Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Al Gore fund invests in Israeli start-up
JTA
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has invested in an Israeli start-up company with technology that promotes safe . . .
Thursday, February 4, 2010
iMussolini withdrawn following legal threat
JTA
The iPhone application featuring a collection of speeches by Benito Mussolini has been withdrawn following legal threats and protests by Jewish . . .
Monday, January 25, 2010
Israeli Electric Car Company Secures Groundbreaking Funding
by Adam Gonn, The Media Line
An Israeli funded and U.S.-based cleantech company secured $350 million in funding on Monday from several major financial . . .
Monday, January 11, 2010
Prehistoric building uncovered near Tel Aviv
JTA
The remains of a prehistoric building, the earliest ever discovered in the Tel Aviv region, were discovered in Ramat . . .
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Israeli Firm behind World’s Most Advanced Traffic Information System
by Adam Gonn, The Media Line
Imagine being able to look at your mobile phone and see whether traffic is cruising along or standing still on the road up . . .
Monday, December 21, 2009
Synagogues blogging and tweeting their way to new kinds of communication
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA
Congregation Ner Tamid in Henderson, Nev., webcasts its bar and bat mitzvah services for family and friends who cannot . . .
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Earliest leprosy case found in Jerusalem
JTA
The DNA of a shrouded man from the first century found in a tomb in Jerusalem has revealed the earliest known case of . . .
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Facebook page set to save Szarvas camp
JTA
A Facebook page and fund-raising campaign have been launched to save Szarvas, central Europe's largest Jewish summer . . .
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A Wikipedia-style siddur is revolutionizing the world of prayerbooks
By Hadara Graubart, Tablet
In his 1954 book "Man’s Quest for God," theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, bemoaning what he saw as a post-Holocaust religious malaise, took aim at . . .
Monday, November 30, 2009
Israeli man threatens suicide on Facebook
JTA
An Israeli man who said on his Facebook page that he was committing suicide was found after a massive . . .
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Israeli Tech Takes on Domestic Violence
Benjamin Joffe-Walt, by The Media Line
A man convicted of domestic violence is approaching the home of his ex-wife. A restraining order does not dissuade him from entering the house, nor . . .
Monday, November 23, 2009
eBay removes Mussolini brain, blood samples
JTA
The online auction Web site eBay said it took down an ad offering biological samples from Benito Mussolini before anyone could bid on . . .
Monday, November 2, 2009
Hebrew, Arabic Letters to Feature in Web Addresses
Rachelle Kligem, The Media Line
Hebrew and Arabic letters will now feature in domain names following a decision allowing non-Latin characters in Internet addresses. . . .
Sunday, December 28, 2008
MUSIC VIDEO: ‘Dem Phones Dem Phones Dem iPhones—Hear the Word of the Lord’
By The Web Guy
A recreation? A mashup of old video and new audio? Whatever, it's . . .
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Genetic research can open book on Jewish identity—for good and bad
By Adam Wills
Critics fear that Jewish genetic research also opens a Pandora's box. The discovery of a shared genetic marker among men who claim to be descended . . .
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Israel building its first eco-friendly town
By David Shamah, Israel21c
A Mount Gilboa town is set to be the first planned, eco-friendly community in Israel, with infrastructure and services designed not just to . . .
Friday, November 7, 2008
A new high for the Scrabulous-deprived
By Karin Kloosterman, Israel21c
Brother and sister team Guy and Galia Ben-Artzi aim to make game development easier with their new online game . . .
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Can magnets help relieve Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
By Alex Dobuzinskis
Some treatments are pretty successful, but still there are many, many patients who fail with the treatments that there are right . . .
Thursday, October 23, 2008
‘Natural thinking’ for searching the Web is the new frontier
By David Shamah, Israel21c
The way we search the Web is all wrong, according to Danny Fine, president of Haifa-based BrainDamage. . . .
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Science program helps six Milken grads head to MIT
By Adam Wills
"One of the things we were really committed to when we started the academy is that kids were not going to fit into the typical box of science . . .
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
In the J-blogosphere, everybody knows your screen name
By Amy Klein
"I didn't know there were non-Jewish bloggers," joked Likud leader and blogger Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, who made a last-minute appearance to speak . . .
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Researcher tracing Jewish genes meets the Kohanim of Africa [VIDEO]
By Peter Ephross
Dr. David B. Goldstein from Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy talks about tracking the genetic history of the ancient Jewish priesthood . . .
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
In the quest for ‘the God particle,’ mystics get a new machine
By Marty Kaplan
If you listen to what cosmologists say about the origin of the universe, you have to put your mind in a place where mystics also dwell. . . .
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Israeli study: As negotiators, man smart, woman smarter
Forget the men when it comes to business negotiations. Women may be more skilled than their masculine counterparts, according to a new study by an . . .
