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Yariv Bash, right, Yonatan Winetraub, middle, and Kfir Damari, the founders of SpaceIL, inserting a time capsule into the Beresheet spacecraft, December 17, 2018 (Yoav Weiss)
With sights set on the moon, Israel to launch privately funded spacecraft Friday
By Melanie Lidman
Beresheet set to touch down in the Sea of Tranquility on April 11; $100 million project, paid for mostly by Jewish donors, would make Israel 4th country to land a craft on the moon
Yariv Bash, right, Yonatan Winetraub, middle, and Kfir Damari, the founders of SpaceIL, inserting a time capsule into the Beresheet spacecraft, December 17, 2018 (Yoav Weiss)
February 18, 2019, 4:38 pm
With sights set on the moon, Israel to launch privately funded spacecraft Friday
Beresheet set to touch down in the Sea of Tranquility on April 11; $100 million project, paid for mostly by Jewish donors, would make Israel 4th country to land a craft on the moon
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: A dialysis machine to treat kidney disease. (Picsfive; iStock by Getty Images)
November 20, 2018, 2:15 pm
Israeli kidney-cells startup gets backing from billionaire Kahn’s venture arm
KidneyCure Ltd., a biotech firm that uses personalized cell therapy to help improve the function of kidneys, nabs funding from investors including Morris Kahn’s Aurum Ventures
By Shoshanna Solomon
Canadian real estate mogul Sylvan Adams, right, with Morris Kahn, at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)’s MBT Space facility in Yehud where SpaceIL's spacecraft to the moon is being assembled (Eliran Avital)
November 19, 2018, 10:38 am
Canadian mogul Adams gives $5 million to Israel moon bid project
Sylvan Adams, who helped bring this year the Giro d’Italia cycling race to Israel, joins Israel’s effort to launch and land its first spacecraft on moon
By Shoshanna Solomon
Opher Doron, general manager of Israel Aerospace Industries' space division, speaks beside the SpaceIL lunar module, in a special "clean room" where the space craft is being developed, during a press tour of their facility near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Ilan Ben Zion)
October 3, 2018, 5:02 pm
NASA to help Israeli firm launch first moon mission
US space agency will provide laser reflector to guide unmanned spacecraft, which is scheduled to land in February
By TOI staff
Israeli billionaire and investor Morris Kahn (L) speaks to journalists in front of a Israeli Aerospace Industries spacecraft during a press conference to announce its launch to the moon, in Yehud, near Tel Aviv, on July 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
July 10, 2018, 1:03 pm
Israeli spacecraft aims for historic moon landing… within months
SpaceIL’s unmanned probe will blast off before year’s end; touchdown scheduled for February 13, 2019, when it will unfurl national flag, conduct experiments
By Stuart Winer and Shoshanna Solomon
Zebra's Medical Vision's scan analysis technology in action (Courtesy)
June 7, 2018, 4:51 pm
Israel’s Zebra raises $30m from billionaires Nacht, Kahn for x-ray reads
Startup uses machine learning to analyze data from scans, produces medical reports with 90% accuracy
By Shoshanna Solomon
Philanthropist Morris Kahn, left, Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman, center, and Stan Polovets, co-founder and Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation. (Genesis Foundation)
May 28, 2018, 1:22 pm
Genesis, Morris Kahn set up $1m grant competition to boost women in Israel
Nonprofits working in the field are eligible to apply; program is in line with foundation’s 2018 theme: ‘Advancing women’s equality in all aspects of human endeavor’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone, presents Rabbanit Shira Zimmerman with her certification as a spiritual leader and arbiter of Jewish law at a ceremony in Jerusalem, January 3, 2017. (Ohr Torah Stone via JTA)
May 1, 2018, 11:16 pm
Shlomo Riskin, Amdocs founder honored for contributions as immigrants to Israel
Nefesh B’Nefesh announces 7 winners of Bonei Zion Prize, awarded to olim from English-speaking countries who make contribution to Jewish state
By JTA
Natalie Portman arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Annihilation" at the Regency Village Theatre, on February 13, 2018. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
April 23, 2018, 10:41 pm
TV: Portman initially refused to collect Genesis prize because of Gaza violence
Email from actress’s representatives reportedly expresses concern about ‘the news from Gaza… the government’s actions and the latest escalation’
By TOI staff
Natalie Portman attends the 27th Annual EMA Awards at Barker Hangar on September 23, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/ Invision/AP)
April 21, 2018, 9:22 pm
Likud attacks ‘hypocrite’ Natalie Portman after actress snubs Netanyahu
Israeli-born Hollywood star clarifies she is not boycotting Israel, but won’t come to accept prize known as ‘Jewish Nobel’ so as not to be seen as endorsing PM
By TOI staff
Natalie Portman arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Annihilation' at the Regency Village Theatre on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
April 21, 2018, 4:06 am
Natalie Portman on prize snub: ‘I didn’t want to appear to endorse Netanyahu’
Actress says decision to skip Israel event has been ‘mischaracterized,’ stresses she doesn’t back BDS: ‘I can be critical of the leadership without wanting to boycott the nation’
By TOI staff
Actress Natalie Portman teaches Hebrew slang in a Vanity Fair video (YouTube screenshot)
April 21, 2018, 12:43 am
Snubbing Israel, Natalie Portman won’t get to distribute Genesis Prize money
Foundation will decide where funds go after actress announces she won’t travel to Israel due to ‘recent events’
By JTA
Natalie Portman, seen in Jerusalem's Nahlaot neighborhood in a scene from 'A Tale of Love and Darkness,' February 11, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 20, 2018, 10:27 pm
Israeli minister to Natalie Portman: You have been fooled by Hamas propaganda
Gilad Erdan appeals to Jerusalem-born actress to come and see the truth, after she says she does ‘not feel comfortable participating in any public events in Israel’
By TOI staff
Natalie Portman tinkers with a mutant crocodile in 'Annihilation.' (Paramount Pictures)
April 20, 2018, 11:54 am
Culture minister says Natalie Portman has ‘fallen into BDS hands’
MK Azaria warns that actress’s cancellation of visit to Israel to receive award is a sign of Israel losing US Jewish community; Likud MK Hazan: Cancel her citizenship
By TOI staff
Philanthropist Morris Kahn, left, Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman, center, and Stan Polovets, co-founder and Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation. (Genesis Foundation)
December 19, 2017, 5:51 pm
Philanthropist doubles Natalie Portman’s $1 million ‘Jewish Nobel’
Morris Kahn’s donation to Israel-born actress will be used as grants for projects advancing women’s rights
By Stuart Winer
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