Photo by YehoshuaYosef/Flash90. Joel and Ethan Coen at Tel aviv university after winning the Dan David Prize. American filmmakers, Joel and Ethan Coen were awarded the Dan David Prize worth $1 million at Tel Aviv University yesterday for their contribution …
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UK retail companies shop Israeli technology
UK’s largest retailers including Marks & Spencer, Tesco and John Lewis are now in Israel on a business and technology mission.
Israeli experiment aboard Endeavor
Today’s scheduled launch of the Endeavor space shuttle will not only mark the end of the era of NASA shuttle launches but will also close a circle for Israeli professor Dan Gazit of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Gazit’s experiment in …
2011 showing Israel as tourist hotspot
Over one million visitors arrived in Israel during January-April 2011 - four percent more than the same period last year. The new figures come in the wake of the Tourism Ministry’s announcement to intensify investments in Israel’s tourism industry. “The ministry initiated several …
TAU: Ultrasound instead of CT scan
Tests that use radiation are always less desirable than those that don’t. And so when it comes to diagnosing head and neck ailments, the use of CT and MRI scans – which use potentially dangerous amounts of radiation – can …
Tunick: Nudity is an explosion of life
Photo by Udo David Jansen American art photographer Spencer Tunick is fully aware of the brewing controversy surrounding his project at the Dead Sea. But the photographer known around the world for taking pictures of large groups of nude figures …
House stars tour Israel
Photo by Daphna Tal From left to right: Fox TV drama House actors Jesse Spencer, Amber Tamblyn and Omar Epp and the show’s creator and executive producer David Shore visiting Tel Aviv-Jaffa during a week-long visit to Israel. Four stars …
Bar Refaeli #6 on ‘Maxim’ Hot List
Photo by Flash90 Bar Refaeli during a fashion shoot at the Dead Sea. Israeli model Bar Refaeli has been declared sixth hottest woman in the world. The latest honor for the 25-year-old model comes from Maxim, the popular men’s magazine. …
Religions harmonize at peace festival
It’s May, and that means it is time for the annual Israel Culture of Peace Festival. The happening, set for May 25-28, puts the spotlight on collaboration and multicultural performances. The festival’s bill includes Jewish, Moslem and Christian traditional music, …
Israel at 63
As Israel celebrates its 63rd anniversary, the country’s population is nearing eight million residents. According to the country’s Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS), Israel’s population stands at 7.746 million people. That’s a two percent rise (150,000 people) compared to Independence …
Intel Israel to produce new Ivy Bridge processor
Intel Israel will produce the chip giant’s new Ivy Bridge processor, making it one of only two manufacturing factories worldwide to assemble the new technology. Intel recently spent $2.7 billion to upgrade the company’s Fab 28 in Kiryat Gat to …