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PARSHAT CHUKAT: RAV KOOK ON MOSES’S FATAL ANGRY ERROR AT THE WATERS OF DISPUTATION AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO FIX IT
PARSHAT CHUKAT: RAV KOOK ON MOSES’S FATAL ANGRY ERROR AT THE WATERS OF DISPUTATION AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO FIX IT RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT CHUKAT: In Parshat Chukat, we read: “The Israelites arrived at the wilderness of Zin on the first new moon, and the
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Israel’s Maccabiah Games Unveil Details for Star-Studded Opening Ceremony
Israel’s Maccabiah Games Unveil Details for Star-Studded Opening Ceremony by Shiryn Ghermezian Algemeiner News Service The 2022 Maccabiah Games set to take place in July in Israel has announced the line-up of stars for its opening ceremony and an
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UN Watch Report Exposes UNRWA’s Teachers of Hate
UN Watch Report Exposes UNRWA’s Teachers of Hate GENEVA, June 28, 2022 — As the U.S. and other Western states gathered on Thursday at the United Nations in the presence of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to pledge funding for the UN agency t
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Jonathan Feldstein – What’s Happening with Hispanics and Israel
Jonathan Feldstein – What’s Happening with Hispanics and Israel I was driving in Jerusalem last month and saw a colorful flag flying. The horizontal bars of yellow, blue, and red had a coat of arms in the middle, but I was not familiar with which
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Steve Kramer – Touring Israeli Historical Places with ESRA
Steve Kramer – Touring Israeli Historical Places with ESRA Michal and I recently enjoyed a day trip organized by ESRA, the English Speaking Residents Association. ESRA provides numerous social activities for Israelis who are comfortable speaking Eng
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News June 27, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News June 27, 2022 Jefferies opening office in Israel, President declares, “This is just the beginning.” Brian Friedman, President of the prestigious American investment bank Jefferies, is set
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel’s Gas Galore – and the Future Danger of Running Out of Economic Gas
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel’s Gas Galore – and the Future Danger of Running Out of Economic Gas Charles Dickens’ immortal book A Tale of Two Cities starts with the famous line: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”.
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 26, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 26, 2022 While the prospect of new elections in Israel leaves things somewhat up in the air, most Israelis are not taking a breather, but are reaching new heights in their efforts to create a cleaner and h
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Jonathan Feldstein – Will Biden Punish the Saudi Pariah or Embrace a Saudi Partner
Jonathan Feldstein – Will Biden Punish the Saudi Pariah or Embrace a Saudi Partner When campaigning for president, Joe Biden made a bold foreign policy declaration that he was going to make the Saudis “pay the price, and make them in fact the
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PARSHAT KORACH: RAV KOOK ON ‘KORACH INTERNATIONAL’
PARSHAT KORACH: RAV KOOK ON ‘KORACH INTERNATIONAL’ “Now Korach, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, betook himself, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—descendants of Reuben—to rise up against Moses, together wit
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HonestReporting: Independent Investigation Found Amnesty Int’l to Be ‘Institutionally Racist’?
HonestReporting: Independent Investigation Found Amnesty Int’l to Be ‘Institutionally Racist’? Where Was the Media When an Independent Investigation Found Amnesty Int’l to Be ‘Institutionally Racist’? by Akiva Van Koningsveld When Amnesty Inte
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UNPACKED: The Great Kibbutz Experiment | Zionism Revisited
UNPACKED: The Great Kibbutz Experiment | Zionism Revisited In 1909 when young Jews founded the first Kibbutz, they had no idea that they would be forming a symbol of Israel’s rebirth. These agricultural communities innovated the communal experience as a
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Steve Kramer – Flourishing Israel
Steve Kramer – Flourishing Israel Israel’s significance as a Middle Eastern powerhouse has reached new levels with the help of two seminal events: the discovery of natural gas in Eastern Mediterranean waters and the success of the Abraham Accords
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First-of its-kind study at Tel Aviv University: Invasive marine species can survive
First-of its-kind study at Tel Aviv University: Invasive marine species can survive Invasive marine species can survive under surprising environmental conditions The study included a unique experiment simulating changing environmental conditions from
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Dangerous Domestic Geo-Politics: Israel and the U.S.
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Dangerous Domestic Geo-Politics: Israel and the U.S. Geo-politics is normally viewed as something within the field of international relations. However, it can also appear within any specific country – occasionally with se
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News June 20, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News June 20, 2022 Fintech unicorn Pagaya to complete SPAC merger despite turmoil. The company, valued at $8.5 billion, is set to begin trading on Nasdaq later this week after shareholders of SPAC EJF
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 19, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 19, 2022 Israel and Israelis were bursting with oceans of energetic ideas, activities and projects this last week. It began with Israel, Egypt and the EU signing an agreement to bring Israeli natural gas vi
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PARSHAT SHLACH: RAV KOOK ON “OVERCOMING SPYFULNESS”
PARSHAT SHLACH: RAV KOOK ON “OVERCOMING SPYFULNESS” “A world of empty chaos preceded the world of building. And light came out of the darkness- ‘And the Creator said ‘Let there be light’ ” (Notebook 3:87) And hence “Existence is full of li
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Yad L’Olim is celebrating its one year anniversary
Yad L’Olim is celebrating its one year anniversary Yad L’Olim celebrates its one-year anniversary! Thank you to all of our supporters and partners. We look forward to continuing our work of helping Olim, their families, and global Jewry for ma
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UNPACKED: The Other Herzl: The Legacy of Rav Kook | Great Jewish Heroes
UNPACKED: The Other Herzl: The Legacy of Rav Kook | Great Jewish Heroes In the early days of Zionism, the front-runners of the movement were largely secular Jews, many of whom were staunchly anti-religious. This all changed with Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook,
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Asper Foundation, TAU Launch Innovative Clean Water Project
Asper Foundation, TAU Launch Innovative Clean Water Project Gift enhances the partnership between Tel Aviv University and one of Canada’s largest foundations Tel Aviv University (TAU) together with the Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University (CFTAU) ann
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TAU: Are we on our way to a one-time treatment for AIDS?
TAU: Are we on our way to a one-time treatment for AIDS? A new technology offers treatment for HIV infection through a single injection In the study the scientists were able, for the first time in the world, to engineer type B white blood cells i
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UN Watch: Why the U.N.’s Navi Pillay Commission Lacks Any Credibility
UN Watch: Why the U.N.’s Navi Pillay Commission Lacks Any Credibility Navi Pillay must recuse herself from the U.N. inquiry on Israel because she fails to meet the minimum impartiality requirements under the U.N.’s own code of conduct.
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Cancelling Culture in Israel and the Ukraine
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Cancelling Culture in Israel and the Ukraine Everyone is familiar with the general term “Cancel Culture,” but it actually has two separate meanings. The common understanding is the elimination of specific things, people
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 12, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 12, 2022 So many Israeli innovations and activities are designed to solve critical problems. This week’s newsletter includes Israeli solutions to diagnose autoimmune diseases, treat dry eye disease, p
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News “We are working on the sale of 20 startups, including unicorns.” Adv. Dan Shamgar, a consigliere to many of Israel’s high-tech startups, added that some companies are already runnin
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UNPACKED: Watch – When Israel Almost Failed To Survive | The Jewish Story
UNPACKED: Watch – When Israel Almost Failed To Survive | The Jewish Story Immediately after its establishment in 1948, the newly-minted State of Israel found itself fighting for survival. With immigration of Jews from all around the world placing a
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UNPACKED – Watch: Is Birthright Israel Too Good To Be True?
UNPACKED – Watch: Is Birthright Israel Too Good To Be True? If you’re wandering through the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, you’re guaranteed to run into at least one or two groups of young Jewish tourists from across the world all experienci
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 6, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 6, 2022 Israel is like a powerful magnet, attracting global demand for its innovations and assistance. The European Union is negotiating for Israeli natural gas. Israel is partnering Greece for innovation
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Ruth Defines Judaism – Not Ruth-Less Rabbis
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Ruth Defines Judaism – Not Ruth-Less Rabbis What defines Judaism and the Jewish People? Ethnicity/Race? Or Religious Culture and Practice? The Book of Ruth, read on the holiday of Shavuot, provides a complex answer.
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Shavuot: Rav Kook On Why The Creator Spoke To Israel
Shavuot: Rav Kook On Why The Creator Spoke To Israel “Anochi/I Am YHVH Your Elohim Who has taken you out of the narrow land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.” (Shmot 20:2) Thus begins the most extraordinary moment in world history. The Creator of
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News June 2, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News June 2, 2022 Cybereason laying off 100 employees in Israel, U.S. and Europe. Earlier this year, Cybereason, which is backed by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and former U.S. Treasury Secretary St
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Steve Kramer – Jerusalem – In Whose Hands Is It?
Steve Kramer – Jerusalem – In Whose Hands Is It? On Sunday, May 29, 2022, Israel commemorated Jerusalem Day, marking 55 years since the Israeli forces (IDF) liberated the Old City from the 19-year Jordanian occupation of 1948-1967. Jerusalem h
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 29, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 29, 2022 the highlights include: Israeli Virtual Reality can save hundreds of thousands of lives. Israeli innovation features at four major international conferences. Onwards and upwards for Israel’s susta
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RAV KOOK ON JERUSALEM AS THE GATEWAY TO EDEN
RAV KOOK ON JERUSALEM AS THE GATEWAY TO EDEN Torat HaRav Kook In Honor of Yom Yerushalayim/Jerusalem Day “Yerushalayim, and Zion in particular, is a teaching about the return of humankind to its highest status -to the point that all the nations who divi
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US Economic ‘Aid’ to Israel No Longer Exists
US Economic ‘Aid’ to Israel No Longer Exists Algemeiner by Lenny Ben-David / JNS.org Following the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in a firefight between the IDF and Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank town of Jenin, I
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TAU: Scientific breakthrough at Tel Aviv University
TAU: Scientific breakthrough at Tel Aviv University Researchers discovered a mechanism shared by mutations in different genes associated with autism, schizophrenia, and other conditions An experimental drug developed at a TAU lab may be suitable for treat
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Victor Rosenthal – From Israel: A “Dear Europe” Letter
Victor Rosenthal – From Israel: A “Dear Europe” Letter Negotiations are underway between Israel and the European Union for Israel to sell natural gas to Europe, which wishes to end its dependence on Russia for fuel. Italy and Germany presently g
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Steve Kramer – Forget the Two State Solution Already!
Steve Kramer – Forget the Two State Solution Already! On May 18, the Jerusalem Post published an editorial entitled “Israel cannot abandon the two-state solution.” https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-707053 I maintain that Israel must leave th
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 22, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 22, 2022 As a regular newsletter, readers know, that Israel has a huge positive impact on the world. This week’s news includes an Israeli Covid-19 treatment that also helps cancer patients; super-fast
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Mt. Meron and the Metaverse
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Mt. Meron and the Metaverse Lag B’Omer has come and gone; Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse is still a while before us. But the former has something important to teach us about the latter – and it strikes at the very heart
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News May 19, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News May 19, 2022 Masterschool announces $100 million Seed round to build network of tech career-training schools. The Israeli company, which had been bootstrapped since its founding in 2019, has deve
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United Hatzalah – Missing Man On Ashkelon Coast Results In Dramatic ATV Rescue
United Hatzalah – Missing Man On Ashkelon Coast Results In Dramatic ATV Rescue Ashkelon – A man in his 20s was reported missing last night (Sunday) around 7:30 p.m. His last known whereabouts were on Nitzanim Beach near Ashkelon. Due to repor
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Why the Original Path Ultimately Blocks our Progress
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Why the Original Path Ultimately Blocks our Progress We live in a world with a lot of social, economic, and political dysfunction. Here’s a major reason why: “Path Dependence” – one of the most important con
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 15, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 15, 2022 Another action-packed week with Israelis saving untold numbers of lives with new stem cell treatments, 2-minute biopsies, innovative surgery, sensors to prevent drowning and under 3-minute responses
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News 5-13-22
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News 5-13-22 The global domino effect is shaking up high-tech complacency and is rapidly approaching Israel. The sharp declines in capital markets over the past month are changing the playing conditio
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UNPACKED: Watch: 1948: Israel’s Battle for Independence | The Jewish Story
UNPACKED: Watch: 1948: Israel’s Battle for Independence | The Jewish Story Three years after the Holocaust and the devastating loss of six million Jews, Jewish refugees were desperately trying to immigrate to Israel. However, then British-mandated P
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Steve Kramer – Run-up to Israel’s Independence Day
Steve Kramer – Run-up to Israel’s Independence Day Israel recently commemorated its 74th year of independence, preceded by the memorial day for military and terrorist casualties. To celebrate Israel’s birthday, which follows Passover by two week
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Telling it Like It Is(n’t) in Israel and America
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Telling it Like It Is(n’t) in Israel and America If there’s a common theme running through Israeli and American Jewry’s thoughts about each other, it’s the different way they talk and how they say it. This is not a
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 8, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 8, 2022 Israelis were really flying with innovations and humanitarian activities this past week. A Ukrainian girl was flown to Israel for heart surgery; blue-sky thinking unlocked more secrets of how the b
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News May 6, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News May 6, 2022 The 50 most promising Israeli startups – 2022. The high-tech market has cooled off, so in this year’s list of the 50 most promising Israeli startups we placed a special focus
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UNPACKED: Golda Meir: The Girl from Milwaukee who Became Prime Minister
UNPACKED: Golda Meir: The Girl from Milwaukee who Became Prime Minister Best known for being Israel’s first (and only to date) female prime minister, Golda Meir, started life in Kiev before moving with her family to Milwaukee in 1906. After a quick stin
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel Joining the Tide of Regionalism
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel Joining the Tide of Regionalism If you follow the pundits, then you’re aware that Corona and the Ukraine conflict have basically rung the death knell of Globalization, as countries realize that they must be more se
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May, 1, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May, 1, 2022 Israel’s 74th birthday, on Weds evening and Thursday, follows another week of positive news from the Jewish State. More research on preventing serious Covid-19 infections; innovative medical
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IDF – Watch: Righteous Among the Nations: CPL Noah’s Family Legacy
IDF – Watch: Righteous Among the Nations: CPL Noah’s Family Legacy During the Holocaust, Noah’s family saved Jews from the Nazis. Today, Noah is a soldier in the IDF. The family has a tree planted in their honor at Yad Vashem—the World
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Jonathan Sacks z”l – From Priest to People: Kedoshim
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HonestReporting – Media’s Eyes Wide Shut
HonestReporting – Media’s Eyes Wide Shut Media’s Eyes Wide Shut: Iran’s ‘Hidden’ Hand Behind Palestinian Violence Atop Temple Mount Are global media outlets complicit in obfuscating the true root causes of ongoing unrest at holy sites in J
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Tel Aviv University – Antisemitism Peaked Globally in 2021
Tel Aviv University – Antisemitism Peaked Globally in 2021 On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day Tel Aviv University’s Center for The Study of Contemporary European Jewry publishes The Annual Report on Antisemitism Worldwide: Antisemitism pe
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News April 27, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News April 27, 2022 Riverside.fm nets $35 million Series B for remote recording platform. The audio and video recording service is used in the broadcast media, entertainment, and tech spaces with capa
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Steve Kramer – Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the epicenter of violence
Steve Kramer – Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the epicenter of violence There’s been a lot of mayhem lately at the Temple Mount (the summit of Mount Moriah) in Jerusalem, which is a magnet for religious Jews, especially during Passover. Because this
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CTECH – Israeli High School Team Takes Second Place in Prestigious Robotics Competition
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – What Zelensky Got Right about Israel – and also Wrong
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EoZ: How “human rights groups” covered (or didn’t cover) Friday’s Temple Mount riots
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IsraelSeen: This Is What It’s Like Being An IDF Paratrooper
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Victor Rosenthal – Israel: A Long Collection of Short Topics
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel April 18, 2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel April 18, 2022 This Passover, an Israeli astronaut is passing over our heads experiencing a unique view of the Cosmos. He is working 400km above the Earth on groundbreaking experiments to benefit humanity. Mea
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Steve Kramer – Israel through a Tourist’s Eyes Part II
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Charles Abelsohn – Letter from Israel – From Oppression to Freedom
Charles Abelsohn – Letter from Israel – From Oppression to Freedom 14 April (Passover) 2022 Hi again from Israel, Unless you live on Mars or Venus, you will be aware of the war in Ukraine. There is 24/7 news of the conflict in all the media togeth
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WATCH Israeli laser-based air defense shoots down drones
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CTECH: Israel’s Latest Innovation and Technology News April 13, 2022
CTECH: Israel’s Latest Innovation and Technology News April 13, 2022 OpenWeb acquiring advertising platform ADYOULIKE for $100 million. ADYOULIKE was launched in Paris in 2011 and works with over 4,000 brands, agencies, and publishers including The
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Assaf Erez: Photos of Israel Through the Eyes of Assaf
Assaf Erez: Photos of Israel Through the Eyes of Assaf
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Steve Kramer – Israel through a Tourist’s Eyes
Steve Kramer – Israel through a Tourist’s Eyes We recently spent an enjoyable time with Michal’s classmate from ACHS (Atlantic City High School). Jimmy has a great love of Israel and a great interest in Judaism – although, or maybe because
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Backing Into the Modern World: Ultra-Orthodoxy and “Secular” Education
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Dori Bisk: In Israel, We Just Keep Walking
Dori Bisk: In Israel, We Just Keep Walking ‘I just hate terrorist attacks’ the thin nurse says to the older one ‘Want some gum?’ In a single sentence, legendary Etgar Keret manages to depict life in Israel. If you grew up here, or have lived here
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The Medialine: Meta Is Moving on up in Tel Aviv, Rents 20 Floors of New High-rise
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Adelson Family Sponsors Flights of 500 Ukrainian Refugees to Israel
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News April 6, 2022
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News April 6, 2022 Cybersecurity startup Coro secures $80 million for mid-market and SMB solution. The Israeli company’s SaaS solution helps protect the users, devices, email, and cloud applications
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TAU – The Nanodrug that Attacks the Cancer Twice
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HonestReporting – How European Union Funding of West Bank Activities Breaches Int’l Law & Undermines Peace
HonestReporting – How European Union Funding of West Bank Activities Breaches Int’l Law & Undermines Peace By Akiva Van Koningsveld In possibly its strongest rebuke of European Union policy to date, an official report released by Israel’s Intell
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UN WATCH: UN to appoint investigator who compares Israel to Nazi Germany
UN WATCH: UN to appoint investigator who compares Israel to Nazi Germany GENEVA, March 31, 2022 — The U.N. Human Rights Council is planning to violate its own impartiality rules by appointing a new investigator on Palestinian human rights who exults in
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Why are Israelis So Happy?
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Why are Israelis So Happy? It’s been a rough week for Israel with several terrorist attacks – similar to many such in the past. All the more reason to ask a seemingly perplexing question: why does Israel continually sco
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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel April 3,2022
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel April 3, 2022 Israelis continue to “run up” many more successes in trying to make the world a better place. Israel’s life-saving field hospital in Ukraine is now up and running. There are curre
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Assaf Erez – Israel: Photos from Different Angles
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What Are the Palestinians Thinking? A New Survey Exposes the Harsh Reality
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Dov Lipman: Yad L’Olim Opens New Department for Ukrainian Arrivals to Israel
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Steve Kramer – Whither the United States in the Middle East – and Israel?
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Jonathan Sacks z”l covenant and conversations: Not All as it Seems
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News Mar. 30, 2022
CTECH – Latest Israeli Technology and Innovation News Mar. 30, 2022 Cyera raises $56 million Series A for cloud data security platform. The Israeli startup, founded 10 months ago, has developed a cloud-native data security platform that aims to ins
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Prof. Ehud Gazit – the first Israeli to receive a prestigious international recognition in Chemistry
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Covert Operations Succeed: Delivering Medicine To Jews Stuck In Ukraine & Bring Essential Papers To Others Wishing to Make Aliyah
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Good News Beyond the Arab-Israeli Negev Conference
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Jonathan Sacks z”l – Fire: Holy and Unholy Shemini
Jonathan Sacks z”l – Fire: Holy and Unholy Shemini The shock is immense. For several weeks and many chapters – the longest prelude in the Torah – we have read of the preparations for the moment at which God would bring His Presence to rest
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CTECH: Latest Israeli technology and Innovation News Mar. 24, 2022
CTECH: Latest Israeli technology and Innovation News Mar. 24, 2022 Mind the Tech London 2022 Shlomo Kramer: “Governments will need to increase their cybersecurity budgets.” The Cato Networks CEO and former co-founder of Check Point was speaking at Cal
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UNPACKED: The Biochemist Who Helped Establish a Jewish State
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TAU: Making history: the achievements of Zionism studied in the UAE
TAU: Making history: the achievements of Zionism studied in the UAE A book by Israeli Islam researchers was published in Abu Dhabi For the first time since the signing of the Abraham Accords, an Israeli research book was published in Abu Dhabi. The UAE
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United Hatzalah Has Brought More Than 2,000 Ukrainian Refugees To Israel
United Hatzalah Has Brought More Than 2,000 Ukrainian Refugees To Israel United Hatzalah is proud to have brought to Israel more than 2,000 Ukrainian refugees as part of Operation Orange Wings. The specially chartered series of rescue flights have brought
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RAV KOOK ON WAR! Part1 & Part 2: ISRAEL MUST FIX THE WORLD
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A Message of Kindness From Moldovan Car Mechanics In Support of Ukrainian Refugees
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Victor Rosenthal – The Ambassador from Obamastan
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UNPACKED: Watch How United Hatzalah Volunteers Reach Emergencies Faster than an Ambulance
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