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With new Israeli tech you only need to water your plants twice a year

With new Israeli tech you only need to water your plants twice a year

Brian Blum, Israel21cPublished June 13, 2022

Can TomGrow save my marriage? Here’s the problem: We have a lot of plants in our home. Every time my wife has to travel and I am tending the house, I invariably forget to water some of the plants. My wife comes home to several brown and dying plants...

Fauda announces release date of new season, in Israel at least

Fauda announces release date of new season, in Israel at least

By Nicky Blackburn, Israel21cPublished June 10, 2022

Good news for Fauda fans. The critically-acclaimed TV show that has swept the world has announced that the new season will be released in Israel on July 13. On Twitter, the shows' official account announced that the fourth season will premiere on Israel’s...

The Miniature Torah

Out of the Vault: Video of invaluable Torah scrolls revealed

Published June 5, 2022

This year, in advance of Shavuot, the National Library of Israel (NLI) has released a series of video clips featuring four of the most significant Torah scrolls from its world-leading Judaica collection. Due to their exceedingly delicate state, the Torah...

In a letter, Congresswoman Cori Bush calls Israel's moves in Masafer Yatta "war crimes"

In a letter, Congresswoman Cori Bush calls Israel’s moves in Masafer Yatta “war crimes”

Jordan Palmer and Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished June 2, 2022

Rep. Cori Bush, a Democrat from St. Louis, has written a policy letter calling the eviction and future evictions of  1,000 Palestinian villagers from the Masafer Yatta, area of the West Bank, a war crime. I know injustice when I see it. Israel’s...

Yoav Levanon in concert. Photo courtesy of Tsinandali Festival

Meet the modest 18-year-old Israeli piano prodigy wowing the world

Diana Bletter, Israel21c.orgPublished June 2, 2022

When Yoav Levanon was three years old, he was very curious about his mother’s upright piano. He touched it, he said, and immediately fell in love. He started playing… and playing… and on May 6, Levanon, now 18, he released his debut album with...

When it comes to gun control, why can’t the U.S. be more like Israel?

When it comes to gun control, why can’t the U.S. be more like Israel?

Rob Eshman, The ForwardPublished May 25, 2022

The mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, makes me want to scream. If you are a parent, or if you were ever a child, it’s impossible to read about the deliberate slaughter of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School by an 18-year-old gunman...

The ‘queer, disabled’ Zionist who challenged the conventions of Israel’s founders

The ‘queer, disabled’ Zionist who challenged the conventions of Israel’s founders

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished May 22, 2022

(JTA) — It’s hard to find a poster promoting early 20th-century Zionism that doesn’t depict a tanned, chiseled man toting a shovel or a gun. The posters were visual reinforcement of the “Muscle Jewry” valued by Max Nordau and other early Zionist...

Relations between India and Israel have flourished for 30 years. Photo courtesy of Israeli Embassy in India

Israel and India mark 30 years of deepening friendship

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.orgPublished May 19, 2022

India and Israel seem like a study in contrasts. Some 1.4 billion Indians live in a vast country stretching nearly 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) across at its widest point, while 8.9 million Israelis live in a tiny land no more than 135 kilometers...

At Polish clinic for Ukraine refugees, Hadassah’s doctors dispense medicine and expertise

At Polish clinic for Ukraine refugees, Hadassah’s doctors dispense medicine and expertise

LARRY LUXNERPublished May 19, 2022

After Russian shelling intensified last month and a rocket exploded close to the Zhytomyr home of Nina, 76, she fled for Ukraine’s Polish border. When she arrived several days later after a long trip by car with other Zhytomyr residents, Nina was experiencing...

What is the Lag BaOmer pilgrimage?

Joshua Shanes, College of CharlestonPublished May 17, 2022

The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel – which in 2022 falls on Wednesday night, May 18 – until recently has attracted as many as half a million visitors every year. The annual gathering, which takes place at what is believed to...

Israel Police to launch investigation after clash erupts at Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral

Published May 15, 2022

(JNS) -- The Israel Police announced on Friday that it will launch an investigation into officers’ handling of the Jerusalem funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh earlier in the day, but emphasized that it supports its officers and will not allow them to be...

A well-coifed Vidal Sassoon poses for a photo while in Israel, 1948 (Original photo: Toldot Yisrael via the Sassoon Family / Colorization: MyHeritage)

Israel, 1948: The true story of Vidal Sassoon in combat

Zack Rothbart, National Library of IsraelPublished May 12, 2022

“As I left the hall, I knew that I would not be cutting hair for quite some time.” April 1948. Vidal Sassoon, a poor 20-year-old Jew who had been learning how to cut women’s hair by day and literally fighting fascists on the streets of London by...

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