What did first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion say in the Knesset in 1952 on the issue of reparations from Germany? How surprised was the Knesset when it was announced that Adolf Eichmann was captured? What exact words did late Prime Minister Levi Eshkol use when he requested confirmation for the appointment of Moshe Dayan as defense minister on the eve of the Six-Day War? In recent years, the Knesset has invested in scanning and storing those historic speeches and many more in its databases. Dr. Rebecca Marcus, …More

A massive green pepper grown in Israel has earned its place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The pepper, dubbed Godzilla by the moshav’s children, is over twice the size of average peppers and weighs more than one pound. The workers at Yofi Shel Yerakot, the produce farm for Moshav Ein Yahav, noticed the gigantic green pepper when it would not fit through the company’s sorting machine. Once retrieved, the workers realized Godzilla’s massive size made it no ordinary pepper. Farm CEO Daniel …More

A 10-year-old Orthodox weightlifter from New Jersey has garnered global media attention, after being dubbed the strongest girl in the world. Naomi Kutin, who will start the sixth grade at the end of summer, set the new world record in January for the 97-pound division raw squat, lifting 214.9 pounds at a competition in Texas. Last week, Naomi set two regional records for her age group, with a 199.5-pound squat and a 209.4-pound lift. “It’s kind of weird being stronger than an adult,” she told …More