Space Travel: Is it worth it?

By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Published on October 29, 2012

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv on new Google project

Published on June 5, 2012

Jerusalem's Old City and parts of historic Tel Aviv are featured in Google's new "World Wonders Project," although Jerusalem is not included under the Israel category.

Israeli security inspects some Arab visitors email accounts

Published on June 5, 2012

Israel has begun inspecting emails of some Arab visitors and expelling those visitors who are deemed a threat to the country.

Americans, Israelis jointly developed computer virus

Published on June 1, 2012

The National Security Agency and a secret Israeli military unit jointly developed a complex computer worm that attacked equipment in Iranian nuclear installations.

Rabbinical court fines man for being unfaithful on Facebook

Published on May 29, 2012

A woman reportedly proved to an Israeli rabbinical court that her husband was unfaithful by showing it correspondence between him and other women on Facebook.

For haredi Orthodox, Internet threat harkens back to the Enlightenment

Published on May 22, 2012

To the outside observer, the Charedi Orthodox anti-Internet rally at New York’s Citi Field may have looked uniform: a single mass of black hats, white shirts and brown beards.

Google donating N.Y. office space to Cornell-Technion school

Published on May 21, 2012

Google will donate office space to the new applied science graduate school of Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Haredim fill N.Y. stadium to decry Internet’s dangers

Published on May 21, 2012

The sellout crowd that filled the New York Mets’ Citi Field on Sunday night wore black and white, not the Mets’ blue and orange.

Facebook IPO: Good for the Jews?

Published on May 15, 2012

If the Talmud were written today, would it look like Facebook? First, the rabbis of the Mishnaic period post a Jewish legal rule.

Hoop, there it is! Milken’s robotics team scores big

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 2, 2012

When “Sir Lancebot,” the motorized basketball-playing robot built by the Milken Community High School’s robotics team, made its debut appearance at a regional competition in San Diego in early March, the results were not encouraging.

Coming to a seder near you: A haggadah on your iPad

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 4, 2012

This Passover, Jews can still reliably be called “the people of the book.” If sales of newly published versions of the haggadah are any indication, on the first night of Passover, when it comes time to tell the story of the Exodus, most people sitting at seder tables will be holding in their hands a text that consists of printed words and images on paper.

Singles at Passover saying so long to cell phone, Facebook contacts

Published on April 3, 2012

While Passover is the time to clean out chametz, single Jews apparently will be cleaning out their social lives.

Quit Facebook or risk expulsion, N.Y. Orthodox school orders students

Published on March 28, 2012

An Orthodox Jewish girls' high school in Brooklyn has ordered its 11th-grade students to close their Facebook accounts and pay a fine.

iPad app for Reform prayer book is launched

Published on March 20, 2012

The iPad app for the Mishkan T'filah, the Reform movement's daily prayer book, was launched.

Israeli-led team of scientists discovers longevity gene

Published on February 23, 2012

A team of Israeli and U.S. scientists has discovered a gene that increases longevity in mammals. The team, led by Dr. Haim Cohen of Bar-Ilan University's Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, and including researchers from Hadassah Medical Center, the Hebrew University and Carnegie Mellon University, said the discovery increases the likelihood that similar activity can be found in a human gene. The results were published this week in the scientific journal Nature.

Technology may reveal missing Holocaust graves

Published on February 8, 2012

Scientists using ground-probing electronics may have discovered the missing mass graves at the site of Treblinka, one of the Nazis’ most notorious death camps.

Hackers hit websites of Israeli hospitals

Published on January 25, 2012

The websites of two Israeli medical centers as well as several other public Israeli websites, were hacked. The websites for Tel Hashomer and Assuta medical centers, among the largest in central Israel, were down Wednesday morning.

Israeli hackers bring down Arab Web sites

Published on January 18, 2012

Israeli hackers said they brought down the Web sites of the Saudi Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.

Hacker takes over Israeli deputy FM’s website

Published on January 9, 2012

A hacker temporarily took over the website of Israel's deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon.

Israel concerned it may be under cyber attack

Published on January 6, 2012

Israeli officials said on Friday they were concerned the country may be under cyber attack after a wave of credit card code thefts in the past week by a hacker who claims to be operating out of Saudi Arabia.

Hackers disable German right-wing websites

Published on January 5, 2012

The websites of several right-wing extremists in Germany have been attacked by hackers. The international hacker group known as "Anonymous" disabled several neo-Nazi websites in an "Operation Blitzkrieg" on Jan. 1, with a "Happy New Year" wish to their targets, according to the German news agency DAPD.

Saudi hackers release Israelis’ credit card details

Published on January 3, 2012

Saudi hackers released the credit card information of hundreds of thousands of Israelis online.

Apple reportedly acquires Israeli startup

Published on December 20, 2011

Apple reportedly has purchased its first Israel-based company, Anobit Ltd., a flash storage solutions provider, for an estimated $500 million.

Cornell wins ‘genius’ contest, to team with Technion for N.Y. campus

Published on December 19, 2011

Cornell University will collaborate with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for a new science campus after winning a competition to build New York City’s next “genius” school.

Reports: Apple to open Israel development center

Published on December 14, 2011

Apple will open a development center in Israel focusing on semiconductors, according to reports.

Nobel winner Shechtman stresses education, entrepreneurship

Published on December 12, 2011

Accepting his Nobel Prize, Israel's Dan Shechtman encouraged entrepreneurship among the young.

Lawsuits dropped after Apple drops ‘Jew or Not Jew’ app

Published on November 25, 2011

French anti-racism groups dropped lawsuits against Apple, Inc. after it removed an iPhone app called "Jew or Not Jew?" from online stores around the world.

An internet guide to finding Israeli products

Published on November 17, 2011

You could say it all started in 1967, when one of Howard Bernstein's daughters got married.

Google to open Israeli startup incubator

Published on November 15, 2011

Google will open a startup incubator in Israel.

Electric car venture raises another $200 million

Published on November 14, 2011

An electric car venture set to launch a nationwide network in Israel raised another $200 million from U.S. investors.

New computer virus detected in Iran

Published on November 14, 2011

A computer virus similar to the Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran's nuclear program last year has been detected in Iran.

New Stuxnet-like computer virus discovered

Published on October 19, 2011

A computer virus similar to the Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran's nuclear program has been identified.

Chinese billionaire invests $30 million in Israeli startup

Published on October 19, 2011

An Israeli startup company has received a $30 million investment from China's richest man.

Palestinian official in Canada apologizes for offensive tweet

Published on October 19, 2011

The Palestinian envoy in Ottowa has apologized for tweeting a link to a video that was deemed offensive to Jews.

Canada rebukes Palestinian official for offensive tweet

Published on October 18, 2011

The Canadian government wants to send the Palestinian envoy in Ottawa packing after she tweeted a link to a video that was deemed offensive to Jews.

Slingshot names top 50 Jewish innovators, plus 10

Published on October 18, 2011

Slingshot added a Top 10 list to its newly released annual guide to innovative Jewish programming in North America.

$30 million donated to Technion

Published on October 12, 2011

The American Technion Society has received a $30 million commitment from the estate of Henry Taub and The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation.

What is it about Israel that wins Nobels?

Published on October 11, 2011

Dan Shechtman remembers the day he was kicked out of a research group because of the theory that last week won him the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Author charged in Jewish online dating scam

Published on October 10, 2011

American author Mitchell Gross was indicted for allegedly scamming women he met on an online Jewish dating service.

New app teaches about Zionism

Published on October 5, 2011

A new mobile app provides a database of information about Zionism and Israel.

Israel Bonds now available online

Published on October 5, 2011

Israel Bonds, which many synagogues pitch during the High Holidays, can now be purchased online.

Two Jewish scientists win Nobel Prize for medicine

Published on October 4, 2011

The Nobel Prize for medicine reportedly was awarded to two Jewish scientists, Ralph Steinman and Bruce Beutler.

Dead Sea Scrolls debut online [VIDEO]

Published on September 27, 2011

Internet users can now view the Dead Sea Scrolls online.

Jewish burial society live-streams funerals

Published on September 15, 2011

A Jewish burial society in Australia is believed to be the first in the world to offer live web streaming of funerals over the Internet.

iPhone app ‘Jewish or Not Jewish’ under fire

Published on September 14, 2011

A made-in-France iPhone app called "Jewish or Not Jewish?" is under fire for stigmatizing Jews.

Google launches Street View in Israel

Published on September 13, 2011

Google launched its Street View project In Israel.

Google street view OK’d for Israel

Published on August 21, 2011

The Google street view map service will come to Israel after being granted permission by the country's Justice Ministry.

Made in Israel: Google’s new toolbar feature

Published on August 17, 2011

Google released a new toolbar feature that was developed in Israel.

Wikimania confab comes to Israel

Published on August 4, 2011

Israel is hosting the seventh annual Wikimania conference, a three-day event for Wikipedia enthusiasts and contributors.

Holocaust-era property database sets mark

Published on August 1, 2011

A database of Holocaust-era property records has become the largest publicly available, single-source database of lost Jewish property assets from that era.

How to use Facebook to build friendships between French Muslims and Jews

Published on July 18, 2011

At a glance, the Muslim-Jewish picnic at the peace fountain in Yitzhak Rabin Garden, in this city's Bercy Park, looks like a reunion of old friends.

Israel asks Apple Inc. to remove ‘third intifada’ app

Published on June 22, 2011

Israel's government has asked Apple Inc. to remove an application called "ThirdIntifada," which encourages uprising against Israel, from its App Store. Israel's Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein, made the request Tuesday in a letter sent to Apple founder and chief executive officer Steve Jobs.

Facebook page urges Shakira to nix Israel visit

Published on June 20, 2011

A Facebook page established to convince pop star Shakira to stay away from an Israeli conference has received nearly 1,500 likes. The Colombian singer, whose father is Lebanese, is scheduled to take part Tuesday in the third annual Israeli President's Conference. She will be appearing due to her position as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

Israeli inventiveness gets local spotlight

By Orit Arfa
Published on June 7, 2011

When Noam Bardin demonstrated how Waze — a Twitter-infused GPS — got him from LAX to the Luxe Hotel on Sunset in 26 minutes during rush hour, several attendees at the third annual Israel Conference immediately took out their phones to download his app. “The closing of the 405 [in mid-July] is the best moment to look at this app and understand what it can do for you every day,” Waze CEO Bardin said.