Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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Life Offbeat Israel: The National Sperm Count in Crisis
Israeli sperm is declining in quality. Fast. Research at Jerusalem’s Hadassah University Hospital found that the sperm-cell concentration among sperm donated in Israel declined by 40% between 2004 and 2008. In the last decade, the concentration of sperm among donors has declined from 106 million cells per cubic centimeter on average to an average of…
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Life Offbeat Israel: ‘Indiana Jones’ Plot Comes to Life
It sounds like the plot from an “Indiana Jones” movie: A 2,000-year-old Hebrew document was on the move and about to be sold on the black market when the plan was foiled. This drama came to a head in Israel on Tuesday. For several weeks police had been after two Palestinian men from the West…
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Life Offbeat Israel: Has Kiryat Gat Adopted the Iranian Flag?
If there was an Israeli “Obama Girl,” chances are that she would be approaching middle age. The American president may have been a big hit with young Americans, but in Israel, it’s apparently the young who are the most skeptical about him. Bar Ilan University, together with the Anti-Defamation League, have polled Israelis on their…
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Life Offbeat Israel: The Jewish State on Happy Pills?
Israelis may have a reputation for being grouchy; but, statistically speaking, Israelis — including Arab Israelis — are overwhelmingly in a good mood. Or so say pollsters from Tel Aviv University, who conduct monthly surveys to gauge public opinion. Among the Jewish respondents, 80% of people surveyed defined their personal mood as “very good” or…
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News Religious Zionists Challenge March of the Living’s Value
It looked like a sight certain to delight every Religious Zionist. Just after midday April 29, Israel Independence Day, 3,000 flag-waving Jewish youngsters, many of the boys wearing yarmulkes, marched to the Western Wall from central Jerusalem. The mood was especially jubilant because most of the youths had a newfound appreciation for Israeli statehood. They…
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News Israel Near Nixing UN Probe On Gaza Headed By Sympathetic Jewish Jurist
In the past, when Israel blocked United Nations inquiries into its actions, it could sometimes point to the pro-Palestinian sympathies of those doing the probing. That’s more difficult to do with Richard Goldstone, a South African jurist chosen by the U.N. Human Rights Council to lead its investigation into Israel’s recent conflict with Hamas in…
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Life Offbeat Israel: Swine Flu Renamed By Ultra-Orthodox Official
The rest of the world is in a panic about swine flu, but Israel isn’t. Here, it’s been renamed Mexican flu by the ultra-Orthodox deputy minister for health, because swine is not kosher. “We will call it Mexico flu. We won’t call it swine flu,” Yaakov Litzman, the deputy minister, told a news conference earlier…
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Life Offbeat Israel: Bull Sperm a Growing Industry in Israel
It’s the fantasy of many a meat-eater, and thanks to an Israeli company, it is about to become a reality — beef without all the calories. An Israeli agricultural company and a kibbutz have teamed up to develop cows which produce beef with just a 7% fat content, compared to the approximately 30% percent in…
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