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Photo Credit: Esty Dziubov/TPS The Shalva Band performs during the event at Binyenei HaUma in Giv’at Ram Jerusalem, marking the US’s 243rd Independence Day. Jerusalem, Jul 2, 2019. The Shalva Band was super excited to learn Thursday evening that they have been invited to perform for President Donald Trump on Saturday evening after the conclusion […]

Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir / TPS A worker at the site of the underground catacomb system for burying the dead, underneath Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem The Israeli job market showed positive development in 2019, as the average salary reached NIS 10,856 in September, growing by 4.6 percent since last year, according to a report published […]

Photo Credit: Facebook / Jordyn Wright Jordyn Wright, fighting anti-Semitism at Canada’s McGill University. The board of directors of Canada’s McGill University’s Student Union has rejected the motion to force a Jewish student into canceling her participation on a trip to Israel or resigning from her role in the student society. The Students’ Society McGill […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Vol. LXIX No. 49                             5780New York CityCANDLE LIGHTING TIMEDecember 6, 2019 – 8 Kislev 57804:10 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Sabbath Ends: 5:14 p.m. NYC E.S.T.Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 5:41 p.m. NYC E.S.T.Weekly Reading: Va’yetzeWeekly Haftara: Va’yivrach […]

Photo Credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90 Israeli Navy Dolphin-class submarine in the water off the coast of Haifa, September 07, 2009. State Attorney Shai Nitzan on Thursday announced his decision to file indictments in the submarine case, a.k.a. Case 3000. Netanyahu is not a suspect, but the suspects include individuals who worked close to him, as well […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Rainer Hermann On November 16, Deutsche Welle published a guest opinion piece titled “Terrorists and settlers” Middle East expert Rainer Hermann, translated into English from the original that had been published in Hermann’s home paper, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The DW editors’ statement that followed the publication was the definition of […]

Photo Credit: Israel Yacov Ben Bunan Rock Hyrax Mother and Pups at Ein Gedi In nature social living is strongly connected to the ability to communicate with others. Maintaining social ties and coordinating with group mates require frequent communication. Therefore, complex social systems are usually associated with well-developed communication abilities. The apex of communication complexity […]

[embedded content] Our own Yishai Fleisher, who is also the international spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron, speaks to i24 News about the new promises of new construction for the Jews of Hebron offered by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 10 […]

Photo Credit: Rene Schwietzke via Flickr A new study conducted at the University of Haifa has identified a neural pathway in the brain that determines whether a particular taste will have positive emotional value, and therefore consumed in future encounters, or negative, and therefore avoided in future encounters. The researchers also succeeded in using the […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Recently appointed Justice Minister Amir Ohana in the Knesset, March 28, 2016. Justice Minister Amir Ohana (Likud) has been embroiled in a major public fight with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, over the appointment of a new State’s Attorney (AG Mandelblit Clashing with Justice Minister Ohana over State’s Attorney’s Replacement). Mandelblit informed […]