He was Minister of Science and Development in the 1980s and early 1990s. Born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era, he graduated from high school at the age of 15 and studied mechanical engineering at the Technion. President of Tel Aviv University from 1971 to 1977. Received the Israel Prize in the field of … Read more
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2022 Erasmus Prize to Israeli writer David Grossman. The theme for this year’s prize was: “Fixing a Torn World”. “No one embodies this theme better than David Grossman,” the foundation said in a statement. “In his work, he seeks to understand people from the inside and to consider … Read more
Israeli film students won the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award on Friday at the annual Yugo BAFTA Awards for 2022, in the “Student Films” category for their film “Girl No. 60427.” The short film, directed by students Shulamit Lifshitz and Oriel Berkovits of the Maaleh School of Television, Film & the … Read more
By avoiding the injection of an egg cell with sperm, geneticists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have made a breakthrough: create synthetic mouse embryos with hearts and brains that beat outside the womb using stem cells extracted from the skin and grown in a dish. “The embryo is the best machine for manufacturing organs … Read more
SURPRISE! For all those who continue with the post-Eurovision depression, Israel has managed to get hold of the perfect antidote. The country has achieved that eurofans already have in their heads the next edition of this prestigious festival. In the absence of 10 months for the contest to be held, Israel has already announced the … Read more
NEW YORK: A record for Degas, another for a bronze by Picasso, but also a dinosaur skeleton which inspired Jurassic Park, sold for 12 million dollars: auctions at Christie’s in New York on Thursday evening confirmed the appetite of collectors in all fields. Baptized the Raptor, the skeleton of a Deinonychus antirrhopus, made up of … Read more
The jury of the Côte d’Azur festival, chaired by the creator of “Drôle” Fanny Herrero, rewarded a daring high school series with political overtones. A week after the closing of its big sister Series Mania in Lille (an edition which rewarded the exploration of the first years of NTM, The world of tomorrow, at the … Read more
The first program to compete in Canneséries season 5, The Lesson proves the great mastery of its creator, who made an impression from her first attempt. Powerful and visceral, The Lesson gnaws to the bone, until you’re left with nothing but 1000 questions to ask yourself. Canneseries season 5 kicked off on Friday March 1, … Read more
JTA – No Israeli filmmaker has had the chance to be shortlisted for the 2022 Oscars. The official Israeli submission for this year’s Oscar for Best International Feature, ‘Let It Be Morning’, was not among the 15 shortlisted films in this category, although it was directed by a recognized director ( Eran Kolirin, from “The … Read more