History is happening in 'Israel Valley, The Technology Shield of Innovation' - book excerpt
'The geographical and academic proximity of hi-tech, venture capital, and young entrepreneurs underpins one of Israel’s recipes for success.'
History
When Jewish athletes dominated Polish sport: A lost legacy
This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali
82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest
A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin
“We knew he had a place. There’s a marker there with his name and date of birth on it,” Karl Crawford, superintendent of the Greenwood Cemetery, told the JTA. “But he was not there."
This week in Jewish history: Anne Frank’s first diary entry, Israel bombs Iraqi nuke reactor
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Handwritten 15th-century psalter by Brigittine nuns set for auction
The psalm collection was handwritten and decorated by the nuns of the Brigittine convent Mariënwater in the Netherlands.
This week in Jewish history: Shavuot, and the Six Day War
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Underwater drones uncover secrets of sunken USS F-1 in deep-sea expedition
WHOI's photogrammetric technologies transformed thousands of photographs into an accurate 3D model of the wreck.
On This Day: Operation Solomon’s record-breaking flight and humanitarian triumph
Ethiopian Jews who escaped remember being woken up by their parents in the middle of the night and being told to pack very few items.
