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What comes to mind when you think of Israeli food? Falafel, shawarma, kabobs, pita and hummus usually top the list. However chicken schnitzel has become one of the most common foods in Israel, adapted from German wiener-schnitzel made with veal. Home-made schnitzel is the ultimate comfort food, but it is also very tasty at fast
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{image_1}The parchment looks fragile, and holes dot the page, but the letters are as clear as when they were written 1,500 years ago. A piece of a prayer that at one time was meticulously set onto papyrus by a scribe, this is one of more than 200 ancient biblical objects that fill a hall in the Bible Lands Museum in an exhibit titled “The Book of Books,” where visitors come face-to-face with almost 2,000 years of history.
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{image_1}Dozens of soldiers from the Paratroopers, Golani, Kfir, Givati and Nachal Brigades who are enrolled in the officer-training course were activated as support units during the weekend's storm [which dumped up to 60 cm (23.6 in) on the capital. Thousands were without electricity for up to four days].
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{image_1}“Hand in Hand” in Jerusalem is a bilingual school for Jewish and Arab students. The staff in each of the four schools in the network is equally balanced between Arab and Jewish principals and teachers. Every class is co-taught by teachers from both languages, and respect is the guiding principle.
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{image_1}An Israeli doctor’s revolutionary invention for treating a childhood eye condition won a prize for industry innovation at the fourth annual International 3D Society Awards. The award will undoubtedly raise worldwide interest in Amblyz Glasses, based on a patent owned by Dr. Omry Ben-Ezra, a family physician who was determined to find a more kid-friendly treatment for amblyopia—commonly known as “lazy eye,” a neural disorder affecting three to five percent of all children.
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{image_1}Anyone who’s gotten confused while trying to buy a product or do a financial transaction online—and that includes most of us—will be relieved to know that Israeli startup WalkMe is already marketing its user-friendly “Walk-Thru” instruction system.
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{image_1}Archaeologists Eric Cline, The George Washington University (USA), and Assaf Yasur-Landau, University of Haifa, have made an exciting discovery—an ancient wine cellar in the ruins of a Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri, near the modern town of Nahariya in northern Israel.
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{image_1}An Israeli designer has created a bomb-proof backpack that its designer says will protect all vital organs from the impact of an explosion with 19 layers of Kevlar fabric, the same material used in flak jackets. The British Daily Mail reported that designer Hila Raam is targeting the Israeli market, but the steep price (more than US $450) might be a deterrent. According to the report, in the event of an attack, the child must simply pull side straps and yellow strings from the hood to effectively create a personal bomb shelter.
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{image_1}A town near Strasbourg unveiled dozens of Judaica items hidden before the Holocaust and discovered during the renovation of a former synagogue. They had been hidden at what is now the new cultural center of Dambach-la-Ville, a town of 2,000 in eastern France.
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{image_1}Tel Aviv University (TAU)—Israel's largest and most comprehensive institution of higher learning—is home to over 30,000 students studying in nine faculties and over 125 schools and departments across the spectrum of sciences, humanities and the arts. During the upcoming academic year, TAU will be offering two online history courses within the framework of Coursera—an education company that partners with the top universities and organizations in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.
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