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“Many ideas that are only now being validated by psychological research are already embedded in Jewish thought and tradition,” Tal Ben-Shahar, a professor of positive psychology, told JNS.
The FIFA president said banning the Jewish state from world soccer would be “a defeat” and urged the sport to keep countries engaged rather than excluded.
After two years of playing in other countries due to war, the International Tennis Federation has allowed Israel to host again.
International scientists led by the Weizmann Institute of Science have conducted an analysis based on measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
Integrating smart autonomous systems on roads is another step toward reducing accidents, Transport Minister Miri Regev said.
“Leading the Portland Trail Blazers as one of the NBA’s rising stars, Deni continues to make history,” the Israeli ambassador to the United States said.
The Jerusalem-based, Australian-born writer tells JNS that Oct. 7 reinforced the urgency of reclaiming Mizrahi memory, resilience and hope.
Despite a petition to boycott Israeli films, Moshe Rosenthal’s “Tell Me Everything” became the Jewish state’s first official entry in nearly 10 years.
Israel’s outlook has been deemed negative since 2024.
“We were able to read certain sources against the grain to extract women’s voices or women’s experiences,” Debra Kaplan, coauthor of the new book “A Woman Is Responsible for Everything,” told JNS.
Q.ai technology uses “facial skin micro-movements” to enable communication without talking.
“The hardest part about being an Orthodox athlete is finding protein,” A.J. Edelman told JNS, but he feels that his Jewish identity gives him a purpose.
