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‘University of the People’ Offers Online Courses to Poor Students
After the earthquake in Haiti destroyed much of the country’s higher-education infrastructure, the University of the People decided to set up three computer centers...
Pro Surfers Hold Camps for Kids With Autism in the Ocean Waves
In Maryland, more than a hundred autistic children gathered on the beach in Ocean City this week to experience the feeling of catching a...
Archaeologists Uncover Biblical Ruin Inside a Palestinian City in the West Bank
Dutch and Palestinian archaeologists are uncovering the ancient city of Shekhem, a biblical ruin inside the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank....
Arabian Oryx Saved From the Brink of Extinction
For centuries, herds of Arabian oryx roamed the Arabian Peninsula. But by 1972, the last wild oryx was reportedly killed by hunters in the...
Forgiving Her Son’s Killer: “He became human to me.”
It would be easy — expected, even — for Mary Johnson to hate Oshea Israel. After all, he killed Johnson's only son, in 1993....
Breath Test Can Detect Cancers That are Hard to Find
A simple breath test can distinguish between healthy people and those with head and neck cancer, according to a study published in the British...
From Victim to Survivor: a Foundation for Peace
My 12-year-old son Tim was killed on 20 March 1993 by a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England. He was...
First Torah Ever Created by Women Debuts in Washington
Jewish women have never been allowed to create a Torah, or even buy the parchment. But this week, a Seattle group spearheaded by Wendy...
Dead Sea Scrolls to be Digitized and Put Online
The Israel Antiquities Authority and Google announced Tuesday that they are collaborating to produce digitized images of the entire collection of the Dead Sea...
Rabbis Replace Burned Korans at Destroyed Mosque in West Bank
In a rare act of conciliation by Israeli settlers Tuesday, a group of rabbis from Jewish settlements near the Palestinian town of Beit Fajar...
Wind May Have Helped Moses Part the Red Sea
Carl Drews, a software engineer studying a weather phenomenon known as "wind set-down" has used a computer model to simulate how Moses may have...
‘Heart of Jenin’ Documentary Good for Palestinian Hearts
The opening of a new movie theater may not sound like a big deal. But for Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin,...
Mosque Plan at Ground Zero Overcomes Major Obstacle with Landmarks Vote
The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to deny landmark status to the building at 45-47 Park Place located two blocks from...
Seeds of Peace Camp: Sowing Tolerance Among Former Foes
While governments can do important work to promote it, peace, tolerance and understanding come mostly from people. That's why the South Asian Seeds of...
Positive Radio Station Run By and For Palestinian Women
Palestinian women are hoping to improve their lives by using the air waves. A group of women in the West Bank this month launched...
Reality Show Wants Jewish and Arab Teens to Find Roadmap to Peace
A French television network, France 5, is creating a reality show in search of a higher mission: peace in the Middle East. ...
A Modest Peace Plan That Works for Turkish-Jewish Pair
Jews: want to fight anti-Semitism? Muslims: want to challenge islamophobia? There's an easy way to do it: have coffee with one another. Last...
Electric Vehicle Charging Network Gears Up in Australia With Silicon Valley Company
Australia became the third country — behind Israel and Denmark — to join a Silicon Valley company in creating the infrastructure needed for...
Clean Tech Investments Soaring in 2010
Worldwide, investors put $1.9 billion into clean tech startups in the first three months of 2010. That is an 83% increase from the...
Red Kettle Donations Break Salvation Army Record
By nickels, dimes, and dollars, Americans donated a record $139 million to the Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign during the holidays, despite a continued...