England and France reach the quarter finals for a mouth watering Saturday night special. But will the winner of the English Channel derby go on to win the Qatar World Cup?
Previewing the games to come, KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Mike Isaacson, president of Tel Aviv Whites, a group of Leeds United supporters in Israel, asking him first about his impressions of the opening qualifying games.
Paul Kamoun, a professor in space technology and planetary science at the Lev College, said that manned space exploration and moon landings were exciting, but he told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that Israel’s Bresheet spaceship that eventually crash landed on the moon generated just as much excitement and that robots’ contribution to space exploration was really a human extension to places mankind cannot yet go.
KKL-JNF in Hungary are launching a special exhibition in the Jewish quarter of Budapest, exactly outside of the house where the father of the Zionist movement Theodore Herzl was born. The exhibit contains photos of the landscapes of Israel which evoke climate change, the war against global warming and actions taking by JNF for reforestation, in agriculture and water conservation. Tens of thousands of tourists are expected to see it. Koby Davit, the founding president of KKL-JNF in Hungary and Central Europe, spoke with KAN about the exhibit.
Over the past 50 years, human sperm counts appear to have fallen by more than 50% around the globe, according to an updated global sperm survey.
If the findings are confirmed and the decline continues, it could have important implications for human reproduction. Researchers say it would also be a harbinger of declining health in men in general, since semen quality can be an important marker of overall health.
KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Prof. Hagai Levine, from the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Public Health, the lead author of the global sperm study.
THE NARROW BRIDGE makes its Israeli premiere in Tel Aviv on Saturday as part of the Solidarity and Human Rights film festival.
The award-winning documentary is a searching journey into the souls of four people – 2 Israelis and 2 Palestinians-who, after searing pain, develop strengths they never had before.
Bushra, Rami, Meytal and Bassam, women and men who lost a child or parent in the conflict , transform their grief into a bridge for reconciliation.
THE NARROW BRIDGE director , Melbourne -based Esther Takac, spoke with KAN's Mark Weiss about the film.
Czech violinist Pavel Sporcl is in the country for a series of performances with the Israel Camerata. Known for his blue violin and super fast fingers, Sporcl was our guest here at our studios in Jerusalem. Interviewed by Arieh O’Sullivan, Sporcl shared that he recently discovered his Jewish roots and delighted us with a taste of his virtuoso.
Today is November 29th, Kaf-Tet B’November, which marks the 75th anniversary of the UN Palestine partition plan. It was a major, world recognized step toward statehood for the Jews as part of a two-state solution. Historian Prof. Gil Troy, weighs in on the extraordinary day. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that Israel’s leaders took the compromise and established a state, while the Palestinian leadership didn’t, and he added that Zionism continues today in finding meaning in who we are as a people.
China posted another record high COVID-19 infections on Monday, after an extraordinary weekend of protests across the country over restrictive coronavirus curbs, in scenes unprecedented since President Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.
In Shanghai, demonstrators and police clashed on Sunday, with police taking away a busload of protesters.
KAN's Mark Weiss asked Alexander Pevzner , a China expert from Reichman University , how serious are these protests.
With many eyes in the world turning toward Qatar as it hosts the World Cup, we spoke to one of the Israelis on the ground in Doha about the atmosphere there and the challenges of Israelis amidst the world gathering. Michael Jankelowitz, a commentator on world Jewry and soccer fan told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that actually the vast majority of the Israelis were Arabs. He said most of the fans were south American as Europeans were boycotting the games.
Jerusalem was hit by two explosions on Wednesday morning, one at the western entrance of the city and one at a junction in northern Jerusalem.
16-year-old Canadian-Israeli yeshiva student Aryeh Shchupak was killed and at least 26 people were wounded in the attacks, including several in critical and serious condition
Following the bombings KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Jerusalem deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum.