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University of Haifa to award 44 scholarships in names of Carmel fire victims

HAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa will be awarding 44 scholarships in a unique and moving project to commemorate of each of the 44 men and women who tragically died in the Carmel fire. The scholarships are the generous gift of  Leon H. Charney, Chairman of the University of Haifa Board of Governors, and will […]

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Oriental hornet, like a plant, can convert sunlight into energy

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― As every middle-school child knows, in the process of photosynthesis, plants take the sun’s energy and convert it to electrical energy. Now a Tel Aviv University team has demonstrated how a member of the animal kingdom, the Oriental hornet, takes the sun’s energy and converts it into electric power ― in

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Rare surgery on 4-year-old pancreatic cancer patient seen as a breakthrough

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Last month, a four year old girl underwent surgery at Rambam Medical Center here for an exceptionally rare tumor, which was in her pancreas. In fact, Keren Rabinowitz is among the youngest people in Israel and throughout the world to have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Insightful – and bold – diagnostic

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Israel’s Qesem Cave Man may debunk theory that man’s origins were in Africa

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― It has long been believed that modern man emerged from the continent of Africa 200,000 years ago. Now Tel Aviv University archaeologists have uncovered evidence that Homo sapiens roamed the land now called Israel as early as 400,000 years ago ― the earliest evidence for the existence of modern man anywhere

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Prayers for rain bring science and religion into philosophical conflict

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Many believers affirm that precipitation comes from God. Throughout history, the absence of rain in its due season has constituted a formidable threat to humans and animals alike. A drought in the ancient, largely agrarian, world meant death by starvation, in the face of which people turned to the skies —

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Amphora found at Tel Aviv site may be oldest of kind from Lesbos

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Tel Qudadi, an ancient fortress located in the heart of Tel Aviv at the mouth of the Yarkon River, was first excavated more than 70 years ago ― but the final results of neither the excavations nor the finds were ever published. Now, research on Tel Qudadi by archaeologists at Tel

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Astronomers find age-size differential among black holes of space

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― Most galaxies in the universe, including our own Milky Way, harbor super-massive black holes varying in mass from about one million to about 10 billion times the size of our sun. To find them, astronomers look for the enormous amount of radiation emitted by gas which falls into such objects during

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This book may eat at your conscience and sense of well being

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life And Our World by John Robbins, Conari Press, 2011, 453 pages including index; ISBN 978-1-57324-487-9; $19.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – We have ways of settling into reading and viewing patterns, paying attention to what is comfortable, and dismissing as “background noise”

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Programs for future American Jewish educators expanded in Israel

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Masa Israel Journey and the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) on Monday announced the launch of the Lainer-Masa Israel Fellowship, a two-year program for Jewish young adults interested in careers in Jewish education.  This joint venture will engage North American Masa Israel undergraduate university participants while in Israel and place them in

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Hebrew University wins Red Cross international law competition; competes next in France

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – A group of students from the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Law have won first place in a Red Cross competition on international humanitarian law. The Hebrew University representatives defeated eleven other groups from educational institutions from across Israel. The annual competition includes simulation of legal debates on a range of conflict situations,

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Sometimes ‘watchful waiting’ is best in treatement of middle ear infections

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– As middle ear infections increase during the winter months, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) suggest that in many cases the most appropriate  treatment is “watchful waiting” instead of using antibiotics immediately. The review, published in the scientific journal Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, does not suggest use of

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Biodegradable plastics made of corn may reduce landfill problems

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Environmentalists around the world agree ― plastic bags are choking our landfills  and polluting our seas. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is developing new laboratory methods using corn starch and sugar to help sustainable plastics –– those that biodegrade and are even tougher than those made from petrochemicals –– compete in

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