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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
All content by Brian Blum 
Robee pollinates blueberry bushes. Photo courtesy of BloomX

Israeli company’s Robo-bees are pollinating avocados and blueberries

Brian Blum, Israel21c.org
Published July 20, 2023
Hiking on Mount Hermon. Photo by Miki Inbar

The 15 best hikes in Israel’s north

Brian Blum, Israel21c.org
Published August 18, 2022
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, Israel21c
Published June 13, 2022
A 3D-printed prosthetic ear being attached to a six-year-old boy. Photo courtesy of Galilee Medical Center

Israeli surgeons print an ear to correct boy’s deformity

Brian Blum, Israel21c
Published April 27, 2022
Israeli company brings ‘pee-tech’ to the Apple Watch

Israeli company brings ‘pee-tech’ to the Apple Watch

Brian Blum, Israel21c
Published April 19, 2022
From left, Albo Climate CEO Dr. Jacques Amselem, CMO Ariella Charny and Prof. Andrei Sharf, AI adviser. Photo courtesy of Albo Climate

The Israeli startup making sense of carbon credits

Brian Blum, Israel21c.org
Published January 11, 2022
Cap-main: A simulation of AIR ONE in flight. Photo courtesy of AIR

Commute got you down? Fly to work on your electric plane

Brian Blum
Published October 21, 2021
A computer-generated image of oblong-shaped, Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria.Photo by CDC on Unsplash

Good bacteria may eliminate bad bacteria better than antibiotics

Brian Blum
Published September 29, 2021
Black soldier fly larvae are chock full of protein,and they can clear greenhouse gases.One Israeli company is harnessing the insect’s diverse capabilities.

Meet the fly that could help save the planet

Brian Blum, Israel21c
Published August 24, 2021
A color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst galaxy NGC 2146 (toward the left). Credit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory

Tel Aviv University may have uncovered a clue to a 1,000-year-old astrophysical mystery

Brian Blum
Published August 5, 2021
Fruit-fly larvae form the basis of Flying SpArk. Photo by Tal Shahar

Would you eat fruit flies? This Jewish company is betting you will

Brian Blum, ISRAEL21C
Published June 23, 2021
Photo by Aivene Cheong on Unsplash

Vegan burgers printed by Israeli robot; vegan eggs coming next

Brian Blum, Israel21c
Published June 14, 2021
The funeral is often just the start of a long and difficult process. Photo by Shutterstock

Empathy app helps mourners complete tasks

BRIAN BLUM, ISRAEL21c
Published June 1, 2021
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Raz Jelinek and PhD student Orit Malka with their probiotic yogurt in a BGU lab. Photo by Dani Machlis

Yogurt as a cure for Covid-19 and Crohn’s disease?

Brian Blum 
Published April 18, 2021
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