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Jewish group claims Hamas hacked its website

Jewish Journal February 4, 2011

The website of the Jewish People Policy Institute was hacked Thursday by a group that the institute claims is affiliated with Hamas. The JPPI, a Jerusalem-based think tank that focuses on the Jewish future and Israel\’s security, issued a statement saying hackers took over its website, then posted a picture of an Israeli tank and a Palestinian child on the English section, and removed a recently uploaded assessment and analysis documents.

Technion gets $5 million to develop a better battery

Jewish Journal January 31, 2011

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has given the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology a $5 million grant to further develop a light, long-lasting and environmentally friendly battery for energy storage.

Yad Vashem launches Farsi YouTube chanel

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

Yad Vashem has launched a YouTube channel in Farsi and an expanded version of its Farsi website. The Farsi YouTube channel launched Sunday contains survivor testimonies, archival footage and mini-lectures by Holocaust historians on topics such as contemporary anti-Semitism, and what makes the Holocaust a unique historical event. The comprehensive new website includes a chronological and thematic narrative about the Holocaust with related video, photos, documents and artifacts; frequently asked questions about the Holocaust; a lexicon of terms; online exhibitions including a multimedia presentation of the Auschwitz Album in Farsi; and stories of Righteous Among the Nations.

Intel to invest $2.7 billion on Israel plant

Jewish Journal January 19, 2011

The U.S. chip-maker Intel Corp. will invest $2.7 billion to upgrade its plant in southern Israel. The Kiryat Gat plant will start producing the next generation of 22-nanometer chips in December, Intel announced at a news conference Tuesday. The investment in upgrading the plant includes a $210 million grant from the Israeli government.

English, Hebrew and the brain’s language-reading process

Jewish Journal December 1, 2010

Is the English-reading brain somehow different from the Hebrew-reading brain? You might not expect any major differences; after all, both languages are alphabetic and are read more or less phonetically by breaking words into their constituent sounds. Compare English and Hebrew to a logographic language like Chinese or Japanese, and the similarity between the alphabetic languages becomes obvious. But new research by Hadassah University researchers Atira Bick and colleagues, published online in October in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, found that despite their similarities, there are some key differences in the way the brain processes English and Hebrew words.

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