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Life Hip Hopping Mad in the Holy Land: Sagol 59
In “The Land of No Hop” the rapper Sagol 59 (Khen Rotem) lays out evidence to justify his belief that despite a number of successful Israeli hip hop groups, the genre has not yet been born in Israel. His reasons range from the fact that the most popular radio station is owned by the government…
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Life Palestinian Hotels Get a Boost
Is a tourism boon taking hold in Palestinian hotels? According to new numbers from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it would seem so. More people are booking, and when they do, they are staying for longer, the figures show. Some 135,939 guests stayed in Palestinian hotels during the third quarter of 2009. This figure…
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Life Offbeat Israel: The Promised Land for Antlions?
Are national characteristics catching on? Do you ever find yourself being a little bit less polite when you visit Israel? A new study by the University of Haifa suggests that even rodents seem to act one way in Israel and another way elsewhere. Here is the mystery that researchers set out to solve. The boundary…
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Life Jeopardy Does Jews’ Clues in the Holy Land
I’ll take Israel for $2,000, Alex. That’s what contestants on “Jeopardy!” were saying November 23, when the famous quiz show included a Double Jeopardy category titled “A Journey Through Israel.” Host Alex Trebek and his team, the Clue Crew, traveled to the Holy Land in early September, the show’s first time there, to tape the…
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Life Offbeat Israel: A College Reference Contingent on Joining the IDF
Want a reference from your teacher? Then enlist in the army. There’s deep concern in the IDF about draft dodging, with the figure of army-age males avoiding compulsory military service nearing a third. Of recent, there have been several unusual moves to stem the trend. One was an advertising campaign harnessing the power of sex…
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Life Israeli Scientist (and Grandmother) Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Take that, Larry Summers. Israeli scientist (and grandmother!) Ada Yonath, 70, became the first woman since 1964 to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry — and the first Israeli woman ever to do so. According to Nobel Prize selection board, Yonath, together with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan of the U.K. and Thomas Steitz of the U.S., received…
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Life Poll: Israeli Ill Will Toward Germany Is Dissipating
Is bad will towards Germany vanishing from Israeli society? Once, it was common to hear people say they refuse to buy German goods. A new Hebrew University poll reveals that today only 6% of Israeli citizens today do so. In fact, Israelis are pretty engaged with German culture. A third of respondents said they had…
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Life Israelis Believe Their Country Has Become Safer
One of the most interesting phenomena regarding Israel’s security situation is how differently Israelis perceive it than many who live abroad. A year ago, this writer was sent by a British newspaper to cover the Paul McCartney concert in Tel Aviv. The commissioning editor was not interested in the music or the performance. He just…
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