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Creative Community for Peace – The Problem with NAZA
Creative Community for Peace – The Problem with NAZA A new documentary accusing Israel of the calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians received one of the world’s most prestigious cinematic platforms this week. NAZA, directed by antizi
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Tel Aviv University - Breakthrough in Hearing Research
Tel Aviv University – Breakthrough in Hearing Research Newly identified genetic mechanism essential for hearing A new study has identified FMN1 as a gene required for hearing in both humans and mice, revealing a previously unknown role for fo
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Steve Kramer – UK Government Shoots Itself in the Foot
Steve Kramer – UK Government Shoots Itself in the Foot Ed Miliband is Britain’s Foreign Secretary, a leader in the Labour Party. His brother, David Miliband, was the Foreign Secretary more than a decade ago. Miliband’s parents, both Holoc
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Sept 2026
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Sept 2026 “We proved there are no sacred cows in technology”: Island founder says the company can be worth tens of billions. Island co-founder Dan Amiga says the cybersecurity company has reached $20
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig - Proud of Israeli Democracy? Its Demography is Even Better!
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Proud of Israeli Democracy? Its Demography is Even Better! With Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – upon us, it’s the season for taking stock of where we’ve been and where we’re going. For Israel, in one very im
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Sabine Sterk – The World Is Watching Israel While the Fire Spreads
Sabine Sterk – The World Is Watching Israel While the Fire Spreads September 11. A date that should make the civilized world remember what happens when terrorism, fanaticism and religious extremism are underestimated. And yet, twenty-five years afte
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The National Library of Israel The National Library of Israel – Book Is Over 700 Years Old! What Makes It Special?
The National Library of Israel The National Library of Israel – Book Is Over 700 Years Old! What Makes It Special? This huge tome, a handwritten Hebrew manuscript of the Pentateuch, was created around the year 1300 in Central Europe. But that
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Sheila Raviv – One day before 5787: Peaceful and Sweet Rosh Hashana.
Sheila Raviv – One day before 5787: Peaceful and Sweet Rosh Hashana. I was going to write a simple New Year message, but you know me, nothing turns out the way I planned it! Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the first day of Tishrei which is actually t
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Jonathan Sacks - How to Change the World (Animation)
Jonathan Sacks – How to Change the World (Animation) Watch Rabbi Sacks’ message on civility, the responsible life, and how to make a difference A story shared by Rabbi Sacks about how one small act of kindness can change the world and what
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Michael Oren – South America is Changing: Why That’s Good News for Israel and the Jews
Michael Oren – South America is Changing: Why That’s Good News for Israel and the Jews The situation for Jewish communities in the Diaspora has seemed hopeless. That’s what I believed until I visited South America. In my capacity as head of the
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Tel Aviv University – Delivering Antibodies Directly into Brain Cells
Tel Aviv University – Delivering Antibodies Directly into Brain Cells Another Step Toward Next-Generation Biologic Therapies: Delivering Antibodies Directly into Brain Cells A new masking technology could expand the therapeutic potential of antibodi
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Jonathan Feldstein – Forgiveness – A Jewish and a Christian Perspective
Jonathan Feldstein – Forgiveness – A Jewish and a Christian Perspective During the Hebrew month of Elul, immediately preceding and leading up to the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it is the season when Jews turn inward, toward God
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Michael Ordman – This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 2026
Michael Ordman – This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 2026 The highlights include: Former hostage and Nova survivor start new lives together. Innovative Israeli operations save two lives. Abandoned as a baby, Arab (now Jewish) meets the
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Sept. 2026
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Sept. 2026 ServiceNow acquires Israeli AI startup Sweep in deal estimated at hundreds of millions. The acquisition adds another Israeli company to ServiceNow’s rapidly expanding AI portfolio and comes
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Avoiding the “More is Less” Trap
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Avoiding the “More is Less” Trap Israel is now in the throes of the most important election in its history. For such a momentous occasion, the public needs as much truthful information as possible. Unfortunately
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Sabine Sterk – Jerusalem, You Never Really Let Me Leave
Sabine Sterk – Jerusalem, You Never Really Let Me Leave A love letter to the city that somehow became part of me Dear Jerusalem, There are places we visit and leave behind. We take photographs, buy something to remember them by, board a plane and ev
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Sheila Raviv – Israel: FROM TWAIN TO PENITENCE
Sheila Raviv – Israel: FROM TWAIN TO PENITENCE Good morning! Shabbat Shalom! How are you? I’d love to hear from you so that I don’t need to worry about you… Mark Twain, like Winston Churchill, wrote many things, mostly very positive, ab
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National Library of Israel – The Song of Songs: What’s an Erotic Love Poem Doing in the Bible?
National Library of Israel – The Song of Songs: What’s an Erotic Love Poem Doing in the Bible? The Song of Songs is an ancient biblical text that contains some of the most passionate words found in the Bible. Some of the passages get quite exp
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Jonathan Sacks – To Renew Our Days: Studies in Spirituality • Nitzavim, Vayelech
Jonathan Sacks – To Renew Our Days: Studies in Spirituality • Nitzavim, Vayelech The moment had come. Moses was about to die. He had seen his sister Miriam and brother Aaron pre-decease him. He had prayed to God – not to live forever, not even t
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Barry Shaw – America; Enemies to the Left of us. Enemies to the Right. Stuck in the Middle Alone. An Israeli perspective.
Barry Shaw – America; Enemies to the Left of us. Enemies to the Right. Stuck in the Middle Alone. An Israeli perspective. I recently published a report on the decay of the English-speaking Western democracies caused by the mass import of alien cultu
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Steve Kramer – Democracies proscribe weapons sales to Israel
Steve Kramer – Democracies proscribe weapons sales to Israel In 1947 and 1948, in advance of Israel declaring its independence, Israel found itself at a disadvantage militarily and demographically to its Arab neighbors. With only about 600,000 Jews
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Jonathan Feldstein – Supporting New Immigrants is Not Just Nice, it’s Prophetic
Jonathan Feldstein – Supporting New Immigrants is Not Just Nice, it’s Prophetic Can I tell you a story? It’s a little long, so please be patient because it’s also inspiring. I had a recent interview where the host wanted to talk about a
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Honest Reporting – Welcome to The Honest Word!
Honest Reporting – Welcome to The Honest Word! Welcome to The Honest Word! Meet The Honest Word, HonestReporting’s new blog for the stories, media narratives, and observations that deserve attention even when they don’t need a full investigation
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – More Sources = Less News
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – More Sources = Less News Here’s a question for you: when an interesting news headline comes your way, do you read the entire article? Thirty years ago, your answer would have been: “most often, yes.” Today, it’s pro
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Sheila Raviv – Answers, Aliyah and Arguments
Sheila Raviv – Answers, Aliyah and Arguments Shabbat Shalom! How are you? I hope that you are well. I have a strange question for you, or perhaps it isn’t so strange. When was the last time you sat down and had a quiet, honest conversation with so
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Jonathan Feldstein – An Israeli Unity Government vs A Natural Coalition
Jonathan Feldstein – An Israeli Unity Government vs A Natural Coalition With Israel’s national elections two months away, pollsters, reporters, and pundits typically talk about the two main “blocks” of parties that are likely to make up the ne
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Technion – Combating Antibiotic Resistance and MORE
Technion – Combating Antibiotic Resistance and MORE Combating Antibiotic Resistance Dr. Idan Yelin and Prof. Roy Kishony of the Faculty of Biology discovered a hidden mechanism that helps bacteria develop resistance. Disrupting this mechanism could
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Jonathan Sacks – A Sense of History KI TAVO
Jonathan Sacks – A Sense of History KI TAVO Ki Tavo begins with the ceremony of bringing first-fruits to the Temple. The Mishnah gives a detailed account of what happened: Those that were near to Jerusalem brought fresh figs and grapes, and those t
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Jonathan Feldstein – Elul, Repentance, and Forgiveness
Jonathan Feldstein – Elul, Repentance, and Forgiveness We’re almost halfway through the Biblical month of Elul, during which Jewish communities around the world enter a sacred season of prayerful reflection. Elul is the time of cheshbon nefesh, th
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Aug. 26, 2026
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Aug. 26, 2026 Alice raises $140 million at $700-800 million valuation after betting that AI will need a new security layer. The Israeli company is applying years of intelligence on malicious online behav
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Barry Shaw – How a Palestinian multi-millionaire allegedly aided Hamas in Gaza and is avoiding justice
Barry Shaw – How a Palestinian multi-millionaire allegedly aided Hamas in Gaza and is avoiding justice An unnamed senior US government official has pressured the families of victims of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror invasion to drop a lawsuit aga
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UN WATCH – Francesca Albanese Cries “Defamation,” Demands Elon Musk Censor Hillel Neuer For Calling Her “Hamas’s De Facto Spokesperson”
UN WATCH – Francesca Albanese Cries “Defamation,” Demands Elon Musk Censor Hillel Neuer For Calling Her “Hamas’s De Facto Spokesperson” Hillel Neuer’s Response Goes Viral UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese is claiming to be a victi
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Jonathan Feldstein – Israel’s Crowded Political Sandbox: New Parties, Old Faces, and the Coalition Puzzle Ahead
Jonathan Feldstein – Israel’s Crowded Political Sandbox: New Parties, Old Faces, and the Coalition Puzzle Ahead As Israel’s October 27 election approaches, a wave of new political parties has entered an already crowded field, reshaping h
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Michael Ordman – This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 23, 2026
Michael Ordman – This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 23, 2026 The highlights include: l See the resilience of a wounded and maimed IDF soldier. l Four Israeli breakthrough cancer treatments. l Female Israeli ex-pilot breaks the
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Making News and Policy: But Where’s the Complexity?
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Making News and Policy: But Where’s the Complexity? Everyone (sort of) understands that our world is “complex.” But what does that demand of us? That’s a double “us”: regarding news & political policy makers as
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Susan Eisenstein – Justin Yehuda Iron Dome Coffee: What Might Be Justin’s Proudest Story To Date
Susan Eisenstein – Justin Yehuda Iron Dome Coffee: What Might Be Justin’s Proudest Story To Date When Justin Yehuda, Founder and CEO of Iron Dome Coffee, took a trip to Thailand, he did not know that a friendship made on that trip, was going t
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Sheila Raviv – London and Jerusalem
Sheila Raviv – London and Jerusalem Shabbat Shalom from sunny Jerusalem! Yes, I’m back from equally sunny London. I really wanted to write to you last week, but unfortunately nobody’s computer is working. I really must get myself a laptop or And
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Jonathan Feldstein – Israel: What the Red Signs Say
Jonathan Feldstein – Israel: What the Red Signs Say Where I live in the Judean mountains, Jewish Israeli communities exist alongside Palestinian Arab communities. Visually in some places, we coexist so close to one another it’s as if clutch
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Steve Kramer – Jew hatred in colleges escalates
Steve Kramer – Jew hatred in colleges escalates Unsafe at MIT – A Chronicle of a Campus War on the Jews was written by Yossi Sheffi, professor of engineering at MIT, one of America’s most highly-ranked universities. After reading his account
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Jonathan Sacks – The Parameters of Justice KI TEITSE
Jonathan Sacks – The Parameters of Justice KI TEITSE In Deuteronomy 24, we encounter – for the first time – the explicit statement of a law of far-reaching significance: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall
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TAU - step toward the world’s first implantation of an engineered spinal cord
TAU – step toward the world’s first implantation of an engineered spinal cord The new technology, emerging from TAU’s Sagol Center for Regenerative Medicine (SCRM) A step toward the world’s first implantation of an engineered spinal cord B
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Jonathan Feldstein – Operation Diamond: The Intelligence Coup That Shaped Israeli and American Air Power
Jonathan Feldstein – Operation Diamond: The Intelligence Coup That Shaped Israeli and American Air Power On August 16, 1966, an Iraqi Air Force MiG-21 touched down at an Israeli air base after a daring flight across the Middle East. The pilot, Capta
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CTECH - Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Aug. 18, 2026 Pentera lays off another 60 employees in second round of cuts in four months. The latest cuts affect about 60 employees, including 30 in Israel, bringing the total number of layoffs since A
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Tel Aviv University – New Study: Why Do Men and Women Walk Differently?
Tel Aviv University – New Study: Why Do Men and Women Walk Differently? New Study: Why Do Men and Women Walk Differently? A Neandertal Pelvis That Coexisted with Modern Humans 35,000 Years Ago May Hold the Answer. A comparison of Neandertal and mode
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Steve Ornstein – Israel Hope in the Heart of Democracy
Steve Ornstein – Israel Hope in the Heart of Democracy As Israel prepares for elections on October 27, 2026—the first time the Knesset has completed a full four-year term since 1988. We are reminded of the enduring strength of our democracy. In th
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HonestReporting – Reporters Without Borders Latest to Be Caught Stealth Editing Terrorists Out of Slain Gaza Journalist List
HonestReporting – Reporters Without Borders Latest to Be Caught Stealth Editing Terrorists Out of Slain Gaza Journalist List Reporters Without Borders removed Hamas terrorist Mohammad Jarghoun and Islamic Jihad terrorist Mohamed Nasr Abu Huwaidi fro
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Jonathan Sacks - Testing Prophecy SHOFTIM
Jonathan Sacks – Testing Prophecy SHOFTIM In his enumeration of the various leadership roles within the nation that would take shape after his death, Moses mentions not only the priest/judge and the king, but also the prophet: “The Lord your God
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Jonathan Feldstein – Making Peace to Make War
Jonathan Feldstein – Making Peace to Make War In the old days, Arabs would just rant with wild rhetoric about destroying Israel outright and driving Israeli into the sea. They would threaten Israel openly, blockade shipping, eject UN “peacekeeping
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CTECH - Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Aug. 12, 2026 RAND, 8200, StarkWare and SSI alumni raise $20 million to secure AI. Attestable is betting that zero-knowledge cryptography can provide a new way for companies and governments to verify wha
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Ira Bernard Teich – Before Abraham: Creation, Civilization, and the Human Condition in Genesis
Ira Bernard Teich – Before Abraham: Creation, Civilization, and the Human Condition in Genesis Before Abraham: Creation, Civilization, and the Human Condition in Genesis is a book about some of the oldest stories we know, and some of the most modern
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HonestReporting – Media Bias and Critiques about Israel
HonestReporting – Media Bias and Critiques about Israel HONESTREPORTING Analysis The Missing Context of Bibas Family Captor Terrorist Group in Mass Funeral Coverage Coverage of the mass funerals for members of the Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna families
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Tel Aviv U. - Low-Cost Blood Test on a Chip Diagnoses Lung Cancer
Tel Aviv U. – Low-Cost Blood Test on a Chip Diagnoses Lung Cancer Developed at the School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University A Simple, Low-Cost Blood Test on a Chip Diagnoses Lung Cancer Without DNA Sequencing The new technology identifies the t
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Michael Ordman - This Week's Sanity Report from Israel
Michael Ordman – This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 9, 2026 As promised, I have been able to publish another positive Israel newsletter this week. My wife, Lynette, is still very ill, but has had a procedure to help her recuperate. Pl
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Jonathan Feldstein – Naftali Bennett’s Vision for Israel: Bold Reforms and National Renewal
Jonathan Feldstein – Naftali Bennett’s Vision for Israel: Bold Reforms and National Renewal With the Israeli election coming up in October, I am writing a series of articles about different aspects of the people, parties, and policies that are all
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Weizmann Institute of Science – Latest Discoveries in Israel
Weizmann Institute of Science – Latest Discoveries in Israel The Sound of Science Podcast Episode #1 Hardier crops, and better harvests Featuring Prof. Avi Levy, Prof. Asaph Aharoni, Dr. Daniela Ben-Tov
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Jonathan Sacks – Judaism’s Social Justice RE’EH
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HonestReporting – Latest Updates from Israel
HonestReporting – Latest Updates from Israel Hamas Agreed To a Disarmament Deal. Then It Rewrote the Terms. Hamas signed a disarmament agreement, then rewrote its terms within hours. This illustrates a recurring strategy: accept a deal, redef
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Aug. 5, 2026
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News Aug. 5, 2026 Wix’s Base44 bet comes at a price as losses widen to $76.4 million. Heavy spending on the vibe coding platform, higher computing costs and aggressive marketing overshadow rising revenu
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Barry Shaw – Is There a Deliberate Mamdani Policy to Drive Jews Out of New York?
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Jonathan Feldstein – Justice Denied – Arnold Roth’s 25-Year Fight for Justice in His Daughter’s Murder
Jonathan Feldstein – Justice Denied – Arnold Roth’s 25-Year Fight for Justice in His Daughter’s Murder Justice Denied – Arnold Roth’s 25-Year Fight for Justice in His Daughter’s Murder and Accountability for a Hamas Ter
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Tel Aviv University – A Breakthrough in Light Control
Tel Aviv University – A Breakthrough in Light Control Caltech-Led Research by Scientists Now at UC Berkeley and Tel Aviv University A Breakthrough in Light Control: Steering Light Beams in Under One Trillionth of a Second A newly developed ultra-thi
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The National Library of Israel is a Radiant Treasure in the Heart of Jerusalem
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig - Israel’s Electoral Zionist Test: Ra’am (Islamic Brotherhood) vs. the Ultra-Orthodox
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Steve Kramer – Israel and Jews in the hot seat
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Jonathan Sacks – Greatness and Humility EIKEV
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TAU – Which Fish Will Be the Next to Invade the Mediterranean?
TAU – Which Fish Will Be the Next to Invade the Mediterranean? New Study from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History Which Fish Will Be the Next to Invade the Mediterranean? A New Study Points to the Stellate Pufferfish a
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News July 28, 2026
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News July 28, 2026 Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence raises $5 billion from Nvidia despite not yet releasing a product. The secretive AI startup has yet to publish research or launch a product, bu
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TAU – Experimental Treatment Significantly Slowed Progression of the Fatal Brain Disease PSP in Women
TAU – Experimental Treatment Significantly Slowed Progression of the Fatal Brain Disease PSP in Women Study by the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University Experimental Treatment Significantly Slowed Progression of the Fata
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – What’s Yiddish for “Trouble Ahead”? AI, AI, AI
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Sheila Raviv – PEOPLE NOT HEADLINES
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Jonathan Feldstein – Echoes of the Roman Conquest of Jerusalem in Today’s Islamic Conquest of the West
Jonathan Feldstein – Echoes of the Roman Conquest of Jerusalem in Today’s Islamic Conquest of the West Across the world this week, Jews are observing the saddest day on the Biblical calendar, a day of mourning and fasting in commemoration of the d
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Tel Aviv University Ranked First in Israel – 2026 Taiwan Ranking for Research Excellence
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Jonathan Sacks – Power of Hope – Tisha b’Av
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Susan R. Eisenstein – Let The World Know: A Series Honoring Israel’s Fallen And Wounded Heroes: Yehonathan Einhorn
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News July 21, 2026
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Tech News July 21, 2026 Cisco in talks to buy Israeli cyber startup Zafran at steep discount. A deal valued at $150 million-$200 million would fall well below the company’s last fundraising valuation despite
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Steve Kramer – A question of Identity
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Michael Ordman – Latest Sanity Report from Israel July 20, 2026
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Mark Okrent – “You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living being”
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel, Iran, Lebanon: The Common Babushka Doll Problem
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Galia Sprung – When Terror Comes to You
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Israel Resource Review – The Israeli Who Brought Down UNRWA in Jerusalem Seeks Norwegian Support
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NOAM BEDEIN – Cultivating resilience: Western Negev, Vietnam could build the future of food security
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Jonathan Sacks – Tzedek: Justice and Compassion Devarim
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David Lawrence-Young – Revenge: Served Cold After 738 Days Caged in the Gaza Tunnels
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Tel Aviv University – New Study – Solving an Ancient Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Technion – Israel-Latest Science & Tech Insights
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News July 12, 2026
CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News July 12, 2026 Two Israeli quantum startups target Wall Street in multibillion-dollar SPAC deals. Quantum Art and Classiq are seeking valuations of up to $5 billion as investor enthusiasm for quantu
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Tel Aviv University – New Experimental Model Can Accelerate Next-Gen Allergy Treatments
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The Thrust of Social Media: Mistrust
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Steve Kramer – Where have the Kramers been lately?
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Jonathan Sacks – The Danger of Suspicion Matot, Masei
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Sheila Raviv – HEROES AND HEROINES: We are one people, bound by a shared responsibility for one another
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Michael Oren – American Bases in Israel: Pros and Cons
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Steve Ornstein – Chaos or Stillness: The Choice Is Ours
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Weizmann Institute of Science – Plant Producing Several Psychedelics at Once & MORE
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CTECH – Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News July 5, 2026
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Four Internal Nations Not Communicating
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Tsvi Bisk – ISRAEL MUST DECLINE AMERICAN “AID”
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Sheila Raviv – 1,000th day since October 7th 2023
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