Monthly Archives: December 2011

1600 years since the last bath

Posted on December 25, 2011

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered remains of an ancient bathhouse dating to the Byzantine period during work being conducted on the modern water infrastructure near Moshav Tarum in the Judean coastal hills. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150902

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Israeli classrooms go global

Posted on December 25, 2011

The Jewish Agency is linking 200 Israeli schools via the Internet to 200 Jewish schools students in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Turkey, Russia, South Africa and Australia. Students will participate in virtual joint study sessions using large video … Continue reading →

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MASA to train US students

Posted on December 25, 2011

Five hundred young North American Jews will spend this year in Israel, participating in seminars to equip them to deal with increasing anti-Israel sentiment on U.S. college campuses. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=2293

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Israel is closing the standard of living gap

Posted on December 25, 2011

Bank of Israel Governor Professor Stanley Fischer said that the days are over when Israelis visiting the USA brought back peanut butter, toilet paper and electronic equipment. Guess what I brought back from the UK on my last trip! http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150826

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From tragedy to kindness

Posted on December 25, 2011

Shoshana Greenbaum was one of 15 people killed in the Sbarro suicide bombing 10 years ago. The official death toll did not include her unborn child, who was to be the Greenbaums’ first child. Her husband’s response was to establish … Continue reading →

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More natural gas

Posted on December 25, 2011

Estimates are that the new gas strata discovered in Tamar’s deep sands contains 0.5-1.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The discovery also implies that there is more gas in the larger Leviathan field. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000666734&fid=1725

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Economy improves

Posted on December 25, 2011

The reason I didn’t publicise last month’s announcement that Israel’s 2nd quarter GDP growth was a healthy 3.2% was because I didn’t trust the early figures. That will teach me – the Central Bureau of Statistics has more up-to-date information … Continue reading →

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Inflation rate falls

Posted on December 25, 2011

There was a welcome 0.3% fall in Israel’s Consumer Price Index to an annual 3.4%. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000673830&fid=1725

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Richard Branson in Israel

Posted on December 25, 2011

The chairman of Britain’s Virgin group attended the Bezeq Expo Communications conference. He was marketing his sub-orbital space trips, due to start next year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuejimxpBso&feature=player_embedded#!

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Now Vodafone discovers Israel

Posted on December 25, 2011

UK mobile phone giant Vodafone’s venture capital arm has made its first ever investment in Israel and first ever investment in a clean-tech company. CellEra Inc develops platinum free fuel cell technology for storing and converting energy at a significantly … Continue reading →

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