Monthly Archives: October 2014

Body and Soul: The state of the Jewish Nation

Posted on October 26, 2014

This is a film that I would really like to see – the latest documentary by Gloria Greenfield and her company, Doc Emet. The film will have its premiere later this month in numerous American and Canadian cities, as well … Continue reading →

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Here come the cranes

Posted on October 26, 2014

(Thanks to Israel21c) Summer has officially ended, as tens of thousands of cranes fly in to Israel’s Hula valley on their way to their winter retreat in Africa.  They are just part of the 500 million birds from 200 species … Continue reading →

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Great Israeli music

Posted on October 26, 2014

Listen to the 1980s decade of Israeli music on Kol Cambridge from DJ Antithesis on Tel Aviv’s Radio TLV1.  Hits include “Hora” and “Hai”. http://tlv1.fm/music/kol-cambridge/2014/10/23/the-kol-cambridge-time-machine-1980-1990/

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Let’s enjoy Shabbat together

Posted on October 26, 2014

Israelis joined an estimated 1 million Jews worldwide celebrating the latest Shabbat Project initiative.  The Israeli message – it is not only in wartime that we can be united. http://www.aish.com/jw/s/The-Shabbat-Project-Making-History.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2O7WFpZIs

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Roman inscription discovered in Jerusalem

Posted on October 26, 2014

The second part of a 130 CE Latin inscription has been unearthed at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, many years after the first part was discovered.  The tribute to Emperor Hadrian is from the Tenth Legion, just prior … Continue reading →

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Shipping data you can rely on

Posted on October 26, 2014

The Automatic Identification System that supposedly tracks the position of world shipping is being manipulated to conceal criminal activities and worse.  Secure technology from Israel’s Windward provides reliable data for both economic and security purposes. http://www.hedgefundintelligence.com/Article/3391677/Dead-in-the-water-Why-your-shipping-stats-are-becoming-unreliable.html

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Israel’s global water solutions

Posted on October 26, 2014

At the International Water Association’s annual conference in Lisbon Israelis presented creative solutions to global water problems. Israel’s Miya received the IWA’s Project Innovation Award, Asia Pacific Region, for significantly improving urban water system efficiency in Manila, Philippines. http://israelnewtech.com/2014/10/israel-iwa-portugal-looking-future-worlds-water/

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Doubling the Math numbers

Posted on October 26, 2014

Ten major Israeli international high-tech companies are working together on “Project 5times2”.  Intel, Sandisk, Marvell Israel, Microsoft, IBM, Qualcomm, Red Hat, Amdocs, eBay, and Philips aim to double the number of Israeli high school pupils matriculating in the five units … Continue reading →

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Top prizes at international Physics event

Posted on October 26, 2014

Eight Israeli high school students from the Ilan Ramon Youth Physics Center at Ben-Gurion University have earned the top prizes in the First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics international competition.  Some 80 nations participate in the annual competition, which … Continue reading →

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U.S. honor for Israeli Flash storage innovator

Posted on October 26, 2014

Dr. Eli Harari, Israeli founder of the SanDisk flash storage company, is one of the nine 2014 recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation.  Dr. Harari developed the Floating Gate EEPROM, which laid the foundation for flash … Continue reading →

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