Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published July 8, 2021
How do 150,000 stretchy rubber bands depict the healing process of damaged neurons? How do 16 electric violin players pinpoint the moment that synchrony transitions to chaos?
These and other works at Israel’s newest museum are brilliant experiments...
Air France pilot Michael Bacos, whose plane from Israel was hijacked to Uganda, reminds us that the anti-Semitism is a choice that the righteous can choose to reject.
(JNS) - The state commission of inquiry into the April 30 Mount Meron tragedy, which saw 45 people killed and 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag B’Omer festival at the site, began its work on Sunday.
The panel, headed by retired Chief Justice...
(Israel21c) - As infection rates from the Covid-19 pandemic begin to decline in some countries, the long-term effects of its impact are now becoming clearer.
In the wake of rising mortality rates, massive blows to the economy and disruptions to our...
Amit Naor, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL
• Published July 2, 2021
József Braun was Footballer of the Year and top scorer in his native Hungary, but those that saw him star for the national team couldn't have guessed that his life would come to a tragic end in the Holocaust
Alec Baris, Digital Engagement Associate
• Published June 29, 2021
Israeli actress and “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot has announced the arrival of a new family member on Twitter and Instagram today:
Alongside her husband, Yaron Varsano, and her two daughters, Gadot captured and shared the moment when her new baby...
This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission.
Did Jesus love dates? We may never know, but a BBC documentary short asks the question, spurred by the fruit of the Methuselah date tree, which was germinated from an ancient...
Sharon Cohen, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL
• Published June 28, 2021
The six pointed star represents peace and harmony in Buddhism, while alchemists believed it symbolized nature—how did the Star of David acquire its significance in Judaism?
A recent archeological dig in central Israel unearthed evidence that a group of previously unknown hominids likely lived alongside Homo sapiens –the type of humans that inhabit the earth today –toward the end of the Middle Pleistocene era that spanned...
