Articles from the June 9, 2017 edition
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Israeli start-up BiomX aims to eliminate need for antibiotics
(JNS.org)—The Israeli start-up BiomX, which last week completed a $24 million round of financing, is aiming to replace the need for conventional antibiotics by developing treatments that selectively eliminate bacteria. BiomX’s treatments are dev... Full story
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An Israeli's alphabet combines Hebrew and Arabic to promote understanding
TEL AVIV (JTA)-Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise. Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a stylized... Full story
More synagogues are getting rid of their mandatory dues
NEW YORK (JTA)—“Voluntary dues” may sound like an oxymoron, but the idea may soon be coming to a synagogue near you. According to a new study by the UJA-Federation of New York, the number of non-Orthodox synagogues nationwide that have elimi... Full story
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Argentine website’s analysis of Nisman recordings wins Google journalism prize (JTA)—An Argentine news outlet’s analysis of secret recordings concerning the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires won a national prize from Google Argen... Full story
This Israeli film about Orthodox Jews is a surprise hit overseas
(JTA)-It's safe to call the Israeli film "The Women's Balcony" the opposite of a Hollywood blockbuster. The movie, directed by Emil Ben-Shimon, is a sensitive, slice-of-life story that focuses on the... Full story
African-American Jew uses cooking to fuse his two identities
NEW YORK (JTA)-When Michael Twitty dressed in the outfit that slaves wore in the American South-wool stockings, waistcoat and kerchief tied around his neck-to cook meat in an open-hearth oven on a... Full story
