Ruth Schuster
By Ruth Schuster
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Fast Forward 12,000-year-old flutes found in Israel may be earliest bird-call whistles in the world
Israeli archaeologists find seven tiny whistles made of bone that emit sounds like calls of predatory birds at prehistoric swamp site in the Hula Valley
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News Scientists predict 600% increase in deadly heat waves in Israel by 2100
Extreme weather lasting all summer is projected to drive an 11-fold leap in mortality rates by the end of the century
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Fast Forward Archaeologists discover rare 1600-year-old gold bead in Jerusalem
Discovered in a Late Roman building in the ‘City of David,’ the bead is one of few gold jewels ever found in the area, archaeologists say
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Fast Forward Israeli archaeologists find first whole sentence written in Canaanite. On a lice comb
The earliest sentence found in Israel petitions the gods, but not to rain down good fortune or extirpate the foe
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Fast Forward Jews? Pagans? 2,100-year-old discovery in the Galilee reveals huge mystery
We don’t know who lived there, but the inhabitants in this farm in northern Israel seem to have grabbed their essentials and fled, leaving their home and farming gear unusually intact.
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News Ashkenazi Jews Descend From 350 People, Scientists Say
(Haaretz) — There may be no such thing as a Jewish gene, but communities can definitely have defining characteristics, and one such community is Jews with roots in central and eastern Europe. A model based on the genetic sequencing of 128 Ashkenazi Jews concludes that today’s Ashkenazim descend from the fusion of European and Middle-Eastern Jews…
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Israel News Is Fido Suffering From Gaza War, Too?
(Haaretz) — It’s a lazy afternoon. It’s hot and the family’s hanging out. Suddenly a rocket siren shatters the peace. Everybody, including the family’s five dogs, heads promptly but calmly to the reinforced “safe room.” Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, as the siren wails, D.’s dog pees on the floor in terror. Jasmine’s three cats twitch an…
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News Mango the Bear Makes ‘Meteoric’ Recovery After Groundbreaking Surgery
(Haaretz) — Six days after globally pioneering surgery to correct his slipped disc, the giant Syrian bear is moving his legs beautifully, says Sagit Horowitz, spokeswoman for the Ramat Gan Zoological Park. “He changes position from side to side all the time, which means he can,” says Horowitz of the quarter-ton quadruped, who was the…
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