An official with the American Civil Liberties Union used Twitter to blast Israeli officials and deny the connection between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on Sunday. Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU’s Human Rights Program, retweeted a segment that appeared on Al Jazeera denying links between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, and wrote, “Israeli...

Two Technion mechanical engineering students in Haifa literally rolled out their senior project last week – the unicycle Adventure Stretcher – designed to help emergency medical services and search-and-rescue teams evacuate victims from off-road areas inaccessible to vehicles and helicopters. Built in collaboration with Segal Bikes and Israeli voluntary EMS...

Former Israeli Foreign minister Tzipi Livni criticized UNESCO for passing resolutions against Israel, on the eve of the 41st annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s conference in Poland. Speaking at the UNESCO International Conference on the Empowerment of Women in Paris on Friday, Livni, a member of the opposition Zionist Union...

Empow, SafeBreach and Optimal+ were among Israeli companies cited in information technology research and advisory company Gartner’s 2017 Cool Vendors listing. Each year Gartner releases its Cool Vendors picks based on its research into worldwide providers that are changing the digital paradigm in areas such as data science and machine learning, threat...

Jews Not Welcome at LGBT March Three women who attended Saturday’s Chicago Dyke March were expelled for displaying rainbow LGBT flags embossed with Jewish stars. The blatant anti-Semitic discrimination prompted harsh criticism from both the Anti-Defamation League and A Wider Bridge, an organization committed to improving ties between the LGBT communities...

The Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya to help the African nation restore forests in dry areas, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The agreement will govern how KKL-JNF will assist Kenya in forestation and optimal water utilization efforts. At the signing ceremony in Jerusalem, KKL-JNF chairman...

Organizations allied with Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) participated in the “United Nations Forum to Mark Fifty Years of Occupation,” which was held at the U.N. headquarters over the last two days, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Al Haq and the Al Mezan Center...

A leading American Reform rabbi said that the best approach to the controversy over canceled plans for an egalitarian prayer area at the Kotel, or Western Wall, would be for American Jews to become more engaged with Israel. Rabbi Richard Block, a former president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ)...

Students, professors and alumni of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology now have a new way to finance their cutting-edge projects: a $200 million venture capital fund focused on creating companies out of the research conducted at the Haifa-based university. The new fund is a joint venture between the Technion Research...

Iran used a Star of David as a target for one of its ballistic missile tests last year, Israel told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon distributed satellite photographs showing the target with a crater next to it, The Times of Israel...