Monthly Archives: March 2023
New protein-based biosensor detects potato and tomato crop disease
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new molecular sensor system that detects harmful diseases in plants and food crops, including potatoes and tomatoes.
Potatoes have become the world’s third major food...
Murder of Elan Ganeles brings Palestinian Authority’s ‘martyr fund’ back into focus
The aftermath of the murder of U.S.-Israeli citizen Elan Ganeles has brought renewed focus to the Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund, whose compensation to those convicted of terrorism against Israelis and Israeli targets, and their families is...
Succession of high-level American visitors reflects concern over Iran scenarios
The arrival on Thursday of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Israel is the latest in a succession of high-level American visits to the Jewish state, and the fact that these visits are occurring...
Un Mirakolo de Purim por por Dora NİYEGO
Eskrito por un rabino.
Deke estava aya en en este momento?
Munchas vezes pensi en esto, i kada vez ke fyestamos Purim, este momento me vyene a los ojos.
Aviya empesad mi karyera rabiniko. Un myembro de...
Chaim Topol, of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ fame, dies at age 87
Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who gained international fame for his portrayal of Tevye in the stage and cinematic versions of the “Fiddler on the Roof,” died on March 9 in Tel Aviv after a...
Yad Vashem-sponsored symphony celebrates Japanese diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust
Samurai warriors live by the moral code bushido, or “way of the warrior.”
World-renowned cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, a half-Japanese convert to Judaism living in Tel Aviv, comes from a samurai background. So did Chiune Sugihara,...
God Speaks to Eric Adams, and NYC’s Mayor Tells the World…Adams, Adams, Adams
New York City Mayor Eric Adams may well fit in somewhere between the great actor Frederic March’s portrayal of a fanatical lawyer delivering God’s instructions to the world, and that of lesser-known actor Jay...
The urgent need for Israeli electoral reform
Democracy is currently being undermined in many parts of the free world.
In Israel, the threat is deeper and wider than either side will admit, given the near-civil war that has erupted over the government’s...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets Netanyahu in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday in Israel, primarily to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat and strengthening the Abraham Accords.
“We have a common agenda to prevent Iran from...
The Sarah Accords?
You don’t have to look far to see polarization all over the world. Valerie Leiser Greenfield sees opportunities beyond the disunity.
The business development consultant for American and Israeli companies has taken it upon herself...