Videos for 2021 Top Sufganiyot For Hanukkah! No Hanukkah is complete without Sufganiyot! Join us as we stroll through the streets of Jerusalem to taste the amazing variety of delicious doughnut delicacies the city has to offer! Hanukk
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News Crypto giant Coinbase acquiring Israel’s Unbound Security. “We’ve long recognized Israel as a hotbed of strong technology and cryptography talent,” Coinbase said after securing the ac
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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l – 8 Short Thoughts on Hanukkah
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l – 8 Short Thoughts on Hanukkah H/T Aish.com 1. Inspired by faith, we can change the world Twenty-two centuries ago, when Israel was under the rule of the empire of Alexander the Great, one particular leader, Antiochus
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel and the U.S. in the Non-Employment Conundrum
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel and the U.S. in the Non-Employment Conundrum Israel and America are suffering these days from a very unusual economic problem: many employers are desperately seeking workers – this when unemployment remains at hist
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 28, 2021
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 28, 2021 The pace of Israel’s achievements is speeding up every week. There are many double events to celebrate in this week’s positive Israel newsletter. Just see the highlights below. The flor
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ISRAEL: Student and Teacher Save A Life Together
ISRAEL: Student and Teacher Save A Life Together After taking a ‘Safe Family’ CPR course, bystander initiated CPR on collapsed man and helped save his life together with the EMT who taught him Kfar Saba- Yossi Cohen is a United Hatzalah volunte
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Steve Kramer – US Orders Israel to Desist
Steve Kramer – US Orders Israel to Desist The United States, France, Germany, the UK, the EU, Russia, and China are about to resume “negotiating” the JCPOA, better known as the “Iran Deal,” concerning Iran’s nuclear weapons capability, W
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Six13 – Watch West Side Chanukah Story | Presented by MJE
Six13 – Watch West Side Chanukah Story | Presented by MJE Jets? Sharks? Latkes? Sufganiyot? Doesn’t matter where your allegiance lies: finding the light is always worth the fight — for all #eightnights! Get #cool, boys and girls, to this Cha
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UNPACKED – Watch Why So Many Jewish Teens Study This Ancient Music Notation
UNPACKED – Watch Why So Many Jewish Teens Study This Ancient Music Notation Ta’amei Hamikra, or as it’s called in Yiddish, “trope,” is a millennia-old system of music symbols that determines how each word in the Torah is recited. Alth
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News Moon Active valuation surges to $5 billion on back of $300 million Insight funding. The Israeli gaming company is expecting revenue of over $1.5 billion in 2021. Insight Partners invested
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Victor Rosenthal – Hanukah: Stay Jewish and Defeat our Enemies
Victor Rosenthal – Hanukah: Stay Jewish and Defeat our Enemies Next Monday is the first day of Hanukah, a holiday that is not mentioned in the Torah, but like Purim and (more controversially) Yom Ha’atzmaut, came along later as a commemoration of
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Diplomatic Juggling Among Superpowers
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Diplomatic Juggling Among Superpowers A ménage à trois is not only relevant to interpersonal relations; it can be just as sticky to maintain in international relations. Imagine, then, how hard it must be to sustain a mén
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HOWARD EPSTEIN – LETTER FROM ISRAEL – The crime of incitement
HOWARD EPSTEIN – LETTER FROM ISRAEL – The crime of incitement The crime of incitement, the encouragement of another person to commit a crime, derives from the common law, which itself arises from the beginnings of modern English history with the N
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 21, 2021
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 21, 2021 the highlights include: Breakthrough Israeli-led research has located multiple weaknesses in cancer cells. Tel Aviv University is ranked world’s fifth best for entrepreneurship. Four Israeli pr
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RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYISHLACH:RESTORING THE BROTHERLY LOVE OF YAAKOV AND ESAU
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Honest Reporting in Global Media — Daniel Pomerantz
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News PM Bennett: The startup nation’s next mission is to solve global problems. In a video addressing Calcalist’s Mind the Tech NY 2021, the Israeli premier urged conference attendees to “harnes
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Steve Kramer – Undivided Jerusalem Must Remain So
Steve Kramer – Undivided Jerusalem Must Remain So Israel and the United States are at odds over the Israeli capital of Jerusalem. You may not remember that Congress passed – by more that a 10:1 margin – the ‘Jerusalem Embassy Act of 19
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UNPACKED – Does the United States fund Israel? U.S. Foreign Aid Explained
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Can/Should Israel Double Its Population?
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Can/Should Israel Double Its Population? Lately, in progressive newspapers and serious magazine articles, a new claim has appeared: the world has to reduce its population numbers in order to survive. The same goes for Israe
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RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYETZEH: THE HOUSE OF JACOB’S UNIVERSAL MISSION
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TAU: British-Israeli research partnership will fund ground-breaking science collaborations in ageing research
TAU: British-Israeli research partnership will fund ground-breaking science collaborations in ageing research. £1.6 million in grants: British-Israeli research partnership will fund ground-breaking science collaborations in ageing research. A coll
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News OpenWeb raises $150 million to earn unicorn status. The Israeli company formerly named Spot.IM was valued at $1.1 billion in the Series E, of which $20 million will be allocated to secondary deal
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Steve Kramer – Finally, a Government in Israel
Steve Kramer – Finally, a Government in Israel A friend in the US recently asked me what I thought about Israel’s new government. My replay: It’s a government! Finally, after four elections in two years, the victory of a wide-ranging coalition g
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Israel keeps helping Palestinian workers, the haters don’t know what to do
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HOWARD EPSTEIN – LETTER FROM ISRAEL – Giving Iran Repeated Nudges
HOWARD EPSTEIN – LETTER FROM ISRAEL – Giving Iran Repeated Nudges Messages, messages. The past week was one of messages, sent out by Israel to friends and foes. A rare daylight airstrike against weapons caches around Damascus of Hezbollah and
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 7, 2021
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 7, 2021 Israeli innovation has recently been publicized at the UN conference in Glasgow and is currently showcasing at Expo 2020 in Dubai. The newsletter highlights an additional five important sustainable
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The Policy of Headline “Gotcha”
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TAU -Light pollution makes crickets chirp in the daytime and may disrupt reproductive processes
TAU -Light pollution makes crickets chirp in the daytime and may disrupt reproductive processes Researchers at Tel Aviv University and the Open University: The researchers: “When their light-dark cycle is disrupted crickets behave like teenagers on
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Eilon Schwartz – Deep Diversity, the Common Good, and the Israeli Future
Eilon Schwartz – Deep Diversity, the Common Good, and the Israeli Future SAPIR: A Journal of Jewish Conversations Even to its most accomplished observers, Israeli politics is dizzying.Case in point: In May, after a series of confrontations in Jerusa
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News Fintech unicorn HoneyBook strikes sweet $250 million Series E, doubles valuation to $2.4 billion. The Israeli company, which has seen booking of more than $1.9 billion on its platform in 2021 alo
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RAV KOOK ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF HUMANKIND AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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TAU: The first of its kind in Israel: The Center for Innovation Laboratories
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Tel Aviv University ranked fifth in the world for entrepreneurship by Startup Genome
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Sabine Sterk – The Other Side of Israel: Proud of Israel
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Steve Kramer – Israel and the Problem of Homicides
Steve Kramer – Israel and the Problem of Homicides Yes, there’s gang violence in Israel, but not nearly on the scale of American gang violence. Violent crime in Israel is predominantly found in Israeli Arab towns and in mixed Arab-Jewish ci
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Howard Epstein – LETTER FROM ISRAEL: Russia and Jews
Howard Epstein – LETTER FROM ISRAEL: Russia and Jews If there is one bilateral relationship that Jews have had to endure, rather than enjoy, over the centuries, it has been that with the Russians. In 1827, Nicholas I proclaimed his Statute on Conscr
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Kfar Qasim, Judaism and Cancel Culture
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Kfar Qasim, Judaism and Cancel Culture One of the central divisive issues in America today is “Cancel Culture.” Less known is that Israel has its own Cancel Culture issues as well. Does Judaism have anything to offer ab
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RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT CHAYEI SARAH: BECOMING HEROES OF KINDNESS
RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT CHAYEI SARAH: BECOMING HEROES OF KINDNESS Parshat Chayei Sarah begins with the passing of Sarah Imenu and documents the transition from the generation of Avraham and Sarah to Yitzchak and Rivkah. Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook Z
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The Discussion Continues on the Future of the Jewish People by three Israeli Visionaries. Part III | IsraelSeen.com
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CTECH – The Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News
CTECH – The Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News Biotech startup Immunai earns unicorn status with $215 million Series B. The Israeli company has developed a technological platform that maps the entire immune system for better detection, di
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The Discussion Continues on the Future of the Jewish People by three Israeli Visionaries. Part II | IsraelSeen.com
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Barry Shaw – Israel and the United States are heading for a diplomatic breakdown
Barry Shaw – Israel and the United States are heading for a diplomatic breakdown The Biden Administration is arrogantly ignoring official Israeli protests against the opening of a US Consulate in Jerusalem to serve non-Israeli Palestinians. It is mo
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Discussion on the Future of the Jewish People by three Israeli Visionaries. Part I | IsraelSeen.com
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TAU – Israel-Indian academic ties boosted by visit of Indian Minister of External Affairs
TAU – Israel-Indian academic ties boosted by visit of Indian Minister of External Affairs Tel Aviv University hosted a meeting of Israeli university presidents with Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India. The Minister met with univ
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Solve Problems by Transporting Ourselves to the Past
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UNPACKED – How The Protestant Reformation Affected Jews
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HOWARD EPSTEIN – LETTER FROM ISRAEL: Abraham Accords and Beyond
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Jewanced Podcast-Shakked Beery – The Underdogs’ Assembly
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RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYERA: PERFECTING THE WORLD DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE
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UNPACKED – Saadiah Gaon and the Jewish Golden Age
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Steve Kramer – Israel’s Northern Getaway
Steve Kramer – Israel’s Northern Getaway If you were going away by car for a few days, could you have lunch at a 2,000-year-old seaport, once the most modern in the world? Or, could you spend a few days in a Holy City which once was – an
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CTECH- The Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News
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UNPACKED: Maimonides: The Philosopher Rabbi – The Jewish Story
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Howard Epstein – LETTER FROM ISRAEL – Israeli Arabs
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – When the Impossible (Meat) is Possible for Jews
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – When the Impossible (Meat) is Possible for Jews A major brouhaha is emerging among kosher-observant Jews: will it be permissible to eat lab-sourced “meat”? This is no narrow question but rather one with huge implication
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