Archive for July 2020
A Challenge of Extremism
A challenge of extremism rears its ugly head in this week’s Torah reading as God rewarded Pinchas for the
Joining the Conversation
In the Spring of 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, Isaac Mayer Wise, the patriarch of Reform
Passions Reward
The beginning of this week’s portion deals with the bestowing of the honor of priesthood — the covenant of
Israeli Company Developing 75-Minute COVID-19 Test Kit
Scientists at work in laboratory. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. CTech – Rehovot-based AID Genomics is developing a coronavirus (Covid-19) test kit
Severe Bread Shortages Loom for Syria as Fresh US Sanctions Grip
A combine harvester harvests wheat in a field in Qamishli, Syria, June 2, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Rodi Said /
Israel Innovation Authority to Invest Almost $4 Million in Bio-Convergence R&D Programs
Participants at the DLD Tel Aviv Digital Conference, Israel’s largest international high-tech gathering, held at the Old Train Station complex
Iran’s Coronavirus Cases Exceed 250,000, Says Health Ministry
A woman wears a protective face mask as she walks next to an electronic currency board, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19)
US Withdrawal From WHO Over Claims of China Influence to Take Effect July 2021: UN
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Christopher Black / WHO / Handout via Reuters / File. The
Russia, China Veto UN Approval of Aid Deliveries to Syria From Turkey
Members of an internally-displaced Syrian family sit together outside a tent in the Atmah IDP camp, located near the border
Why Cairo Has Stayed (Mostly) Silent as Israel Considers Sovereignty
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery