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'Tsunami likely to hit here in future'
Even though Israel is situated on the edge of a sea and not an ocean, it too could be hit by tsunamis - massive waves and flooding caused by underwater earthquakes - that have devastated parts of Asia in recent years.
Please don't step on the nylon
If the grass is truly greener on your neighbors' side of the fence, it may be because it's not grass at all, but a nylon substitute.
A glossary of terms in foreign affairs
As we debate the many scary enemies and exciting possibilities for new wars -- escalation in Afghanistan, our very own "Cuban Missile Crisis" against the Persian Hitlers, the Socialist Menace in Venezuela -- events can become very confusing.
Borderline View: Bnei Akiva - then & now
Last week the religious Zionist youth movement Bnei Akiva celebrated its 80th anniversary.
Jerusalem: No Rival to Revival
This Friday, the 8th of Elul - if you are not struck by that date, please refer to Josephus' War of the Jews - or listen to this weeks broadcast! On this day the Romans vanquished the last Jewish resistance - which lasted for a month after the Second Temple's destruction.
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Siemens backs Arava Power for biggest solar PV project in Israel
German firm pays $15 million for a 40-percent stake of the only company in Israel to have a permit to develop photovoltaic plants.
Palestinian charged in murder of Jewish cabbie
An indictment was filed with the Petah Tikva District Court on Thursday against Ahmed Totaki Abu Hanini for the murder of 56-year-old Gregory Rabinowitz, a taxi driver from Ashdod found dead near Gan Yavne last May.
PM: Evacuees to get homes this year
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday promised Gaza evacuees that, within a year, they would have permanent housing solutions, as he visited two southern communities where some plan to resettle - Shomriya and Amatziya.
A Jewish obligation to live in Jerusalem
Recently, pressure has been applied by US President Barack Obama to prevent the construction of a Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.
Heart and Soul: War of the sages against the prophets
Palpable perplexity at Jewish secular-religious division may better be understood when rabbinical adherence to Orthodox tradition is seen as divorced from lessons which history teaches.
History is good at telling us about the Before and After. As to how we get from one to the other, not so much.
History is good at telling us about the Before and After. How we get from one to the other, not so much.
May murder of cabbie in south proves to be terror attack
Cleared for publication: Gregory Rabinowitz, 56, a taxi driver whose body was found in May near the community of Gan Yavne, east of Ashdod, was killed in a terror attack.
Jeannette Epstein, 93, of Burns St., New Bedford, died Saturday, July 4, 2009. She was the wife of the late Saul Epstein.
Messianic Jew's kashrut certificate revoked
A Messianic Jew who owns two bakery shops recently petitioned the Supreme Court against the Chief Rabbinate and two local rabbinates, which she claimed revoked her businesses' kashrut certificates because of her religious beliefs.
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New AORA 'Power Flower' CSP station now in full bloom
Yavne, Israel-based companya s new 100-kW hybrid solar thermal gas turbine flower plant makes concentrating solar power possible for the first time at a local level, claims company.
Israeli UAVs expected to steal the show at Paris expo
A hovercraft designed to evacuate wounded soldiers from an urban battlefield, an unmanned helicopter and a kamikaze drone will be unveiled to the public on Monday at Israel's official pavilion at the 48th Paris Air Show.
World's First Hybrid Solar Power Plant Opens in Israel
Concentrating Solar Power plants are an amazing, wonderful, renewable energy technology, as long as the sun is shining.
Palestinians facing humanitarian crisis in Occupied West Bank
OCCUPIED RAMALLAH: "I heard voices, I turned around to look, and saw a group of Israeli settlers assaulting my brother Hammad," says Abdallah Wahadin, 82, a Palestinian farmer from Beit Ummar near the southern Occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
Are learning & cheesecake enough?
The secular kibbutzim have it right. Since the earliest days, these kibbutzim have arranged to celebrate Shavuot with special ceremonies based on Torah laws.
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