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We did not leave Egypt

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The story of the Exodus includes within it a collection of unrelated folk stories, various authors have added more legends to the core, the story itself, which is of priestly origin, contradicts large parts of the Bible that indicate a Canaanite origin
Social hierarchy in mice. The image was produced using DALEE and should not be considered a scientific image

The race to the top of the wild mouse

Research in field mice under conditions simulating a natural environment reveals the different strategies used by females and males in creating social hierarchies
Egyptian scholars in the Ptolemaic period who wrote the story of the Exodus so that the Egyptians would come out good and the Jews bad. The image was produced using DALEE and should not be considered a scientific image

The place and time in which anti-Semitism was born and the connection to the Exodus * An interview with a researcher who published an article about it

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Egyptian writers who lived in the third century BCE claimed that the Jews carried diseases and harmed Egypt and that in general they were the bad guys when they came to rewrite the story of the Exodus from Egypt, perhaps without intending to, they created anti-Semitic arguments that would be based on all disturbances against the Jews
Using artificial intelligence to decipher ancient texts. The image was prepared by DALEE and is for illustrative purposes only and should not be considered a scientific image

Artificial intelligence will restore ancient Jewish texts

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Students in the fourth year of the Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev decided to produce an up-to-date answer to the ancient writings and under the guidance of Prof. Mark Lest, developed an artificial intelligence system that completes the missing sections in the ancient texts
Prof. Nathan Rosen. Courtesy of the historical archive of the Technion by Yehoshua Nasiyo

Research Prof. Natan Rosen, 1995-1909

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Founder of the Faculty of Physics at the Technion, co-author of the historical article EPR with Albert Einstein and Boris Podolsky
Children's theater. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Research on the stage

Theater researchers examined the reception of the Haifa International Festival for Children's Plays
Throwing food in the trash. Illustration: depositphotos.com

thrown in the trash

On the religious and cultural factors that lead to food waste in households
March 3, 2024, a demonstration against anti-Semitism on the main street of San Francisco. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Innovation competition to fight anti-Semitism

Am; Lek: You should read this record. It may win you a lot of money (up to 30,000 dollars), and along the way also help humanity in general, and Israel and the Jews in particular.
Examples of historical visual sources from the end of the Ottoman period and the beginning of the British Mandate period that were used during the research.

The development of the inhabited cities in Israel at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th - the data phase

Researchers analyzed historical visual sources, such as maps, paintings and aerial photographs of Jerusalem and Haifa, to examine their urban development
The site of Ovadia near the Sea of ​​Galilee, a million and a half years ago. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Once there was a paradise here with giraffes, tigers, hippos and elephants

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The world-important prehistoric site, the Ovadia National Park in Emek Hirdam, which is the oldest in Israel (about 1.6 million years ago) and one of the oldest in the world outside the African continent, was inaugurated. * There was a meeting between animals from Africa and Europe
A view of a planet in a multi-sun system. A dialogue between science fiction and science. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

Double suns and alien worlds: the science fiction journey from Tatooine to reality

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Scientists used Bayesian network analysis to study how scientific discoveries influence science fiction literature
A harp player from the time of the Bible. Credit: The Science website, via DALEE. The image is for illustration only and should not be considered a scientific image

Ancient Jews Music 29: harp and violin: the musical instruments and an examination of their development

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In this chapter we will review the development of stringed instruments
dispute resolution. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

Intractable conflict - is there such a thing?

Disputes and conflicts that seem insoluble are not strangers to us, certainly in a challenging time like the one we are experiencing during the Iron Swords War. But is there still a way that will allow us to see the light at the end of the tunnel?
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The mystery of the prehistoric quarrying sites has been solved: the connection between man, the elephant and the source of water

Why did the ancient man return again and again, over hundreds of thousands of years, to the same quarry sites? It turns out that the secret lies in the migration routes of the elephants
Queen Esther at the city gate. Painting by Sandro Botticelli

Esther: the story of a queen

A study examines the attitude towards Queen Esther in art, religion, literature and plays in the 16th-15th century in Italy
A cave of concealment during the Bar Kochva rebellion that was discovered in Hukok near the Sea of ​​Galilee. Photo: Emil Eljam, Israel Antiquities Authority.

An impressive underground hiding system from the days of the Bar Kochba revolt has been uncovered near the Sea of ​​Galilee

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A ring discovered in a cave in Khokuk that was used by Bar Kochba soldiers to hide from the Romans. Photo: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
A close-up of the astrolabe of Verona shows an inscription in Hebrew (top left) above Arabic inscriptions. Credit: Federica Gigante

"Incredibly rare" ancient astrolabe discovered in Italy reveals Islamic-Jewish scientific exchanges

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A scientist has discovered a unique Islamic astrolabe from the eleventh century in Verona, Italy, which includes inscriptions in Arabic and Hebrew. This find illustrates the rich scientific collaboration between Muslim, Jewish and Christian cultures in the Middle Ages, and presents the astrolabe as a symbol of intercultural exchange of knowledge
An LGBT couple with children. Illustration: depositphotos.com

LGBT people are less likely to have children because of the stigma

Research has confirmed that lesbians, gays and bisexuals are less likely to have children than heterosexuals, mainly due to their expectation of social stigma regarding their parenting
"I'm not a cat" A lawyer from Texas got into trouble with the filter during a Zoom trial. Screenshot

Digital trial

On the medium's influence (physical or online), on the effectiveness, accessibility and fairness of legal proceedings between landlords and tenants in the USA, during the Corona period
The deciphered parts from the scroll. Originally from the Vesuvius project

The wonderful story behind reading burnt scrolls

The box as shown in the archeology section of the Israel Museum. Photo: Zohar Shemesh, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

An enigmatic and rare stone box from the Second Temple period, which was discovered in the excavations of the Antiquities Authority in the City of David, is on display to the public for the first time at the Israel Museum

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An orchestra from the Second Temple period. The image was prepared using the artificial intelligence software DALEE 2 and should not be considered a historical image.

Am Yisrael sings 28 - the musical instruments in their historical development

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In this chapter, regarding its various sections, I would like to highlight the following points: distinction between the musical instruments in the Bible and those of the period under discussion and the various consequences thereof; the extent of the influence of Greekness and Hellenism on musical instruments; Were there original Jewish musical instruments? Character of Jewish music.
social functioning. Illustration: depositphotos.com

ERC grant for research that will lead to the improvement of group functioning

The European Union grants 2 million euros to Prof. Ilanit Gordon from the Department of Psychology and the Multidisciplinary Center for Brain Research at Bar-Ilan University, for her research that deals with brain, physical and behavioral synchronization during group dynamics
the scarab Photo by Anastasia Shapiro, Israel Antiquities Authority

A hiker discovered an ancient and rare Assyrian seal amulet in the Nahal Tabor Nature Reserve in the Lower Galilee

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The amulet may testify to the presence of an Assyrian (or perhaps Babylonian) official in the place almost 2,800 years ago * The rare find was transferred to the state treasures and the traveler received a certificate of appreciation from the Antiquities Authority
EU budget.

The Horizon Europe budget will be cut by 2.1 billion euros. 1.5 billion will be added to the security research

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Heads of state meeting in Brussels approved the changes on February 1 after Germany rejected the Commission's proposal to add 100 billion euros to the EU's multi-annual budget. The deal unleashes a 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine
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