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Israeli Students Soar In International Tests

12/13/2012

Israeli students ranked seventh worldwide and top among Western nations on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study test in the 2011 school year, according to results released Dec. 11.

On the TIMSS science test, Israeli students came in 13th place worldwide while on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study test they came in 18th. On all of the tests, Israel finished higher than it ever had before.

The TIMSS test was administered to eighth-grade Israelis while the PIRLS test was administered to fourth-grade Israeli students.

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Report: Coerced Contraception Behind 50 Percent Dip In Ethiopian-Israeli Births

12/11/2012 | JTA
Ethiopian worshippers gather at a makeshift synagogue established by the Jewish Agency in Gondar on Nov. 19. Getty Images

Israeli and Jewish aid officials are denying an Israeli TV report alleging that Ethiopian immigrant women have been coerced into taking contraceptive shots.

The report, which aired Saturday night on Israeli Educational Television, charged that coercive contraception is behind a 50 percent decline in the Ethiopian birth rate in Israel over the last decade.

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Report Claims Birth Control Forced On Ethiopians

12/11/2012 | JTA
Jews gather in November at a synagogue established by the Jewish Agency in Ethopia. Getty Images

Israeli and Jewish aid officials are denying an Israeli TV report alleging that Ethiopian immigrant women have been coerced into taking contraceptive shots.

The report, which aired Saturday night on Israeli Educational Television, charged that coercive contraception is behind a 50 percent decline in the Ethiopian birth rate in Israel over the last decade.

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Israeli Cabinet Approves Temporary Draft Exemption For Yeshiva Students

12/10/2012 | JTA
Ultra-Orthodox children wear handcuffs as they protest military conscription in Israel. Getty Images

Israel's Cabinet approved a temporary exemption for haredi Orthodox yeshiva students from the military draft.

The exemption, passed Sunday in the wake of the expiration of the Tal Law that had allowed haredi men to defer army service, provides a framework for the yeshiva students to join the National Service program in place of being drafted into the military. It was proposed by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz.

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BDS Eyes SodaStream Ad Buy

12/10/2012 | JTA
Madonna performing during last year's Super Bowl; the game is often the year's most-watched television production. Getty Images

SodaStream's purchase of a Super Bowl commercial has the BDS movement in the U.S. saying it will step up its campaign against the Israeli firm.

Soda Stream, the maker of home soda machines, will pay about $3.5 million for a 30-second spot for the game. The company reportedly had net earnings of $27.5 million in 2011, according to The Associated Press.

The U.S. boycott, divestment and sanctions movement said it will step up its opposition to SodaStream in light of the Super Bowl ad buy.

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Another Israeli 'Spy Bird' Nabbed, This Time By Sudan

12/10/2012 | JNS.org and Staff
Watching like a hawk?: Foes see nature experiments as spying.

For the second time in two years, one of Israel's neighbors claims to have intercepted a spy bird deployed by Israel.

Not a satellite or drone. An actual bird.

Sudanese officials have bagged a vulture tagged with an Israeli GPS chip, labeled with “Israel Nature Service” and “Hebrew University, Jerusalem,” Yedioth Ahronoth reported. 

Sudan is located south of Israel on the Red Sea, bording Egypt and Ethiopia.

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