MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Your guide to Jewish life at MIT - academics, kosher dining, Hillel, Chabad, Israel activities, anti-Semitism and more!
MIT Expert Says Israel's Much-Vaunted Iron Dome Only 5% Effective
An MIT security expert says that Israel’s famed Iron Dome missile defense system is flawed, with a success rate of under five percent.
Jewish MIT Students Create $100 Bitcoin Giveaway Plan
Every undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology next fall will be offered $100 in bitcoins in an experiment spearheaded by two Jewish students.
Ranking 'Pantheon' of 6,000 Years of Jews
Some smart folks at MIT have ranked the world’s most famous people from the past 6 millennia. You need to see where the Jews stand — starting with Moses, Jesus and Albert Einstein.
Here's the Thing About Inequality: It Kills
I question whether America is more innovative now than it was in the 1950s and 1960s, when our safety net was stronger and unions were able to bargain for living wages.
Aaron Swartz's Father Blames Feds at Funeral
The heartbroken father of internet activist Aaron Swartz blamed the US government for his son’s suicide in an emotional eulogy at his funeral.
Printed Food May Make TV Dinners Obsolete
A few decades down the line, today’s youngsters will be telling their grandkids about an old-fashioned item called a microwave meal. If the research of an Israeli-born MIT doctoral student pans out, we’ll have no need for ready meals as we’ll have machines to freshly-assemble our food.
