Kicking off next Friday in Tokyo despite a recent COVID outbreak is the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Israel is going for the gold. With the largest team ever of 89 Israelis making it to the prestigious competition, the prospects have never been higher. Israel’s only gold medal to date was won in Athens 2004 in…
Despite the summer sunlight, the Jewish calendar points to darkness and destruction. Leading up to the saddest day of the year are The Three Weeks; a period of mourning that culminates on Tisha B’Av, and then extends into the emotional contradiction of Tu B’Av. Today it is celebrated like the Western tradition of Valentine’s Day,…
Over one year ago, the High Court ruled the Surrogacy Law in Israel unconstitutional, admitting that the language was flawed. It ordered that the government change it within the year, yet after a number of deadline extensions, the government finally handed the responsibility back to the High Court itself. Finally, the fruits of a longtime…
With a $70 million donation secured, the SpaceIL team is set for round two of its moon landing mission. While its first attempt with the Beresheet spacecraft in 2019 was considered a failure due to a last-minute technical breakdown, its next version has the same aim with a slightly different path. Still set to be…
A decade after the 2011 social protests, largely surrounding exorbitant rental and food costs, some effects can still be felt – some better, some worse. In what can be considered good news, the OECD shows that Israel’s food prices have only increased by 1.8% over the last ten years, which is comparatively low to the…