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Israel Opens for Vaccinated Tourists

in Tourism & Nature

As of November 1, tourists who are vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 will be able to enter Israel for the first time since April 2020. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitsan Horowitz made the announcement last Thursday, as the country’s numbers continue to decline from the most recent wave of coronavirus. For Israeli…

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Israel Initiates Two Missions to Aid Afghans

in Life, Culture & Sports

After weeks of negotiations within a covert operation, Israeli activists and Jewish organizations have managed to evacuate about 170 Afghans to support their escape from the recent Taliban takeover.   In two separate missions, 42 women and children were evacuated to the United Arab Emirates, followed by 125 people who were evacuated to Albania. IsraAID, a…

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American-Israeli Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

in Economy & Innovation

Last Monday saw The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences from the Nobel Institute granted to Israeli-American professor and economist Joshua Angrist, alongside two others Guido Imbens and David Card. The trio was awarded the esteemed prize for pioneering the use of “natural experiments” or real-life situations, to understand the causal relationship between economic policy and…

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Jerusalem Park Named Top 8 for Climate Protection

in Tourism & Nature

Three months ago, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, set a global standard focusing on nature-based solutions to manage ecological crises and climate change. The mission is to use nature to mitigate the effects of climate change and create natural solutions to flooding, extreme heat, or endangerment of wildlife.  In perusing…

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Israel Museum Ranked 17th Largest in World

in Life, Culture & Sports

The Israel Museum was ranked the 17th largest in the world based on a recent Newsweek publication. The museum, which has been open since 1965, sits in Jerusalem and houses archaeology, contemporary works, fine art, and Jewish ritual pieces sit in a 199,000 square foot gallery. The museum holds approximately 500,000 objects, though not all…

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