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An ongoing study at the Rabin Medical Center demonstrates that radiation treatments can be easier, more efficient and tailored to each individual patient.
The musician wore a modest gown for her New Year’s Eve wedding, which drew celebrity guests like Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks.
Israel confirms its first H5N1 bird flu case of the 2025–26 season at a Jezreel Valley duck farm, culling the flock and tightening biosecurity to protect poultry and consumers.
Week 11 Player of the Week honor and dominant Jazz win strengthen his bid to become the first Israeli selected for next month’s All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
The BoI governor cited moderation in inflation, economic resilience and the strengthening of the shekel as catalysts for the move.
“So proud of our athletes and their remarkable achievements!” the Jewish state’s official X account wrote.
“I was looking for heroism and one ray of light,” Barry Avrich tells JNS, as the documentary goes on the Jewish and Israel film festival circuit.
The Israeli forward sits seventh in Western Conference fan voting with 606,299 votes, leading a breakout season for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Rabbi Josh Joseph, executive vice president and COO of the Orthodox Union, said that he “can’t imagine an American Jewish world without the impact and influence of Rabbi Julie Berman.”
Christine Todd Whitman, a former New Jersey governor, stated that Zimmer “was a friend and a principled elected official.”
The program will provide “young people from the Druze, Circassian, and Bedouin communities with an entry point into the technological world.”
Israeli authorities are hoping the move will attract additional foreign capital into the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
