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  • Israeli Scientists Develop Self-Disinfecting Face Mask

    By: Marcy Oster – Jewish Telegraphic Agency; jta.org JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli scientists have developed a self-disinfecting, reusable face mask as the demand for protective masks has risen dramatically since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The mask was developed at the Haifa-based Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering by a…

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  • Israel’s Mountain Gazelles Under Serious Threat, Urgent Action Needed — Study

    By: Sue Surkes – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com Research urges refraining from encouraging human population growth, calls for stopping urban sprawl into natural areas to save endangered species Mountain gazelles are under serious threat from urbanization, poaching, collisions with cars, predation by feral dogs as well as natural predators, and division of their habitats…

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  • Top Saudi Cleric: Jews, Muslims Need to Join Forces to Fight Antisemitism

    By: Jerusalem Post Staff – jpost.com “We in the Muslim World League are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with our Jewish brothers and sisters to build understanding, respect, love and inter-religious harmony,” the sheikh said. The Muslim World League, a Saudi Arabian government-funded NGO, is prepared to fight “shoulder-to-shoulder” with Jews from around the world to…

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  • In an Era of Global Uncertainty, Record Numbers of Jews Seek to Return ‘Home’

    By: Deborah Fineblum – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org Applications for aliyah in the spring of the coronavirus are breaking records, as Jews in the Diaspora see Israel as a safe haven. In a time of darkness, a time of pandemic, pandemonium and power struggles, a thin ray of light can be seen in the Jewish…

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  • There’s Going to be a New ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Movie

    By: Ben Sales – Jewish Telegraphic Agency; jta.org Wonder of wonders: “Fiddler on the Roof” is returning to the big screen. MGM will produce a remake of the iconic 1964 musical about the struggles and joys of Jewish life in the fictional Eastern European shtetl of Anatevka, according to Deadline. The new film will bring some…

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  • Iran Has Banned All Use of Israeli Tech. Really? That Would Set It Back 50 Years

    By: David Horovitz – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com New law bars cooperation with Zionists, including ‘hardware and software,’ as crime against God. So, no computers, internet, cellphones; healthcare ravaged; and no BMW for Khamenei Ahead of its annual al-Quds Day orgy of Israel-bashing on Friday, Iran’s parliament has unanimously passed legislation banning “any cooperation” with Israel…

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