Japan, Israel startups to team up to make oxygen on Moon

Published by Kyodo News Japanese and Israeli startups recently agreed to cooperate on an experimental project to generate oxygen on the Moon, a potential technology that could make possible long-term lunar missions independent of Earth in the future. Under the project, Israel’s Helios Project Ltd. will undertake demonstration tests to extract oxygen by melting lunar

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International

Andy Cohen: I look for a potential stepfather to my son when I go on dates

Published by BANG Showbiz English Andy Cohen looks for “good stepfather” qualities in anyone he dates. The 53-year-old radio and television host became a father to two-year-old son Benjamin Allen in 2019, and has said being a dad has completely changed the way he views dating, as he now wants to make sure his future

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Jewish Celebrities

Larry Stone: Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart are one of the greatest duos in WNBA history. But they’re not done winning together yet.

Published by The Seattle Times SEATTLE — Every once in a while, a Tweetstorm speaks volumes. And in the wake of the latest Team USA women’s basketball Olympic gold medal over the weekend, there was one that caught my eye, detailing the astonishing list of championships earned by Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart over the

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Jewish Celebrities

‘Big Bang’ actress Bialik one of two new ‘Jeopardy!’ hosts

Published by AFP Los Angeles (AFP) – “The Big Bang Theory” actress Mayim Bialik has been named as one of two new hosts of the long-running US television game show “Jeopardy!”, replacing the award-winning presenter Alex Trebek, who died of cancer last year. Bialik will share hosting duties with the show’s executive producer Mike Richards,

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Jewish Celebrities

Report Provides Unprecedented Perspectives from Jews of Color on their Experiences in US Jewish Community

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — Jews of Color in the United States yearn for and at times feel a sense of belonging in the Jewish community, but also experience discrimination and tokenization and feel forced to conform to expectations or norms of the majority white Jewish population, says a new report released today from the

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Travel and Food

Holocaust Survivors Urge California Legislators to Oppose Ethnic Studies Bill

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) — Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and their descendants today urged members of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus to vote against AB 101, a bill mandating an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement. “We are Holocaust survivors and the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, who are deeply alarmed by AB

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USA

A Modern Approach to the Understanding of Judaism

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — In 1953, the brilliant scholar Dr. Theodor H. Gaster published Festivals of the Jewish Year: A Modern Interpretation and Guide. It was updated in 1961. It is about the Jewish festivals and the Sabbath, their description, origin, and comparison to other ancient festivals. In six chapters

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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion

Brave or Foolish?

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel —  “You’re very brave to travel abroad in these times,” we were told by various friends and acquaintances, both at home and abroad, when referring to our recent trip to France. The underlying message was that we were being foolish to risk our health by boarding a plane and

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and Food

Israel and UAE Celebrate First Year of Normalization

By Abigail Klein Leichman (Israel21c via JNS) On Aug. 13, 2020, an extraordinary event transformed the Middle East: Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a joint statement of intent to normalize diplomatic relations. Formalized at the White House in September,  the historic Abraham Accords opened wide a door that seemed hopelessly shut between the two countries. True, discreet

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Middle East

US ‘Deeply Concerned’ by Polish Bill Blocking Holocaust Victims From Reclaiming Property

(JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States is “deeply concerned” by legislation passed by the Polish parliament earlier in the day barring Holocaust survivors and their descendants from reclaiming property seized by the country’s communist regime. Blinken called on Polish President Andrzej Duda not to sign the bill

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International, USA

Israeli PM Announces Nationwide Plan to Fight Arab-Sector Crime

(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday announced a national plan to fight crime in the country’s Arab sector. Referring to out-of-control violence in the streets of Arab-majority towns and villages, Bennett said, “my government is determined to take action and wage an unceasing, constant and persistent fight, with full force, against crime and

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Middle East

145 Jewish Agency Young Emissaries Set to Arrive in Communities Around World

(JNS) A total of 145 ShinShinim (gap-year emissaries) will depart this month for communities around the world on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Israel to begin a year of voluntary service to help strengthen world Jewry’s relationship with Israel before their required national army service. They will arrive against the backdrop of the ongoing

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International, Middle East