In the burning Jerusalem early summer sun, friends, guests and representatives of KKL-JNF and JNF USA assembled in late June at the foot of the 9/11 memorial in Arazim Valley for a ceremony honoring the donor, Ed Blank, whose contribution made this site possible.
Ed Blank was very moved to see the completed commemorative site...
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9/11 memorial unveiled in Arazim Valley
3,350-year-old document found in Jerusalem
A tiny clay fragment – dating from the 14th century B.C.E. – that was found in excavations outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls contains the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem, say researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The find, believed to be part of a tablet from a royal archives, further testifies...
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8 feature films vie for prize at Jerusalem Film Festival
The 27th Jerusalem International Film Festival, which starts Thursday, will showcase an eclectic mix of feature, documentary, short, avant-garde and animated films at various locations around the city.
The festival will open at the Sultan's Pool with Roselyne Bosch's The Precipice, a film about the tragic Vel d'hiv roundup of July 16, 1942, the greatest...
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Operation frees patient from respirator after 9 years
A 22-year-old patient who has spent the past nine years attached to a respirator at Jerusalem’s Alyn Hospital started breathing on his own for the first time following a breakthrough surgery at Hadassah University Medical Center. “This is an important breakthrough that gives hope to spinal cord victims,” Dr. Be’eri said last week.
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EU may train Palestinian special forces deployed in east Jerusalem
The European Union has hired London-based Saladin Security to train an 80-man police force to be deployed in east Jerusalem, the Ynet news portal reported Tuesday.
Essentially operating as commandos, said the report, the Palestinians will be tasked with guarding EU facilities on the eastern side of the city.
But according to an EU statement, “The...
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Jerusalem hotel stays up 52%
Jerusalem hotel stays were up 52% in May – a positive sign for Israel’s hotel industry as it heads into the peak summer months – according to a report released last week by the Israel Hotel Association (IHA).
The report showed 335,000 hotel guests stayed in the capital last month, representing one-third of all hotel...
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Nobel Prize laureates to participate in Hebrew U. summer program
Three Nobel Prize laureates in economics – Prof. Kenneth Arrow, Prof. Eric Maskin and Prof. Roger Myerson – as well as Governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Stanley Fischer, will participate in the 21st summer school on political economy at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University this week.
The summer school,...
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Herod’s Gate rededicated after refurbishment
Herod’s Gate was rededicated today at a ceremony attended by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.
The gate and adjacent parts of the Old City wall were rehabilitated during the course of 2009 as part of the Jerusalem City Walls Conservation and Rehabilitation Project, which is funded by the Prime Minister’s Office, administered by the Jerusalem Development...
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Jerusalem and Rome go dark as Shalit enters fifth year of captivity
Tonight, at 8:05 local time, Mayor Nir Barkat will turn off the lights around the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem as a show of solidarity with Gilad Shalit. Friday marks four years since Iran-backed Hamas took Israeli-French soldier Gilad Shalit hostage.
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Spud power: Hebrew U. develops potato battery
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have introduced electric batteries based on treated potatoes. Developed by Yissum Research, the university's technology transfer arm, the simple, sustainable device can potentially provide an immediate inexpensive solution to electricity needs in parts of the world lacking electrical infrastructures.
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