Israel Now Paying for Abortions for Women Aged 20-33

Israeli women aged 20-33 will be able to receive abortions funded by the state for non-medical reasons beginning in 2014. This change is brought about through the recommendations of a Health Ministry commission. Over the last three months, the commission, headed by Professor Yonatan Halevi, has researched over 650 medicines and technologies to be included […]
2,000 Year Old Techelet Fabric Discovered in Israel

A rare find has been revealed by the Israel Antiquities Authority this week. Scientists have confirmed that a 2,000 year old fabric was dyed using extract from the murex snail. Archaeologists in Israel have found thousands of pieces of fabric from the Roman period in the Judean Desert, the Negev, and the Arava region. However, […]
Top 10 Israeli Innovations of 2013 (Videos)

There’s a reason Israel has been dubbed the “start-up nation,” as innovations coming out of the holy land are so numerous, it’s hard to narrow down the top ten. Israel ranked a close third in the US-Israel Innovation Index this year, an indicator of high-level innovation in cooperation with the US. From Google’s purchase of […]
Holocaust Survivor and Tel Aviv U Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. (Psalms 102:26) Tel Aviv University Professor and Holocaust survivor Francois Englert has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with his partner Peter Higgs on Tuesday, according to the Jerusalem Post. The research team […]
Israeli University Lands $130 Million Grant For China Project

But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God, for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day. (Deuteronomy 8:18) The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a world leader in science and technological innovation, received a $130 million […]
Challah Recipe

Here is my now famous challah recipe. Challah is the Jewish egg bread served every week on Shabbat and is usually braided. You don’t have to top it, but I love it with everything topping and I have a heavy hand. I make this recipe every week and I get so much satisfaction out of […]
Sphinx Statue Found in Israel Has Historians Baffled

Thus saith the LORD: The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine… (Isaiah 45:14) The Tel Hazor excavation site in northern Israel made headlines last month when the discovery of part of an Egyptian sphinx statue was […]
Oral Polio Vaccine Campaign to Combat Recent Appearance of Virus

And He said, If you hearken to the voice of the Lord, your God, and you do what is proper in His eyes, and you listen closely to His commandments and observe all His statutes, all the sicknesses that I have visited upon Egypt I will not visit upon you, for I, the Lord, heal […]