Except that humans are destroying it
| 4:00 PM Aug 26, 2009
Officials at Israel’s Ministry of Tourism are wasting no time now that the Dead Sea has been chosen as a finalist in an online contest to name seven new wonders of the natural world, to be announced in 2011. “We are very happy,” said Gura Berger, the ministry’s coordinator of efforts on behalf of the ...
Huckabee in Jerusalem, wonders of the world, and more
| 5:01 PM Jul 21, 2009
• A new study found that West Bank settlements receive a disproportionately high amount of government subsidies, and that their population grows at three times the rate of Israel proper’s. [Reuters]
• Former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will reportedly broadcast his weekly Fox News show Huckabee with Mike Huckabee from an Israeli ...
The wondrous Dead Sea, more from Roya, and love for the Body
| 4:01 PM Jul 10, 2009
• Cleverly named they’re not, but there are at least 18 still-operating Jewish-run business in Atlantic City that are over 50 years old, including Nathan Levin Furs, Mel’s Furniture, and Fischer Shoes. [Jewish Times of South Jersey]
• Israelis and Palestinians have managed to agree on something: supporting the Dead Sea as a candidate for the ...
Is pumping water into the Dead Sea saving or destroying it?
| 7:00 AM Jul 2, 2009
Five years ago, Israeli geologist Eli Raz fell into a Dead Sea sinkhole, a crater in the earth caused by topsoil or bedrock erosion. As he waited for a rescue team to arrive—which ultimately took 14 hours—Raz, who lives at Kibbutz Ein Gedi and works for the Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, kept a diary a of the ordeal on a roll of toilet paper he had with him. Not surprisingly, his experience inspired him to join the ranks of scientists and politicians actively concerned about a previously unconsidered reality: the Dead Sea is shrinking.
Chicago lawyer Alan Solow is the putative spokesman for American Jewry, but does he have what it takes to manage the community's increasingly complex relationship with the Obama Administration?
George Friedman built a private, subscription-based CIA. But is his intel any good?
Photos of the Jewish-themed Mardi Gras groups, the Krewe du Jieux and the Krewe du Mishigas
The Quranic argument for Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel
Evangelical Christians have emerged as Israel’s staunchest allies—even as some American Jews are made uneasy by the show of support
A new book offers a history of Jewish terrorism in Israel from the Maccabees to the present
At this spring’s World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, Israel will show off its burgeoning bilateral relationship with the host country
How Mirra Alfassa went from being a French bohemian to an Indian goddess
How the Mossad assassinated my tropical vacation
