This is the sermon I gave in the Krakow synagogue to a congregation mostly of teens in Poland for March of the Living, who walked the previous day from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Shhhh. Shhhhhh. In the Torah portion we read this Shabbat, when Aaron’s sons die, the Torah gives us two words — vayidom Aharon. […]
Continue ReadingAs Israel prepares to celebrate its 77th Independence Day, new figures released show the country’s population has surpassed 10 million for the first time, marking a major demographic milestone in the nation’s history. The State of Israel was established at the moment of the end of the British Mandate, om May 15, 1948. However, the […]
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A groundbreaking international study led by Flinders University reveals significant cultural differences in body appreciation and eating behaviors among young women from Middle Eastern and Western societies. The findings, published in the journal Body Image, underscore how family dynamics and cultural norms shape the way young women perceive their bodies and manage eating habits. The […]
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Researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are advancing the search for water ice on the Moon, a potential game-changing resource for future lunar missions. Using cutting-edge technology, scientists are working to determine the location and quantity of ice present in the Moon’s permanently shadowed polar regions—areas that never receive direct sunlight. Water ice […]
Continue ReadingA one-of-a-kind stone capital, unlike any ever discovered worldwide, will be unveiled to the public for the first time during Israel’s Independence Day celebrations at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel in Jerusalem. This remarkable artifact, carved from limestone and adorned with an eight-branched lamp, dates back over 1,500 […]
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Israeli cloud security startup Upwind has announced its first acquisition with the purchase of fellow Israeli cybersecurity company Nyx Security, an embedded cybersecurity innovator. This strategic acquisition strengthens Upwind’s position as a next-generation leader in cloud runtime application security, combining advanced application behavior analysis with its robust cloud infrastructure protection platform. The move marks a […]
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LayerX, an Israeli startup and the leading provider of Secure Enterprise Browser Extension solutions, today announced it has raised an additional $11 million in an extension of its Series A funding round. This brings the company’s total funding to $45 million. The extension round was led by Jump Capital, with continued support from existing investors […]
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Israeli startup Lightrun, a leading platform in Developer Observability, has announced the closing of a $70 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to $110 million. The round was led by prominent investors Accel and Insight Partners, with additional participation from Citi, Glilot Capital, GTM Capital, and Sorenson Capital. Founded in 2019 by […]
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Donald Trump does not easily call to mind thoughts of honeymoons—even though he has owned several honeymoon destinations. In closing out the first 100 days of his second presidency, it is difficult to say that his honeymoon in the White House is over. So divisive is his presence in American politics, neither the press nor […]
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A groundbreaking study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Radboud University Nijmegen reveals that hand gestures do more than emphasize speech—they actually help listeners predict what will be said next. Using advanced virtual avatars and a combination of behavioral and EEG data, scientists found that hand movements play a key role […]
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