On the 70th anniversary of his death, the National Library of Israel published the suicide letter of Jewish-Austrian author Stefan Zweig on the Internet. [Haaretz] The Council for Higher Education decided Wednesday that Bar Illan University must immediately stop accepting students without bachelors degrees to its doctoral program. [Israel Hayom] An IDF official reported that Israel and Egypt are working together to stop Hamas terrorists from using the Sinai Peninsula to attack Israel. [The Jerusalem …More

To frack or not to frack? As concerns mount over the environmental and public health consequences of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, Jewish groups are coalescing around a strategy that supports efforts to extract natural gas from shale rock while seeking to mitigate its worst effects. In May, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the community's main public policy umbrella group, will consider a draft resolution on fracking that in its current form acknowledges the potential benefits of a major new …More

The global financial crisis has illustrated the fragility of Israels environmental movement, which has grown significantly over the past few years. Recent weeks have been marked by increased fear on the part of local green organizations and their supporters that the crisis will have a negative effect on environmental activity in Israel, which greatly relies on funds from abroad. We have yet to receive any news about cuts, but my gut feeling does not bode well, says Sigal Yaniv of the Green Environment Fund. …More