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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

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From left to right: Professors Ruth Heller, Yoav Benjamini and Daniel Yekutieli of Tel Aviv University's Department of Statistics and Operations Research, in an image released August 6, 2024. (courtesy)
August 7, 2024, 1:24 pm
Tel Aviv University team wins international $1 million statistics prize
Professors Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, Ruth Heller awarded prestigious Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics for their work on methodology for discovering errors in large datasets
By Gavriel Fiske
Relatives and friends of Holocaust survivors place flowers on names of concentration camps seen on the floor of the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, on Holocaust Remembrance Day April 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 25, 2022, 9:29 pm
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel home to 165,000 Holocaust survivors
Survivors’ average age is 85, according to the Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Victims; about 7,500 survivors live alone and in poor conditions
By ToI Staff
Linda Laura Sabbadini. (Photo courtesy of Italian President's Office)
March 31, 2021, 3:44 am
The new G20 women’s group leader is an Italian Jew who revolutionized statistics
Gender studies pioneer Linda Laura Sabbadini re-envisioned her field through a human lens; now she’s advocating on behalf of women to the world’s most influential heads of state
By Giovanni Vigna
An Oscar statue at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, February 4, 2020; Ben Zauzmer works during the day as a baseball analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images/via JTA/ Courtesy of Zauzmer/ via JTA)
February 8, 2020, 4:25 pm
Data whiz picks Oscar wins using ‘same spirit with which we approach religion’
Ben Zauzmer, 26, a baseball analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers, predicted 20 out of 21 winners last year. Think of him as the Nate Silver of Oscars night
By Gabe Friedman
Israelis wait for a shuttles to Tel Aviv at the Beit Yehoshua train station, February 19, 2018 (Flash90)
June 30, 2019, 8:11 pm
New local Israeli stats show birth rates, mortality, taxes, and much more
Israel by the numbers: Joblessness is highest in Bnai Brak; 50.1 of Tel Avivians rent their homes; Kfar Shmaryahu uses the most water
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Newborn babies in a Jerusalem hospital. (Flash90)
April 13, 2017, 4:08 am
Numbers game: Do Jewish leaders manipulate existential fears with statistics?
Eclectic essays explore Ben-Gurion’s experimentation with demographic eugenics, and the Jewish ardor — and abhorrence — for taking stock
By Matt Lebovic
March 3, 2017, 2:23 pm
The (ir)rational fear of terror
The fact that the odds are against being a victim of terrorism does little to beef up anyone’s sense of security
Members of the ultra-Orthodox Toldot Aharon community attend a computer and Internet lecture in Ramat Gan, after receiving authorization from their rabbis. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 13, 2016, 1:57 pm
Israel at 68 online: Connected, curious, and a bit apprehensive
Vast majority see the web as an invaluable resource, study finds, although there are some concerns as well
By ToI Staff
Firefighters and rescue personnel at the scene of a bus bombing, Jerusalem, April 18, 2016 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 6, 2016, 11:08 am
No Israelis killed last month in terror attacks, in first since August
91 of 115 attacks in April involved firebombs, Shin Bet says; 16 of 18 injured were hurt in Jerusalem bus bombing
By JTA
US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks during a campaign event in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 23, 2016. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
April 24, 2016, 9:49 pm
Sanders: Poverty in Baltimore rivals West Bank, N. Korea
Democratic presidential candidate says infant mortality rate in two neighborhoods worse than among Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Medics wheel a wounded Israeli man into the Shaare Zedek Medical Center after he was stabbed near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, December 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90, File)
February 15, 2016, 9:14 pm
Nearly half of all Palestinian terrorists are aged 20 or less — Shin Bet
24 attackers between October and February were female; 9 were Arab Israelis and 36 East Jerusalemites, security service’s stats show
By Sue Surkes
As part of its marketing campaign this month to promote winter sun vacations in Eilat, the Israeli Tourism Ministry in London is advertising the Red Sea resort on the iconic black taxis in the capital. (Sherbet London)
February 15, 2016, 7:38 pm
Where have all the tourists gone? They’re right here
Despite war, terror, and worldwide economic turmoil, visitors are still making their way to Israel — in droves, says the Tourism Ministry’s spokesperson
By David Shamah
Illustrative: Newborn babies in a hospital ward (Flash 90)
December 27, 2015, 11:37 pm
Inspired by Gaza war, Eitan surges as Israeli baby name choice
Mohammed and Noa continued to top list in 2014, according to figures released Sunday
By Keren Preiskel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, on July 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 17, 2015, 7:44 pm
Spending at PM’s residence drops 17% in 2014
Upkeep for official apartment cost NIS 2 million ($523,000) in 2014, down from NIS 2.4 million ($628,000) in 2013
By ToI Staff
The departure terminal at Ben-Gurion Airport (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
August 14, 2015, 10:24 am
Record number of travelers pass through Ben Gurion Airport
80,000 passengers clocked up Thursday; 2 million due to fly in August, making it the most-traveled month ever
By JTA
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