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Yitzhak Shamir, former Israeli prime minister, dies at 96

Yitzhak Shamir, who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1986 to 1992, has died at the age of 96.

By JTA Staff July 1, 2012 7:50 pm

Venezuela accepted as full member of South American bloc

Venezuela was accepted as a full member of Mercosur, a political and economic consortium of South American countries that has free trade agreements with Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

July 1, 2012 10:25 am

A Self-Operating Napkin

If you’ve ever seen a needlessly complicated contraption–take, for instance, that moment in The Goonies where it takes a bowling ball dropped onto a balance, a balloon popping, and a chicken laying an egg to open a door–you know what a Rube Goldberg is. These devices take their name from the cartoonist Rube Goldberg (1883-1970). He was born in San Francisco, the child of Jewish […]

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