The Israel Innovation Fund releases ‘Wine with Adam’ interview series with prominent Israeli intellectuals
The Israel Innovation Fund’s (TIIF) flagship program Wine on the Vine—which works to promote and connect people to Israel through Israeli culture and the Israeli wine industry—has just released a new short film series...
‘Jews in Space’ Lecture Filled with Anecdotes
Boris Volynov was first among approximately 19 Jews who have flown in space, serving as a Russian cosmonaut in 1969. Thereafter, Judy Resnik, Ilan Ramon and Gregory Chamitoff joined him in an exclusive club,...
No easy fix for Israel’s gold-medal civil marriage dilemma
It was an epic Olympic Games for Israel. The Jewish state’s team brought home a record four medals from the Tokyo Olympiad, including two that were gold. For a small country that, thanks to...
Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani to open 150 eateries in Europe
Eyal Shani, the Israeli king of pita bread and cauliflower, is set to open 150 restaurants in Europe over the next five years, according to local media reports.
The celebrity chef behind the super successful Miznon chain of...
Triumph of the Spirit
Crane your neck way, way back and witness noxious black smoke pouring out of the crematorium. Turn to the right and see the frail, the young and the elderly in line for selection. With...
Farmer hero saved scores while Hamas massacred 364 at music festival
Rami Davidian, a farmer from Moshav Patish, an Israeli farming community located about 10 miles from the Gaza Strip, saved scores of young partygoers during Hamas's murderous assault on the northwestern Negev.
Davidian, 58, will...
Wife of Yankees team president visits United Hatzalah in Jerusalem
Mindy Levine, director of the Yankees Universe Fund and wife of New York Yankees baseball team president Randy Levine, visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem on Nov. 30 as part of a solidarity trip...
Herb Kohl Z”L, former U.S. Senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, Dead at 88
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (SDJW)– While Kohls Department Store co-owner Herb Kohl served in the U.S. Senate for four terms, a sign on his door read “The Bucks Stop Here” – a pun on Harry Truman’s...
Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) and Hadassah
An early American Zionist leader who was also learned in traditional Jewish texts and scholarship, Henrietta Szold was notably ahead of her time. Born to a Jewish family in Baltimore in 1860, Henrietta’s father...
Founder of Israel’s Adi organ-donor card passes away at 93
Dvora Ben Dror, the creator of the Israeli organ-donor card, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 93.
She founded the Adi card after her son, Adi (Ehud) Ben Dror, passed away due to...