Monthly Archives: May 2025

Communications for European satellite

Posted on May 19, 2025

Israel’s Ramon.Space has won a 3-year, $70 million contract to supply satellite communication systems to European satellite giant Eutelsat OneWeb. Ramon.Space allows data collected by the satellite to be processed onboard, dramatically improving efficiency and speed. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1l2wrbbll

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Digitizing Jewish newspapers

Posted on May 19, 2025

Global scholars, librarians, journalists, and cultural leaders attended Jerusalem’s JPRESS Conference to celebrate 20 years of the Historical Jewish Press (HJP) project. So far it has digitized 500+ Jewish newspapers and periodicals in 26 languages, some going back centuries. https://www.jns.org/global-conference-celebrates-historical-jewish-press-project/ … Continue reading →

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Can we talk to the animals

Posted on May 19, 2025

The Coller Dolittle prize is a multi-year challenge with an annual prize of $100,000, recognizing significant scientific research that supports the aim of interspecies communication. The 2025 finalists are Germany (nightingales), France (cuttlefish), USA (dolphins), and Israel (marmoset monkeys). https://coller-dolittle-24.sites.tau.ac.il/

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Druze tech innovation center opens

Posted on May 19, 2025

Israel’s Druze community has Druze High-Tech Empowerment Center (DTEC) in the Druze village of Usfiya. It will cater for for young men and women from Druze and Jewish society, generating a new entrepreneurial community, with support from the leading players … Continue reading →

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Defending Syria’s Druze as the world looks away

Posted on May 19, 2025

Simple, concise video from Honest Reporting Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpx4ZDtuhos

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2025 World Expo

Posted on May 19, 2025

Almost 270,000 people have visited the Israeli Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Japan in the last month. In the Israeli pavilion is a stone, part of a tower built by the Hasmoneans in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago (see here … Continue reading →

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Connecting black American students with Israel

Posted on May 19, 2025

The National Black Empowerment Council have signed an agreement with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University to establish new exchange programs and other ventures with Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (see here previously) https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/national-black-empowerment-council-students-israel-universities/

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Giant Israeli flag greets incoming flights

Posted on May 19, 2025

A massive Israeli flag, measuring almost 40 x 30 feet flies from a 98-foot-high pole near the village of Ateret in the Binyamin region of Samaria. It will be visible to passengers on flights arriving on the eastern landing path … Continue reading →

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30 under 30

Posted on May 19, 2025

Forbes has selected 30 Israelis under 30 whom it believes will be the technology and business stars of the future. Four of them are graduates of Israel’s Technion, including 26-year-old Dean Leitersdorf who has founded Decart.ai (see here previously), which … Continue reading →

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Syrian girl speech restored

Posted on May 19, 2025

Doctors at Israel ‘s Ziv Medical Center saved the life of a 6-year-old Syrian child suffering from critical head injuries that Syrian doctors couldn’t treat. She can now speak and smile and move her limbs. She will undergo a further … Continue reading →

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