For more than a dozen years, Rabbi Sharon Brous, the founder and leader of the unique synagogue Ikar (Hebrew for “the heart of the matter”) has been considered one of the most influential rabbis, and last year her first book, “The Amen Effect,” became a national best-seller. But as we reported last week in Part […]
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In a pioneering study spanning 20 countries and analyzing brain images from over 2,500 people with Parkinson’s disease, scientists have uncovered critical patterns of neurodegeneration, mapping the disease’s progression with unprecedented precision. Published in NPJ Parkinson’s Disease, this research marks a major leap forward in understanding Parkinson’s at every stage. By developing quantifiable metrics for […]
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This weekend six more Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza will be released as part of the latest round of such releases in accordance with the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Two of the hostages, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed have been held captive for more than a decade, and four, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, […]
Continue ReadingA revealing, data-driven analysis, a newly published study in the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research delivers an unprecedented look at the food supplies reaching Gaza during the first seven months of the Hamas-Israel war, found that food deliveries to Gaza met nutritional standards. Conducted by a team of multidisciplinary experts, the study meticulously assesses […]
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Discover Croatia: The Jewel of the Adriatic Welcome to Croatia, where medieval charm meets modern luxury, and every turn offers a story waiting to be told. Imagine a place where ancient city walls rise above shimmering turquoise waters, where every meal feels like a curated masterpiece, and where hidden coves invite you to indulge in […]
Continue ReadingFor millennia, the secrets of Egyptian mummification have been preserved in silent, timeworn tombs. Now, for the first time, science has uncovered not just how the ancients preserved their dead—but how they smelled. A groundbreaking study, led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana, has revealed that mummified bodies from ancient Egypt carried […]
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You would be forgiven if this past week confused you about the state of antisemitism in America and what can, and what should not, be done about it. There was even a self-destructive reminder of how Jews themselves feel about what’s been happening around them—a crisis manifested in both the hatred of Jews, and Jewish […]
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We may very well get to meet ET sometime soon. In a groundbreaking challenge to long-held scientific beliefs, a new model from Penn State scientists suggests that humanity is not an extraordinary cosmic anomaly but rather the inevitable product of planetary evolution—on Earth and, quite possibly, countless other worlds; in other words, there are alien […]
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The classic response to antisemitism has always been education. Given widespread ignorance, the conventional wisdom is that education is the best treatment for the world’s oldest hatred. That makes sense, until it doesn’t. The thing about education is that we can control what we teach but we can’t control how people will react to what […]
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One year, at the intense and highly competitive quiz night at the conference for the Association for Jewish Studies (we academic types really know how to party), I wrote the wrong answer to the literary softball question: “Who wrote ‘To be a Jew in the 20th Century’?” The answer was Muriel Rukeyser. (My office is […]
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