In a world breakthrough, Israeli researchers grow first long-term human kidney in lab
The Times of Israel, 5 August 2025
In a world first, researchers from Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University have successfully grown human kidney organoids – a synthetic 3D organ culture – using kidney tissue stem cells. [Read Article]
In world 1st bid to cure paralysis, Israeli team gears up to implant innovative spinal cord
The Times of Israel, 21 August 2025
The world’s first-ever spinal cord implant into a paralyzed patient will be performed in Israel in the coming weeks. [Read Article]
Small but significant: Ancient Egyptian coin reshapes view of Jerusalem between Temple periods
All Israel News, 21 August 2025
An ancient gold coin featuring Egyptian Queen Berenice II has been discovered in Jerusalem’s City of David excavations, causing much excitement among experts. The rare coin is small in size, but significant in shaping the way historians understand the city of Jerusalem following the destruction of the First Temple. [Read Article]
Germany: Palestinian state recognition now is ‘counterproductive’
Jewish News Syndicate, 22 August 2025
Berlin has no immediate plans to recognize a Palestinian state, a German government spokesperson declared on Friday, calling such a move at this stage “counterproductive.” [Read Article]
Building E1 between Jerusalem, Ma’aleh Adumim is critical for Israel’s future – opinion
The Jerusalem Post, 22 August 2025
There are six key reasons why building E1 is key for the future of Jerusalem, Israel’s security, and diplomatic sanity. E1 begins on the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives and runs along the road towards Ma’aleh Adumim. Every Israeli prime minister since Yitzhak Rabin has planned and promised to build there for salient reasons: municipal and strategic imperatives that only have grown with time. [Read Article]