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One of the winners of Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) sixth annual Physics Olympiad Ayelet Hashahar Barel of Rishon Letzion; Eti Stern, head of JCT’s Tal Campus for women; Yocheved Berstel, girls’ physics high school teacher in Rishon Letzion; and rector of JCT’s Lev Academic Center Professor Kenneth Hochberg. Credit: JCT.

Physics Olympiad in Jerusalem spotlights religious scientists of the future

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The talents of religious scientists of the future were on display last week as more than 100 Israeli yeshivah students participated in Jerusalem College of Technology’s sixth annual Physics Olympiad. Held in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services and Ministry...
Aliyah fair in the San Fernando Valley, Calif., organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (KKL) and the Jewish National Fund-USA. March 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

Anti-Semitism on minds at ‘aliyah’ fair as North Americans prepare for move

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It’s no easy task to pack up one’s earthly possessions and cross the ocean to a new country where a new language is spoken, even if it is a “coming home.” Compounding the matter is...
Einstein's official 1921 portrait after receiving the Nobel Prize in physics. (Wikimedia Commons)

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein!

On March 14, 1879, was born in Germany one of the most important figures of modern physics, Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect and...
Student conference attendees gathered outside the Hyatt Regency near LAX. Credit: JC Olivera Photography.

Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference

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“I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can...
Albert Einstein and David Ben-Gurion. Credit: Israel GPO.

Albert Einstein’s brilliance, humor and literal connection to Israel

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One thing is for sure. While the writing on the pages lying on the table under a clear protective glass appeared as nonsensical gibberish or useless, mind-bending mathematical equations, they were anything but. These...
Participants in Nefesh B’Nefesh’s annual “Mega Event,” held in New Jersey on March 10, 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

North American ‘aliyah’ tour travels east to west, noting anti-Semitism, assimilation

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Nefesh B’Nefesh is hosting multiple aliyah events across North America to enable prospective new immigrants (olim) to be as prepared as possible for their move to Israel. The tour started on Sunday with Nefesh B’Nefesh’s annual...
When Rabbi Arieh Raichman was growing up in Texas, he never imagined that he would be koshering pots and pans in Brazil's Amazon River. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

What it’s like to be the rabbi of the rainforest

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Nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest lies one of most isolated Jewish communities in the world. Located where the Solimões and Negro rivers join to form the Amazon—1,500 kilometers upstream from the Atlantic and...
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Jewish Agency offers tour of Mexican Jewish sites

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The Jewish Agency for Israel has announced its first-ever mission to Mexico, May 22-27, in order to gain a more thorough perspective about Jewish life in the United States’ neighboring country. As the American Jewish...
Alexander Friedman, left, directs a control room of 25 Israeli scientists monitoring the “Beresheet” satellite as it makes its way to the moon. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Chassidic rocket scientist overcame Soviet oppression to guide Israel’s space launch to the moon

One of the chief engineers involved in the creation and post-launch supervision of the moon-bound Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” is a Chabad-Lubavitch Chassid who overcame Soviet oppression and anti-Semitism to play a leading role in Israel’s public and private space programs. Mathematician...
Sheldon and Dr. Miriam Adelson. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Philanthropist, GOP donor Sheldon Adelson undergoing cancer treatment

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Jewish philanthropist, Republican billionaire donor and Las Vegas Sands Corp. founder and CEO Sheldon Adelson has been undergoing cancer treatment and not been at his firm’s office since the end of December, said one...