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Haim ZachPublished May 28, 2014

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) hands the Genesis Award to former New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg (R ), during the Genesis Award ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg,...

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg meeting with Gilad Shalit in a ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the ex-Israeli soldier's capture, June 25,  2012.

Gilad Shalit visits New York’s Mayor Bloomberg

JTA REPORTPublished June 26, 2012

NEW YORK -- Gilad Shalit met New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall for a brief ceremony on the sixth anniversary of the day Shalit was captured by Hamas. During Tuesday's ceremony, which also featured City Council Speaker Christine Quinn,...

Prof. Boaz Golany

Visiting Technion leader discusses joint venture with Cornell U.

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished May 23, 2012

A partnership between the Technion, often called “Israel’s MIT,” and Cornell University, will result in a new, multi-billion dollar academic campus located on Roosevelt Island, N.Y. slated to break ground in 2015, according to a top Technion official...

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