A US judge on Monday ordered that Palestinian Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil not be deported for now as part of US President Donald Trump's crackdown on some anti-Israel protesters and set a court hearing in the case for Wednesday.Trump had said on Monday that the arrest of Khalil, who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University, will be followed by others."This is the first arrest of many to come. We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the…
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In the intricate tapestry of nature, few threads are as overlooked—yet vital—as insects. For Professor Michal Segoli of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, these tiny creatures are a lifelong fascination and the focus of her groundbreaking work. A nature enthusiast since childhood, Segoli’s journey into biology began with simple joys: chasing butterflies and marveling at beetles during family hikes. "I always liked insects, well, not only insects. I liked animals in general," she recalls fondly. "My family hiked a lot, and I was always fascinated by any animal we saw."Prof. Segoli's team during fieldwork. (Credit: Ofir Altstein) Despite well-meaning…
Israel has a festival for planting trees, which is called Tu Bishvat, which is also known as the New Year for trees. The term “Tu Bishvat: comes from the Jewish date, meaning the 15th of Shvat, which is the fifth month in the Jewish calendar. It is celebrated by planting trees and has also become a festival with ecological undertones, reminding Israelis and Jews everywhere to care for the environment. Schoolchildren go on tree-planting activities, and people from abroad are encouraged to make a donation for a tree to be planted in Israel in their name. This respect for trees and…
A newly discovered bacteriophage with the potential to save lives was named "KpRaz1" in tribute to a fallen soldier, the European Friends of the Hebrew University organization announced earlier this month.Sigal Vorzhev discovered the phage at the Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC) of the Hebrew University and Hadassah-University Medical Center under the guidance of Prof. Ronen Hazan and doctoral student Ortal Yerushalmy from the Dentistry Faculty. Vorzhev named the phage in honor of her late partner, IDF Maj. Gen. Raz Abulafia, who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip."Naming this phage after Raz is my way of honoring…
An international commission of medical experts proposed a major overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving beyond the traditional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI). The commission's recommendations, published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, advocate for a transformative shift that incorporates additional measurements to provide a more accurate assessment of obesity."The reality is more nuanced," said Professor Francesco Rubino, chair of the Commission on Clinical Obesity and a professor at King's College London, according to Tagesschau. He explained that considering obesity only as a risk factor can unjustly deny access to timely medical care among people…
By 1953 and the death of Russian leader Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev had experienced a remarkable rise from the industrial provinces of eastern Ukraine, through the Russian Civil War and the Communist Party, to leader of the Ukrainian Party, World War II, and finally into Stalin’s inner circle.The Soviet Union was plunged into a power struggle among Stalin’s inner circle following the demise of the man who had led the USSR for nearly three decades. Khrushchev, emerging as a key player in the post-Stalin era, led the way merely months after Stalin’s death with the ousting of Lavrentiy Beria,…
As the world stands at the cusp of remembering Franz Beckenbauer one year after his passing, football enthusiasts, fans, and admirers reflected on the impact of the man known as Der Kaiser. Beckenbauer's passing at the age of 78 in Salzburg, surrounded by his family, sent ripples throughout the global football community.At the 2024 Allianz Arena memorial service about 30,000 people gathered. Beckenbauer's number 5 jersey, iconic during his time at FC Bayern, will never again be worn by another player at the club. T-Online reported Bayern Munich President Herbert Hainer confirmed, "The number 5 remains reserved for a unique…
It never fails to surprise when some community or other, of a particular cultural-ethnic hue, struggles to find its place in the fabric of Israeli society. After all, isn’t this country the quintessential melting pot? Isn’t almost every Israeli a mongrel cocktail of roots? Other than the “samech-tettim” – an acronym for sefaradi tahor (pure Sephardic) which indicates a personal timeline that takes in expulsion from Spain in the wake of the Inquisition and, hence, their centuries-long residence in this part of the world – we are all from somewhere else, probably within the last two or three generations. So,…
France on Tuesday commemorated the victims of the deadly assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine 10 years ago that began a spate of Islamist terrorist attacks on the country and stoked a debate on press freedoms that still rages today.Two masked al Qaeda-linked gunmen with assault rifles stormed what were then the offices of Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people. The attackers sought to avenge the Prophet Mohammad nearly a decade after the atheist and frequently provocative weekly published cartoons mocking the Prophet.The killings spurred an outpouring of national sympathy expressed in the slogan "Je Suis Charlie" (I…
Kfir. Hersh. Na’ama. Avigail. Noa. Ariel. Shani. Aner.A year ago, most of us didn’t know any of these names. Now they, and many others, are our family. We mourn their loss, wake up in the middle of the night worrying about them, and, in the best moments, rejoice at their rescue or release.They are among the approximately 1,200 who were murdered and the 240 taken captive by Hamas on Oct. 7. One year ago, the world changed – for those of us in Israel and for people around the world. It was the day more Jews were murdered than…