Hanukkah should have disappeared a long time ago. For centuries, scholars have noted that there is virtually no mention of Hanukkah in the Mishnah, and very little in the Talmud. (By contrast, Purim merits an entire tractate of the Mishnah.) Rabbis and scholars have proposed many clever theories as to why this is so. The […]
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On day three of Hanukkah, author and Israel advocate Noa Tishby lit her menorah with actress Mayim Bialik, and even learned a few things about the Festival of Lights. It’s all part of Tishby’s eight day social media campaign to get people around the world to proudly “Bring On The Light” and share the traditions […]
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Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 21 – December 27, 2024 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Startup FIZE Medical Launches Early Kidney Disease Detection Device with Advanced Fluid Monitoring TechnologyFIZE Medical is an Israeli medtech startup that offers the FIZE-kUO, a groundbreaking device, anchoring FIZE’s fluid management platform technology, detects early signs of […]
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Iceland boasts a long and rich literary tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. Remarkably, for a nation of only 380,000 people, it has produced a wealth of renowned writers; it’s even been said that half of all Icelanders write books. “Previously, the theory was that Iceland was so dark and barren that the Icelanders […]
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Each night of Hannukah, we ritually place the lit Hannukiah in the window, one that opens to the outside world. The rabbis of the Talmud called this, “pirsumei nisa.” We are meant to publicize the miracle of Hannukah, a spiritual and military victory in which the Jews rededicated a defiled and desecrated Temple in the […]
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Professor Sangmin Lee of POSTECH’s Department of Chemical Engineering, working with 2024 Nobel Chemistry Laureate Professor David Baker of the University of Washington, has developed a novel AI-driven therapeutic platform that mimics complex viral structures. Their groundbreaking research was published in Nature. Viruses, with their spherical protein shells designed to encapsulate genetic material for replication […]
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Even though he is the subject for dozens of books, released 40 albums (not counting the 17 volumes in the “Bootleg Series” and the nearly 20 officially released live albums), and has appeared in or been the subject of a dozen movies, Bob Dylan remains one of the most emotionally opaque performers. Arguably one of […]
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The rapid rate at which human-caused climate change is altering terrestrial carbon stores threatens to undermine current mitigation efforts unless behavioral changes are implemented quickly. Using a dozen long-term global GPP Gross Primary Production datasets, scientists from Nanjing Agricultural University quantified the evolution of global GPP trends. Anthropogenic climate change has been a prominent issue […]
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Antiochus Epiphanesdeclared: “Let’s sacrifice a pig,”and in the holy sanctuariestook steps to be the biggest wig,far greater than the Jewish Godwho hates the smell and taste of swine,declaring thus the first jihadagainst the Jews of Palestine. The Maccabees were very brave,abhorring gifts of pagan porkers;like Britons, none would be a slave,these ancestors of most New […]
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“We are in a historic time,” he began. Decrying the holding of hostages and the “deplorable evil” of brutality of Israel’s enemies, looking into the eyes of the soldiers standing in formation around him, the commander invoked the faithful fighters of our people’s past. “We are not alone,” he then thundered, voice rising with emotion. […]
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