Texas A&M To Build Satellite Campus In Nazareth
Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in Thy commandments. (Psalms 119:66) Texas A&M, a top-tier American university, has announced its intentions to build a satellite campus in the Israeli city of Nazareth, according to The Times of Israel. The offshoot is intended to a “peace campus” built in Israel’s largest Arab […]
Israeli and Italian Libraries To Collaborate To Digitize Jewish Texts
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isaiah 40:8) Israel’s National Library, located on the campus of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, reached an agreement last week to produce high-definition images of one of the world’s premier collections of Judaic manuscripts, according to The Times of Israel. […]
Israel’s President Launches Q&A Facebook Application
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people… (Ezekiel 33:2) Israeli President Shimon Peres launched a new application on his Facebook page Monday, which will allow him to directly address the questions and concerns of people from around the world, according to the Jerusalem Post. The app, named “You Ask, President Peres Answers”, […]
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 […]
Israel to Offer Students Grants to Defend It on Social Media
A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear. (Proverbs 25:11-12) Israel is getting its own “Fifty Cent Army” — the nickname given to Chinese Internet commentators who are paid to […]
Negev Region Focus of Environmental Rehabilitation
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (Genesis 2:15) As part of a governmental push to encourage people to move to the Negev, several environmental projects are underway in the region. Most notable among them are the opening of Israel’s […]
First Electric Bus Hits Israel’s “First Hebrew City”
When God placed the first man in the Garden of Eden, He commanded him to care for the land (Genesis 2:15). One Israeli bus company is starting to live up to its responsibility. The Dan bus company, which services the metropolitan Tel Aviv area, unveiled its first electric bus this week. The 12-meter long, low-floor […]
Tel Aviv University Finds Cellphone-Cancer Link
For the first time ever, a definitive study, conducted by Tel Aviv University, has proven a linkage between cellphone usage and cancer risk according to The Times Of Israel. Cellphones have long been suspected to raise the risk of cancer, because they were thought to be of a carcinogenic nature, studies had been inconclusive until […]
Israel, India Team Up to Develop 5G Tech
Following a visit by Indian last month by IT Minister Kapil Sibal the Press Trust of India reports that the two countries, who are looking to strengthen economic and social ties in general, have agreed to a joint-venture to develop fifth generation, better known as 5G, telecommunication technologies. The versions of technology 2G, 3G and […]
