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Onstage at a Midtown conference center: a series of speakers describing recent Israeli advances in such areas as agriculture, health and cybersecurity. Behind them: colored slides boasting about Israeli progress in bee pollination and traffic safety. Outside in a hall, on a row of exhibitor’s tables: displays about Israeli-developed products that slow down memory loss, […]

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If current demographic trends hold, Israel in the next generation or two will look a lot like … Borough Park. According to a government report to be released this week, the Jewish state’s population will double in about 40 years. Some 29 percent — or 5.25 million of its projected 18 million residents — will […]

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