Religious stock
Knowing that, in any one day, hundreds of visitors will pass their shops, usually on the way to the Kotel (Western Wall), shopkeepers in Jerusalem’s Old City stock as many items as possible to appeal to all religions. Prayer shawls,…
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Caesarea’s treasures
An aerial view of part of the Caesarea excavations. (photo by Griffin Aerial, via IAA and Ashernet) On April 27, the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, Caesarea Development Corporation, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Israel Nature and Parks Authority announced cooperation…
Diamonds at Shalva opening
The new Shalva National Centre in Jerusalem officially opened on April 27. (photo from Shalva) History was made on April 27, when hundreds of friends and donors traveled from around the world to gather in Jerusalem to celebrate the grand…
Providing mutual support
Sara Omer and her kids lost their husband/father Reuven in 2008. (photo from IMP Group) May 1 was Yom Hazikaron (Israel Memorial Day), May 2 celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) and this month marks the 50th anniversary of the…
Israel’s BDS website
Featured on israelbds.org are popular articles that describe the history of Israeli-international scientific cooperation, research that has resulted from that cooperation and the people involved, as well as links to scientific papers. (image from israelbds.org) Building Dialogue through Science, or…
Yom Hashoah in Israel
Vehicles at a standstill alongside the ancient walls of Jerusalem’s Old City on April 24, as drivers honor the memory of the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. At 10 a.m., sirens sounded throughout Israel, and pedestrian…
A potential malaria vaccine
A malaria vaccine based on stabilized proteins could circumvent today’s problems. (photo from wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il) Despite decades of malaria research, the disease still afflicts hundreds of millions and kills around half a million people each year – most of them children…
Being a woman in the IDF
From left to right, Staff Sgt. Maya, Sgt. Noam and Brigadier General (Res.) Gila Klifi-Amir at a Friends of the Israel Defence Forces program April 3 in New York City. (photo by Shiryn Ghermezian) Israel’s female soldiers seem to break…
Planning longest pipeline
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu meeting with Noble Energy executives in the Prime Minister’s Office on April 3. (photo from IGPO via Ashernet) About 20 years ago, natural gas was found off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Conservative estimates put the…
Using film school as therapy
From Ma’aleh School of Television, Film and Art, standing, from left to right, are Asher Lemann, David Cohen, Chanan Ariel, Ofir Shaer, Yosef Baruch Kalangel and Nachum Lemkus. Sitting, from the left, are Keren Hakak, Menachem Assaraf and Shalom Sarel.…
