Jonathan Gorodischer

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and his wife Cecilia Morel walk on the compound of the Temple Mount, during their visit to Jerusalem's Old City June 25, 2019.

Israel Rebukes Chilean Ambassador Over Pinera's Visit to Temple Mount With Palestinians

Foreign Ministry states it 'views gravely' the 'violation of Israeli sovereignty’ ■ Chile is home to the largest Palestinian community outside the Middle East ■ Pinera won’t visit a refugee camp, as was originally planned

Pinera shakes hands with Netanyahu on his first diplomatic visit to Israel, March 6, 2011.

Chilean President to Visit Israel and Palestinian Authority Next Week

Sebastian Pinera will make a three-day visit, his second in a decade, and is expected to meet with Netanyahu, Rivlin and Abbas

A sentence of death by hanging is pronounced by a U.S. War Crimes Tribunal upon Adolf Hitler's personal physician, Karl Brandt, 43. The "Doctors Trial" of Brandt and 22 others began on December 9, 1946 and would end on August 20, 1947.

This Day in Jewish History 1946: Nazi Doctors Are Indicted

Human experimentation by Nazi Germany would embarrass the global medical community and ultimately change the history of ethics and medical research.

German born scientist Albert Einstein resting in the garden of his villa on the Bay of Luebeck, on Sept. 24, 1928.

This Day in Jewish History 1939: Einstein Makes His Biggest Mistake

Jarred by a student's discovery of nuclear chain reactions, Albert Einstein wrote to FDR, urging America to develop nukes before Germany would, a letter he would regret.

She uses up 160 times the resources that growing a potato would. - credit: Dreamstime

Want to Help Save the Planet? Stop Eating Beef

Beyond other ethical considerations, raising cattle is enormously more environmentally costly than any other animal, let alone the humble potato.

Banana plantations in the Philippines infected with the TR4 strain of the Panama disease. - credit: Yair Israeli

Can Science Save Man's Favorite Banana From Extinction?

The Cavendish banana is under threat of a rapidly spreading fungus that's now reached Jordan. Science proposes to circumvent the deadly disease with high-tech.