Jewish leader says the gift represents an ‘important symbol of solidarity and support’ for their community The Jewish Community of Thuringia in central Germany will receive a new Torah scroll from Christian groups. The gift comes a year ahead of the launch of “Nine Centuries of Jewish life in Thuringia.” The state also will […]
On 10-9-19 I I spoke on Spirituality to a student group at the New Jersey Institute of Technology I examined whether spirituality is optional or necessary for human life? This is a link to pictures from the meeting: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NJ8T8zZTkVjcfA6JA Here is link to the pdf of the ppt of the presentation https://www.scribd.com/document/429694410/Campus-Talk-on-Spirituality-NJIT-10-9-19 Here’s the pdf itself: Campus […]
Millions of solar panels clustered together to form an island could convert carbon dioxide in seawater into methanol, which can fuel airplanes and trucks, according to new research from Norway and Switzerland and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, PNAS, as NBC News reported. The floating islands could drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil […]
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