Jun 26, 2007

It looks like the search engine giant can safely hold onto its crown as the largest internet company in the holy land. After reporting unprecedented earnings for the first quarter, it looks as if Israel has officially become Google territory, at least as far as advertising goes. (Globes Online) The sources add that in the first half of 2007, Google...

It looks as if a university in southern Israel has won the Green Campus Award, which is a prestigious honor given that the school was competing against 60 other universities around the nation. Regardless of politics, everyone can agree that preserving our environment is an important priority for the human race, and it looks as if the Sami Shamoon Collage of...

Jun 26, 2007

(Image Credit: Israel 21st Century) When it comes to diabetes, patients afflicted usually have two options in order to maintain their insulin at healthy levels. They can either choose to stick to a specific diet, or (painfully) opt for needles. But now it seems as if a Jewish scientist may make it possible for those suffering from diabetes to simply treat the...

Jun 26, 2007

There seems to be a unique foundation whose sole purpose is to help improve the economic ties between the land of opportunity and the holy land. Both the Israeli government as well as their American friends may be thinking about doubling the financial support for this group, which can only benefit both economies. (Globes Online) “Doubling the BIRD...

While the world debates how to intervene in the situation in Darfur, it looks as if Muslim refugees have found an unusual sanctuary in an unlikely nation–Israel. (Baltimore Sun) Five years after he fled his Darfur village, and after jail spells in three countries, Ibrahim has found refuge in an unlikely place: a kibbutz in Israel. The young Muslim is one...

Jun 19, 2007

(Image: Aaron Pribble spinning a baseball, Credit: IJ photo/Alan Dep, via Marin Independent Journal) If you have never heard of Aaron Pribble before, that is because he has never played for the MBL (although he has pitched for independent teams before in the US and France). But it looks like Pribble will be getting a chance to make history by playing for the...

It looks as if more of our future world leaders will have some much needed exposure to a tool most westerners already take for granted. (Israel National News) 70 Jerusalem children received a free computer this week as part of the “A Computer for Every Child” project. The children, in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, first finished a 60-hour...

While Israeli companies are out there “strutting their stuff” to the world, Globes is reporting that these corporate firms could generate an enormous amount of cash from contracts–$800 million to be exact. (Globes Online) 11 Israeli companies from the defense and security sectors will be exhibiting in the Israeli pavilion at the 2007 Paris Air...

Jun 11, 2007

(Image Credit: The Franklin Institute) It looks like researchers have developed a new way to fight brain cancer without having patients go “under the knife.” If proven successful, this Israeli invention may revolutionize how doctors treat this deadly disease. (Israel 21st Century) An Israeli-developed treatment that specifically targets rapidly...

Jun 11, 2007

It looks as if the search engine giant is opening even more offices in Tel Aviv. Google, which is currently the top Israeli site seems to be expanding its presence even further in Israel in their attempt to take over the world. (Globes Online) Google Israel today dedicated its new offices on the 26th floor of the Levinstein Building in Tel Aviv. The offices will...

Jun 11, 2007

(Image Credit: FPA Journal) It looks like a new invention by Moshe Einat may enable newspapers in the future to print customized papers for users–not to mention make it easier to print books on demand. (Israel 21st Century) Imagine a bookstore that prints your purchases while you settle the bill or a personalized newspaper that contains only the news you...

This is good news indeed for the Jewish nation! Having lived in New England before, I can attest that Israel will be receiving some of the most brightest (and creative) minds the US has ever known. (Ynet News) Some 180 American Jews who are about to move to Israel will attend a farewell reception, the Boston Jewish advocate reported last week. “The surge...