SpaceIL: Israel’s race to the moon

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 19, 2013

One day in 2015, a small Israeli spacecraft will land on and reconnoiter the moon, joining the United States and former Soviet Union in the world’s most exclusive extraterrestrial club.

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 18, 2013

10 years to the Columbia Disaster

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 1, 2013

Iran launches monkey into space, showing missile progress

Published on January 28, 2013

Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile systems that have alarmed the West because the technology could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear warhead.

Space Shuttle Columbia: From Shoah to the stars

By Pat Sierchio
Published on January 23, 2013

On Feb. 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, tragically taking the lives of all seven astronauts on board. Among those who never returned home were Israeli Air Force Col. Ilan Ramon — Israel’s first and only astronaut — and a miniature Torah dating back to the Holocaust.

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on November 11, 2012

Israeli mission to moon for Google contest demands appeal to local donors

By Ryan Torok
Published on July 19, 2011

Kfir Damari, Yonatan Winetraub and Yariv Bash were in Los Angeles last week in an effort to raise $10 million for the construction of a robot that they hope to send to the moon.

Methodist learns it’s 5769, says it’s awesome Jews live in the future

By The Web Guy
Published on October 1, 2008

Ice on Mars: Good for the Jews?

By Marty Kaplan
Published on June 26, 2008

Is evolution the merely pointless, meaningless consequence of having world enough and time, or is our current state of consciousness just too embryonic to grasp the telos of the universe?

Milken students win first high school X PRIZE

By Julie G Fax
Published on November 1, 2007

Milken Community High School students joined the space race this week when two seniors won the first-ever X PRIZE competition for high schoolers. On Sunday, Michael Hakimi and Talia Nour-Omid took home the first Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award for their concept of developing bio-monitoring sunglasses to keep space travelers healthy during civilian spaceflight.

‘Tragic Loss’ documents Israeli astronaut’s ill-fated flight

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on March 8, 2007

Dating by Committee

By Carin Davis
Published on April 13, 2006

When it comes to relationships, girls are all about group think. We poll all our friends; we share all the evidence.

Zoning Snafus Keep New JCC Empty

By Yasha Levine
Published on January 19, 2006

The center is also the focus of criticism from some of its would-be occupants, who say that they haven't been kept in the loop about planning the center from the beginning, that its opening has been delayed and that they are unsure about when they will be able to move in.

Russian City Gets New JCC

By Yasha Levine
Published on January 19, 2006

Anatoly Obermeister, president of the construction and development firm ASTRA, plans to offer the ground floor -- about 6,000 square feet -- of a new housing project in the center of town for use as a Jewish community center that could include a restaurant, clinic, school and other social services.

Culling Your ‘Stuff’ Can Be Painful Task

By Ellie Kahn
Published on November 3, 2005

Moving from a familiar home and letting go of things owned for years can feel like an additional loss. It's not just the loss of the objects that has an impact; it's the connection with the past that these objects symbolize.

Jewish Weddings in Space

By Ron Magid
Published on September 22, 2005

Based on Whedon's short-lived 2002 TV series, "Firefly," whose fan base helped spur the movie, "Serenity" revolves around the outlaws' attempts to discover the telepath's true identity after she beats up everyone in a bar.

Irvine Orthodox Plan to Erect Eruv

By Andrea Adelson
Published on September 2, 2004

Sean Samuels, a Beth Jacob board member, was instrumental in the quest to erect Irvine's eruv, which should be operational by Rosh Hashanah.

Your Letters

Published on February 13, 2003

Your cover picture on Feb. 7 showing the breakup of the Columbia accompanied by the quote from Psalms 68 is the most beautiful, touching cover I have ever seen.

Light From Sorrow

By Irene Brown
Published on February 6, 2003

As an aerospace writer, I have watched 87 crews slip the bonds of Earth's gravity and rocket away into space.

Where No Israeli Has Gone Before

By Irene Brown
Published on July 18, 2002

"I would like to see my mission as my first one, not my last," he added.