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A Bible the Size of a Sugar Granule

You’ve never seen the Bible like this before. That is, if you can see it at all. For the 50th anniversary of the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the museum has launched an exhibition on the “Nano Bible” which was created by Israeli scientists at the Technion. The world’s […]

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Before Nepal, Israeli Surrogacy Turned to India

The True Story of How Gay Israeli Men Make Babies

Before the Nepalese earthquake shed light on the surprisingly intimate connections between gay Israeli men and the Nepalese women carrying their babies, Israel’s South Asian incubator of choice was India. The riveting 2009 HBO documentary Google Baby takes a close look at these global socioeconomics of outsourced baby-making. The film opens with a scene that repeats itself throughout: […]

How Jewish Actress Hedy Lamarr Paved the Way for Wi-Fi

When one thinks of the Jewish screen siren Hedy Lamarr, images of wireless technology do not exactly come to mind. More than likely one thinks about her starring roles in Tortilla Flat (1942) and Samson and Delilah (1949). And yet, in 1942, “the most beautiful woman in Hollywood” received a patent with composer George Antheil for […]