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Karl Pfeifer, Journalist Who Documented 20th Century With A Jewish Eye, Dies at 94: A Personal Memoriam
The death of Karl Pfeifer last Friday marks the end of an unforgettable and unparalleled chapter in the history of Jewish journalism after World...
‘I See Your Face, You Are Alive!’: The Yiddish Poet Undergoing a Revival in War-Torn Ukraine
"Through fire and ash, through smoke and battle / You raise your shattered hands / A clot of blood covers your head / But I see your face, you are alive! You are alive!" So read...
‘Being Here Is Part of Our DNA’: Israelis Treat Refugees at Ukraine Field Hospital as War Enters Fifth Week
A few days ago, doctors at Israel’s field hospital in western Ukraine and medical staff at a hospital thousands of miles away near Tel Aviv faced a tough decision about treating a young patient suffering...
‘Taking a Blood Test of the City’: How Israel’s Sewage Can Fight the Next COVID-19 Wave
Israel is spearheading a project for the early detection of traces of COVID-19 in wastewater in cities around the country, as testing mandates are being lifted following a continued decline in new daily infections of...
Israeli Army Simulates Northern War as Hezbollah ‘Precision’ Missile Threat Looms
On a Sunday morning in January, Lt. Ilay Levy, squad commander in an elite Israeli...
‘The Pride of the Uniform’: Israeli Teens With Special Needs Join Program for IDF Service
For most 16-year-old Israelis, getting their preliminary call-up letter to enlist in the army is...
Life on ‘Mars’: Turning Israel’s Negev Desert Into a Slice of the Red Planet
As a microbiologist, public health professional, PhD student, and a mother of three girls, Anika...
IDF Home Command Imagines ‘Worst-Case’ War Scenario as Third of Israelis Lack Bomb Shelters
As Israel’s army prepares its readiness for war scenarios from several fronts, including Lebanon and...
High Hopes for Israeli Cell Therapy for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Aiming to Help ‘Live With the Virus’
As vaccine effectiveness has been found to wane over time, an Israeli clinical-stage biotech company...
Karl Pfeifer, Journalist Who Documented 20th Century With A Jewish Eye, Dies at 94: A Personal Memoriam
The death of Karl Pfeifer last Friday marks the end of an unforgettable and unparalleled chapter in the history of Jewish journalism after World War...
‘I See Your Face, You Are Alive!’: The Yiddish Poet Undergoing a Revival in War-Torn Ukraine
"Through fire and ash, through smoke and battle / You raise your shattered hands / A clot of blood covers your head / But I...
‘Being Here Is Part of Our DNA’: Israelis Treat Refugees at Ukraine Field Hospital as War Enters Fifth Week
A few days ago, doctors at Israel’s field hospital in western Ukraine and medical staff at a hospital thousands of miles away near Tel Aviv...
‘Taking a Blood Test of the City’: How Israel’s Sewage Can Fight the Next COVID-19 Wave
Israel is spearheading a project for the early detection of traces of COVID-19 in wastewater in cities around the country, as testing mandates are being...
Israeli Army Simulates Northern War as Hezbollah ‘Precision’ Missile Threat Looms
On a Sunday morning in January, Lt. Ilay Levy, squad commander in an elite Israeli paratrooper unit, drove to the Golan Heights as if he...
‘The Pride of the Uniform’: Israeli Teens With Special Needs Join Program for IDF Service
For most 16-year-old Israelis, getting their preliminary call-up letter to enlist in the army is a critical step in their career path. But Israeli teens...
Life on ‘Mars’: Turning Israel’s Negev Desert Into a Slice of the Red Planet
As a microbiologist, public health professional, PhD student, and a mother of three girls, Anika Mehlis wears more hats than most. But in her free time,...
IDF Home Command Imagines ‘Worst-Case’ War Scenario as Third of Israelis Lack Bomb Shelters
As Israel’s army prepares its readiness for war scenarios from several fronts, including Lebanon and Syria, about one third of the country’s population lacks functioning...
High Hopes for Israeli Cell Therapy for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Aiming to Help ‘Live With the Virus’
As vaccine effectiveness has been found to wane over time, an Israeli clinical-stage biotech company is optimistic about the authorization of its experimental cell-based drug...
As Cyberattacks on Ships Surge, Israeli Threat Experts and Ex-Navy Officers Team Up to Make Seas Safer
Of all the cyberthreats facing the Jewish state, those targeting Israel's waterways can be especially devastating. Some 95% of the country’s imports like energy, food,...
A Simple Pill to Treat COVID-19? An Israeli Pharma Company May Have Potent Formula as Variant Fears Grow
As concern over fast-spreading coronavirus variants continue among even highly-vaccinated populations, an Israel-based pharmaceutical company is hoping that its oral drug candidate will help get...
A Better Cocoa Bean? Israel Launches Accelerator to Give Ghana’s Farming Startups a High-Tech Boost
Before he became the poultry king of Ghana, Kwabena Darko was a young student in central Israel. Hailing from a small village in Ghana's southern Ashanti...
An Israeli Startup’s Concrete ‘Bio-Habitats’ Bring Life Back to Urban Coastal Waters
An Israeli environmental startup has developed a technology to address one of the world's least sexy problems — bringing concrete to life — by using...
Israeli Locust Slayers Train Ethiopians to Save Crops
JNS.org - Some call it a plague. Yoav Motro calls it a war. The enemies are the huge armies of desert locusts destroying farm and grazing...
