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Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:51:36 GMT
Gov't agent impersonating a 14-year-old brings down 10 sexual offenders
The agent, impersonating an underage teenager, joined various apps where these sexual exchanges take place freely.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:50:14 GMT
Purim: Disabled children get custom costumes to incorporate wheelchairs
"A wheelchair can become a construction worker’s dump truck or Batman’s batmobile."

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:41:48 GMT
CEO demands imported blueberries treated with methyl bromide be labeled
According to Shlomi Fogel, the use of methyl bromide is forbidden in the country, and Israeli-grown blueberries are not treated with it.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:57:14 GMT
OurCrowd: Tech hiring in Israel up 400% in last six months
Each day during the fourth quarter of 2020, OurCrowd companies posted an average of 14 job openings.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 03:45:08 GMT
Buff American-Israel bubbe breaks the Internet after gym interview
“Oh! That is disgusting — look at what a body I have,” she said, but Reshef told her he thought she was doing great, praising her “potential.”

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 03:44:28 GMT
Shalva launches line of mishloah manot created by disabled people
The mishloah manot include wine created by a blind, deaf and handicapped man.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 03:11:36 GMT
Joshua’s forgotten biblical altar is now at the heart of a land battle
Israel must find a way to protect and preserve the area as an archaeological park.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:09:29 GMT
Shaare Zedek, Bezalel partner on solutions to coronavirus challenges
As part of the partnership, medical teams and designers will work together and create joint projects.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:28:30 GMT
Hundreds of Israelis stuck in Russia, Ukraine, UK due to airport closure
Currently, the only regular flights to Israel fly from Frankfurt or New York, after the government shut down all commercial flights into Israel on January 25.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:16:39 GMT
Coronavirus in Israel: Movie theaters struggle to reopen
Government-subsidized culture institutions have received aid packages, while movie theaters have not.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:57:07 GMT
Netanyahu trial: Witness testimony to kick off after elections
Netanyahu’s legal defense team was able to get the trial postponed, claiming that it would be an unfair influence on the elections.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:19:23 GMT
Claims Conference, Hatzalah to vaccinate house-bound Holocaust survivors
Those making use of the service will be taken from their homes to the centers and back home again once they have been vaccinated.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:14:39 GMT
Israel investigates tar spill calamity, places inquiry under gag order
The decision to censor the details was described by Israeli media as "irregular."

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:11:24 GMT
Should Israeli woman who crossed into Syria be indicted?
Israeli law prohibits citizens from traveling to enemy states and prohibits citizens of enemy states to cross into Israel, among other things.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:00:48 GMT
IDF Chief of Staff Award goes to 9th Armored Battalion 'of the people'
9th Armored Battalion receives Chief of Staff Award.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:23:43 GMT
Boaz Moldawsky elected president of Israeli Diamond Exchange
The 54-year-old will replace Yoram Dvash, who has served as president of the Diamond Exchange for the past five years.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:14:38 GMT
Sophia Loren honored by Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School
Loren: “I never finished high school. I didn’t attend university. I never studied acting. Life had different plans for me. But I wish I had done all three.”

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:05:15 GMT
Museum of the Jewish People launches historic rebirth
Spanning over a decade of planning and execution, the re-envisioned role of the museum uses innovative film and interactive technologies to tell the story of the Jewish people across four wings.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:35:33 GMT
Wix becomes Israel's most valuable publicly-traded company
CEO: "My goal and belief is that at this rate of growth, in the next 5-7 years, 50% of anything new built on the Internet will be done on Wix."

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:07:11 GMT
Israel's Defense Ministry signs contract to buy 2 new tankers from Boeing
The Boeing KC-46a aerial refueling tankers are intended to replace Israel’s aging Re’em fleet, converted Boeing 707s.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:01:50 GMT
Bank of Israel keeps interest rate at 0.1% for 11th straight month
The decision is in line with the trend of other central banks around the world

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:00:09 GMT
Kotel stones get inoculated? Antiquities Authority prepares for Passover
Among routine restoration works, limestone-based grout is injected into fissures to repair cracks.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:54:58 GMT
Government recognizes suffering of Yemenite families, compensation given
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this case “among the most painful in the history of the state of Israel."

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:02:55 GMT
Reuven Rivlin, broadcaster Didi Harari share grief over losing wives
Two men, so different in age and in background, but united in personal grief.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:56:42 GMT
Israeli Silicon Valley entrepreneur donates $25m. to BGU
The gift will be used for the new Guzik Cultural Center, a multi-use complex on the north campus of the university.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:40:00 GMT
Queen Esther, powerful Jewish women highlighted in new Purim song - WATCH
Titled "Girls Like You - Purim Parody," the song released by a capella group Rabotai is a parody of "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:50:12 GMT
Buy one, get jabbed free: IKEA, Big offer vaccines to shoppers
Through Tuesday, February 23, Furniture giant IKEA has set up vaccination stations in its stores around Israel, with shots available to members of all of Israel's health funds.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:11:06 GMT
Jerusalem youth establish situation room to face COVID-19 challenges
The youth even worked outside of Jerusalem, contacting Jewish youth from abroad who faced antisemitism, advising them and supporting each other.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:25:24 GMT
Mid-15th century Esther scroll from Spanish Empire finds a home in Israel
The gifted Iberian Esther scroll is one of the oldest surviving renditions of the biblical tale of Esther taking up her noble destiny to save the Jewish people from the evil Haman.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:23:11 GMT
JCT to offer new courses in nursing, pharmacy amid coronavirus
The new majors will be focused on training practitioners to assist with the influx of intensive care patients, and pharmacists to address Israel's shortage at the moment.



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