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April 12, 2024, 2:59 pm
Why our four cups of wine may taste a little different this Pesach
The struggle for freedom is more challenging than ever and we should drink Israeli wine at our seder
By Tal Sunderland-Cohen
Detail of (from left) Untitled by Zehava Masser, 'October 7th' by Limor Zarfaty Max and 'Happy Days' by Zadok Ben-David
February 6, 2024, 5:39 pm
From Israel with love: art sale raises funds for Western Negev
All profits from Heart to Heart, an exhibition of painting, sculpture and craft art at the Catto Gallery in London are going towards expert creative therapies in the south of Israel
By Beatrice Sayers
An aerial view of Midreshet Sde Boker in Israel's Negev desert region
December 4, 2023, 1:59 pm
Canadian-Israeli Sylvan Adams pledges $100m ‘to strengthen Israel’s south’
Gift will go to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which has a significant presence in a region badly shaken by the attacks of 7 October
By Jewish News Reporter
Scientists participate in a demonstration of an experiment led by Austrian and Israeli agencies simulating a mission to Mars near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel October 10, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
October 12, 2021, 4:43 pm
Israeli desert is the scene for a month-long Martian experiment
A team of six will spend the time simulating the look and feel of the red planet among the red rockets of the Negev
By Michael Daventry
Around 800 Jews from the former Soviet Union took part in a 10-day Birthright Israel visit near the Gaza border
February 20, 2020, 12:30 pm
Russian-speaking Jews visit Israel’s Gaza-border communities
Around 800 visitors from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan attended the ‘Taglit in the Flourishing Desert’ event
By Jewish News Reporter
Eviation Alice
August 16, 2019, 2:02 pm
10 ways Israel has improved the world… this year alone!
From a device which creates water from thin air to an algorithm that predicts the emergence of tuberculosis, we look at the Jewish state's top scientific advancements in 2019!
By David Legmann
Rahat, the largest Bedouin city in the Negev
August 15, 2018, 4:45 pm
Israel to build new towns for Bedouins and the disabled
Government backs plans for constriction of new towns in the Negev and Galilee
By JTA
Ohad Zwigenberg
December 6, 2017, 3:06 pm
Striking images in contention for Israel’s best press photo of 2017
Prayers, protests and prime ministers make the cut for shortlisted photographs from the Jewish state this year
By Stephen Oryszczuk
SodaStream chief executive Daniel Birnbaum in one of the company’s factories. The firm
July 20, 2017, 12:59 pm
Campaign to boycott Israel ‘helped SodaStream brand’, says chief executive
Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of 'fizzy drinks' firm SodaStream, opens up about the impact of BDS on the business's success
By Jenni Frazer
May 12, 2017, 4:32 pm
Smiling makes you look older, say Israeli scientists
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University conduct experiments comparing age perceptions of smiling faces to those showing surprise or no emotion.
An Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept a rocket from Gaza Strip.
February 9, 2017, 2:04 pm
Israel intercepts rockets aimed at Eilat
The Jewish state's Iron Dome system intercepted at least three projectiles, in an attack claimed by Islamic State fighters
Ben Gurion's Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
February 8, 2017, 12:30 pm
Israeli uni develops app to identify if phone user is correct owner
Scientists at Ben-Gurion University developed the technology to counter poor password-protection on handheld devices
By Jewish News Reporter
Professor David Faiman with solar panels and the latest clean energy technology
November 16, 2016, 1:38 pm
British-born physicist to be awarded Ben-Gurion Prize
Professor David Fairman from London will receive prestious award for his pioneering solar energy work
Shimon Peres
September 28, 2016, 6:49 am
MR ISRAEL – Shimon Peres: 1923 – 2016
Shimon Peres passes away aged 93 after having served and embodied Israel throughout his life
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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