Kosher News About Israeli Jews
Jan 28, 2008
It looks as if Google’s Jewish founder Sergey Bin will finally be seeing the holy land for himself (if he has not already). (Ynet News) Google co-founder Sergey Brin has accepted President Shimon Peres’ invitation to attend a conference he is organizing and is due to arrive in Israel this coming May, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday. Hundreds of...
Jan 28, 2008
“Water, water, everywhere,And all the boards did shrink;Water, water, everywhere,Nor any drop to drink.” ~The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(by Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Note: Video at the bottom. Image Credit Israel 21st Century. Despite the fact that water covers 70% of our planet, this vital liquid is a scarce resource due to our inability to...
Jan 28, 2008
It looks as if NASA officials will be visiting the holy land in order to honor Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut who tragically perished on board the Columbia Shuttle. (Ha’aretz) A delegation from NASA will arrive in Israel on Sunday for a six-day visit to participate in memorial ceremonies taking place for Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli...
Jan 28, 2008
(Image Credit: ElectronicKits.com) With hybrid cars already the rage in Israel, one would wonder why any company would pursue yet another “green machine,” especially since the government is already pushing for electric. But with hydrogen being one of the most abundant elements in the universe, any scientist would be out of their mind to completely...
Jan 27, 2008
Since I have not had enough time to post here this past week, I published the latest highlights about Israel over at Israpundit. Normal posting should resume on IsraGood later on this week (thanks mainly to Google Calendar) so hopefully I will be able to highlight even more great stories about the holy land. Also, if any readers would like to see their...
(Note: For some strange reason Israpundit seems to be down on my end. I’m publishing Kosher highlights here, and republish it on Israpundit when I can regain access to it.) Update: Israpundit is back up for me! You can visit the post over here. Perhaps I should consider publishing in a different browser (I may consider using Opera as Firefox eats up too...
Jan 18, 2008
(Image Credit: Google/Blogger) It looks as if the Google boys and girls at Blogger have finally embraced Hebrew–or more correctly making the site friendly towards Hebrew, whether it be template layout or coding. But instead of just making it an Israeli thing, they have also included the languages of some of Israel’s neighbors as well. (Blogger Buzz)...
Jan 18, 2008
After previously forming alliances with Walla!, it looks as if Yahoo! is deciding whether or not to buy out FoxyTunes, a company based in Israel. (TechCrunch) Rumors popped up here in Silicon Valley that Yahoo is in negotiations to buy Israel-based FoxyTunes. The Foxytunes core service is a Firefox plugin that allows users to control their favorite media...
Jan 17, 2008
(Image Credit: CheckLight) Water, water everywhere, but is it safe to drink? That is the question citizens often ask their respective governments, especially if their is a water contamination crisis. Unfortunately it seems that in order to verify if the H2O is “good to go,” one must spend some serious money, not to mention the lag time waiting for...
It looks as if Israel’s largest city after Jerusalem is going to be embracing a cleaner future by helping to promote the use of electric cars. (Globes Online) The Tel Aviv Municipality is joining Shai Agassi’s electric car venture, Project Better Place. Deputy Mayor Pe’er Wisner said today that municipality had undertaken to launch a pilot...
Jan 17, 2008
For those of you who frequently travel the world, you may want to consider adding another site to your list. TripTouch, a company based in Israel seeks to make it easier to travel to a foreign city (or discovering more of your own) by helping users plan out their trips, as well as discover friends along the way. (TripTouch) TripTouch is a website for...
Jan 17, 2008
It looks like one of Google’s biggest competitors will be entering Israeli cyberspace to challenge the search engine king on the holy land home front. But instead of challenging Google on its own strength, Yahoo! has decided to partner with Walla! in a bid to take on the digital Goliath. (Globes Online) Walla! CEO Ilan Yeshua told “Globes”,...
