Monthly Archives: December 2024

Reviving ancient farming techniques

Scientists at Israeli Bar-Ilan and Haifa universities have proposed to revive the 1,000-year-old system of farming known as “plot and berm” for arid areas. Plots were dug in places where the water table was high. Berms are sand barriers, built … Continue reading

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Trailblazing scientist is now a Fellow

Tel Aviv University Prof. Dan Peer (see here previously) was elected as a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI). It is the highest recognition for innovators whose inventions have had a decisive impact on quality of life, … Continue reading

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Happy 100 years to the Technion

Israel’s Technion celebrates 100 years of achievements and contributions to the Jewish State.  Visit its Centennial website. Explore the achievements via its “Journey through time”. Also watch the trailer of its film “Technion 10squared” documentary of the past 100 years … Continue reading

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Free Christmas trees

The Jerusalem Municipality distributed 350 Christmas trees to Christian residents before the holidays. It also installed festive decorations and colorful lighting in locations including the Old City’s Christian Quarter. Israel is the the only Middle East country where the Christian … Continue reading

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Mending children’s hearts

In Dec, Doctors from Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart operated on 25 children with congenital heart defects in Lusaka, Zambia. They also brought in experts from Tanzania to help. Back in Israel, SACH has opened a new state-of-the-art Pediatric Care … Continue reading

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Teheran street renamed

London-based Iran International reports that an Iranian opposition activist renamed a Tehran street after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, described (in Persian) as “the purifier of evil”. (See video in link.)  A number of recent “incidents” seem to indicate grassroots … Continue reading

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75 years of ties with Argentina

Israel and Argentina on Monday marked 75 years of diplomatic relations at a gala event at the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. Mutual ties have reached unprecedented heights under Argentinian President Javier Milei. The Argentina-born father of Israel’s Foreign Minister … Continue reading

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Belgium ceremony for Israeli statisticians

The three Tel Aviv University professors that won the $1 million Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics (see here previously) received their awards at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Their work on the False Discovery Rate (FDR) is of major … Continue reading

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Protecting minorities in the Middle East

With the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria, the region’s Druze and Kurdish populations are looking to Israel for protection against Jihadists. Similarly, Christians in Syria and Lebanon seek an alliance with the Jewish State. https://www.jns.org/israel-a-protector-of-minorities-in-the-middle-east/

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Haredi Jew volunteers at Arab police station

22-year old Maor Korsias, a Haredi Jew from Tiberias, has become an unconventional presence at the police station in Kafr Kanna, with his long sidelocks and black kippah; He has earned the respect of the local community, who affectionately call … Continue reading

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