And it’s working!
Israelis used 7.5 percent less water during the first half of 2011, when compared to the same period last year, data released by the Mekorot national water company showed.
Don’t drop your lulav
On the festival of Sukkot it’s almost a miracle to be able to carry all 4 species, your prayer book and prayer shawl. A new gadget invented by Israel’s Kanfot Hadar will make this a lot easier.
“I don’t need $2 million”
A 90 year-old lottery winner is giving his seven million shekels winnings to his grandchildren.
Thousands flock to Ariel
Potential students poured into Ariel University to explore new courses at the fastest-growing academic institution in Israel.
‘How Goodly Art Thou Protest Tents of Jacob’
Religious Zionists are distributing to ‘tent city” protesters a new version of the traditional “Blessing of the Home” with a prayer for unity.
An Israeli love story
Shulamit Shamir, who passed away earlier this month, was adored by her husband ex-Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir (now aged 95). They met at a British internment camp and married in 1944.
Hole in the wall?
A coin is one thing, but someone deposited a cheque (check) for $100,000 into a crack in the Kotel (Western Wall).
From sea to land
The Bible’s account of life beginning in the sea has been born out by research at Haifa University. Transition from aquatic to land has been traced through a genetic discovery in the Judean desert.
Unearthing Herod’s city
The ancient city of Phasaelis, King Herod’s last construction project in 8BCE, is being excavated in the Jordan Valley.
When David slew Goliath
Archaeologists are busy uncovering the 3000 year-old Philistine city of Gath.