Jewish World

Little known fact is that the Jewish calendar traditionally has not one but four new years days, each with a different purpose. One for counting the years of the reigns of kings in ancient Israel, animal tithe to the priestly class similar to what we know today as the new tax year, one to commemorate […]

Ariel Sharon was known as a brave general and a great leader but only very few people know his very humane side. One of those people is former MK Ronit Tirosh who was hand picked by Sharon to join him when created the Kadima party and until his last days was considered on of his […]

Ariel Sharon, the eleventh prime minster and one of the founding fathers of the state of Israel has passed away after being in a come for almost eighty years. Sharon’s son, Gilad, probably summed it up best when he said: “he passed exactly when felt it was time to pass”.  

In this very pastoral Jerusalem neighborhood houses the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, which got a lot of media attention recently for an in-depth survey the conducted on the probability of the legalization of cannabis in Israel. And it looks like the report is going to boost a new bipartisan initiative at the Knesset which […]

Microsoft Israel is celebrating the first year of its Start-Up accelerator program with 13 new Israeli companies launching at this festive event at the Jaffa Port, while already starting to look ahead for the second year of the program. Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent: Microsoft Israel is celebrating the first year of its Start-Up accelerator program […]