Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Pikiwiki Newcomers enter Haifa on a ship, circa 1950-1956 On the occasion of Migrant Day, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published a list of facts and figures about immigration to the Jewish State. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, in 1948, about 3.3 million immigrants have arrived, 43.7% of whom […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I opened a book and in I strode.Now nobody can find me.I’ve left my chair, my house, my road,My town and my world behind me.I’m wearing the cloak, I’ve slipped on the ring,I’ve swallowed the magic potion.I’ve fought with a dragon, dined with a kingAnd dived in a bottomless ocean.I opened […]

Photo Credit: Meirav Oded and Somnath Koley The Making of a Quantum Dot ‘molecule’ Are you ready for the future? Back in 1869, Russia’s Dmitri Mendeleev began to classify the elements according to their chemical properties, giving rise to the Periodical Table of Elements. “I saw in a dream a table where all elements fell […]

Photo Credit: courtesy Doug Goldstein Economist Arthur Laffer, creator of the “Laffer Curve” and author of Return to Prosperity: How America Can Regain Its Economic Superpower Status, explains why high taxes don’t necessarily produce more income for the government. Find out why governments should consult with the Laffer Curve in order to create prosperity and […]

Photo Credit: Anat Rasiuk, Israel Antiquities Authority. IAA archaeologists examining a marble tray from the altar area of the Byzantine church. Vats used to produce fish sauce (garum) which were rare in the eastern Mediterranean, were recently uncovered in Ashkelon by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The excavation has revealed evidence of 2000-year old Roman and […]

Photo Credit: Nati Shohat / Flash 90 President Trump prays at the Kotel. May 22, 2017 By Mark Newman Anyone who even casually knows the Hebrew Bible (Tanach) has heard of Shmuel the Prophet. He accomplished many great things of which two were anointing Shaul (Saul) of the tribe of Binyamin (Benjamin) the first king […]

Photo Credit: screenshot Damage and a frightened Jewish community on edge after a shooting at the JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec., 10, 2019. {Originally posted to the JNS website} A quickly deleted tweet summed up everything that is wrong about the discussion of anti-Semitism in 2019 America. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: […]

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz {Originally posted to the author’s website} Every Jew is aware that antisemitism is again on the rise around the world. Today’s wave of antisemitic expression and violence is particularly alarming because of a series of disturbing trends, as follows: Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90 Police block a group of Jewish boys from entering the Temple Mount, August 11, 2019. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Sunday opened the trial of three young Jews, two of whom are enlisted IDF soldiers, who had been arrested last summer on the Temple Mount and charged with conduct that could […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter/TPS The Reading Power Station. The Israeli Electricity Authority (IEA) announced on Monday that it will accept a $500 million settlement from Egyptian gas companies for halting deliveries of natural gas between 2011 and 2013. The settlement, which was reached in June and now ratified by the IEA, significantly reduces the $1.76 […]