Ido Efrati (Haaretz)
By Ido Efrati (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward As of Saturday, travelers no longer need COVID tests to enter Israel
A week after the Health Ministry scrapped coronavirus tests at Tel Aviv airport, it lifts other entry requirements
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Breaking News Israel To Warn Against Metzitzah Rite in Breakthrough Circumcision Pamphlet
The Health Ministry plans to issue a detailed pamphlet on the medical pros and cons of circumcision, after years of avoiding the issue. The pamphlet, to be given to all new parents, will advise against the oral suction method (“metzitzah b’peh”) used by some mohels (ritual circumcisers) to draw blood from the wound after the foreskin…
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Culture Investigating Yavneh’s Bustling Drug Scene — from 3,000 Years Ago
Before the central Israeli town of Yavneh became a residence for police officers and IDF officers, it featured a varied drug scene, including many different kinds of intoxicants and hallucinogens. Long before. These substances were used 3,000 years ago, during the Iron Age, and were an integral part of culture and ritual for the Philistines,…
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News Yasser Arafat’s Underwear Offers Few Clues About Palestinian Leader’s Death
Nine years after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and more than a year after Al Jazeera broadcast a report claiming he died of radiation exposure to polonium 210, the circumstances of Arafat’s death remain a mystery. Since February of last year, however, teams of Swiss toxicology experts have been seeking to solve the…
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Breaking News Nobel Chemistry Winner Arieh Warshal Left Israel Over Tenure Fears
Nobel Prize winner Arieh Warshel emigrated from Israel because he couldn’t get tenure at a prestigious institute — a potent illustration of the brain drain affecting science and research in the Jewish State. Warshel completed his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Technion Institute in Haifa in 1966. From there he went on to the Weizmann…
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