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Israel becomes first country in world to ok Covid booster for immunocompromised

Nicky Blackburn, Israel21cPublished July 12, 2021

Israel has become the first country in the world to okay Covid booster shots for immunocompromised adults. From today, Israel’s four health providers have been informed by the Israel Health Ministry that they can administer a third booster shot to...

Meet the women warriors of Israel’s elite combat intelligence unit

By Yoav Limor and Hila Timor Ashur, JNSPublished July 11, 2021

Some four years ago, in typical secrecy, the Israel Defense Forces’ infamous Unit 8200 established its first company of female warriors. The company operates within the framework of 8200’s combat intelligence unit, which meshes infantry and technology...

Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin (center) at a ceremony marking the launch of the 117 Squadron, July 1, 2021. Credit: IAF.

Israeli Air Force launches new F-35 training squadron

Published July 8, 2021

(JNS) The Israeli Air Force has in recent days opened a new squadron designed to train and prepare pilots for the F-35 fighter jet. According to the IAF’s official website, the 117 Squadron, which had shut down in 2020 as an F-16C squadron, has resumed...

Ela Goldman’s spinning and resting tops carry fluorescent molecules to illustrate Prof. Dror Fixler's experiments using gold nanoparticles to detect disease. Photo by Michael Amar

Israel opens dazzling new and unique art museum

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21cPublished 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...

Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon (back to camera) welcoming the rescued Air France passengers and crew, including pilot Michel Bacos (left), coming off an Israel Air Force Hercules plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport, July 1976. Credit: Moshe Milner/Israel Government Press Office.

Remembering the French pilot who stayed with his Jewish passengers at Entebbe

Published July 7, 2021
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.

Israel launches probe into Mount Meron disaster

Published July 5, 2021

(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...

Covid-19 exacerbated the problem of medical waste. Photo by Elizabeth McDaniel on Unsplash

A remedy for the growing epidemic of medical waste

Rena Lenchitz, Israel21cPublished July 5, 2021

(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...

József “Csibi” Braun: The tragic story of a Jewish soccer star

József “Csibi” Braun: The tragic story of a Jewish soccer star

Amit Naor, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAELPublished 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
Two of the 14,325 stories behind ‘Operation Solomon’

Two of the 14,325 stories behind ‘Operation Solomon’

Noa Amouyal, JEWISH NEWS SERVICEPublished July 1, 2021
Avi Mizrachi and Racheli Tadesa Malkai recall a turbulent, yet inspiring time.
"The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel".

The remarkable true stories behind the voyage of the Exodus

Shai Ben-Ari, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAELPublished July 1, 2021
These video testimonies from the Toldot Yisrael Collection offer a behind the scenes look at the story of the famous ship
Members of the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command assisting in difficult search-and-rescue efforts in Surfside, Florida. Photo courtesy of IDF

Israelis fight despair while aiding survivors, rescuers in Florida calamity

Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21CPublished June 29, 2021
‘The people we are dealing with are emotionally destroyed,’ says local first response leader trained by Israel’s Magen David Adom.

Actress Gal Gadot announces the birth of her third child

Alec Baris, Digital Engagement AssociatePublished 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...

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