Hamutal Shabtai
Hamutal Shabtai (; born 1956) is an Israeli psychiatrist and novelist who wrote a 1997 dystopian science fiction novel, ''2020'', that foresaw the COVID-19 pandemic and many of the circumstances surrounding response to the pandemic worldwide. The book was published by , with a reissue and a digital edition published in 2020. As of 2020, it was only available in Hebrew language, Hebrew. Early life and education Shabtai is the daughter of Israeli novelist, playwright and translator Yaakov Shabtai, Ya’akov Shabtai and the granddaughter of David Negbi, founder of publishing house . She has one sister, Orly, who is a clinical psychologist. She grew up at Merhavia (kibbutz), Kibbutz Merhavia. Her mother taught at Seminar HaKibbutzim, Seminar Hakibbutzim and was often absent from home during the week, and Shabtai was very close to her father. In 1967 the family moved to Tel Aviv where she attended Tel Aviv University and studied medicine. ''2020'' Shabtai originally wrote the nov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Libero (newspaper)
(English: "Free"), also known as ''Libero Quotidiano'' (English: "Daily Free"), is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 22,709 copies in May 2023. In 2004, categorized , alongside and , as an activist daily (), in contrast to the institution daily () like and , and the agenda daily () like . History and profile was first published in July 2000. The paper's first issue went out on newsstands on 18 July 2000, and the masthead was designed by the graphic designer Franco Bevilacqua; the paper placed itself in the centre-right area. The founder is the journalist Vittorio Feltri, while the owner and publisher of the paper is Editoriale Libero S.r.l. In February 2007, some members of the New Red Brigades were arrested on a charge of wanting to fire-bomb the editorial offices in Milan. The paper has been edited by Maurizio Belpietro since August 2009. In 2014, the paper aired in Italy the video, originally published by the Middle East M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Waorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 2 – Austria and Israel establish diplomatic Austria–Israel relations, relations. * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tel Aviv University Alumni
TEL or Tel may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Tokyo Electron, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer * TE Connectivity, a technology company, NYSE stock ticker TEL * The European Library, an Internet service Place names * Tel, Azerbaijan * Tel River, in Orissa, India Science and technology * Technology-Enhanced Learning * Tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive to make leaded gasoline * ETV6, previously known as TEL, a gene * Transporter erector launcher, a mobile missile launch platform * Tolman electronic parameter, a property of ligands * tel, a URI scheme for telephone numbers * .tel, an internet top-level domain * tel, a parameter in the hCard microformat Other uses * Tell (archaeology), or tel, a type of archaeological mound created by human occupation * Test of Economic Literacy, a standardized test of economics * Thomson–East Coast MRT line, a mass rapid transit line in Singapore * Telescopium, a minor constellation in the southern celestial hemis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Israeli Psychiatrists
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israel (other) * Israelites (other), the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis Israelis ( ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Israeli Jews, Jews (75%), followed by Arab-Israelis, Palestinians and Arabs (20%) and other minorities (5%). _ ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba ( ), officially Kfar Sava , is a List of Israeli cities, city in the Sharon plain, Sharon region, of the Central District (Israel), Central District of State of Israel, Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest List of cities in Israel, city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba is nearly entirely Jewish. History of modern Kfar Saba The village of Kafr Saba was considered to be ancient Capharsaba, an important settlement during the Second Temple period in ancient Judea.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p52/ref> According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2001, the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.9% Jewish and 0.1% Others. Additionally, there were 523 immigrant residents. Also according to the CBS, there were 37,000 males and 39,600 females in 2001. The population of the city was spread out, with 31.1% 19 years of age or younger, 16.3% bet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lazaretto (novel)
''Lazaretto'' is a novel written by the Israeli author Shay K. Azoulay, published in 2019 by Pardes Publishing. Inspired by Albert Camus's '' The Plague'', the novel takes place in the near future, where the city of Tel Aviv is cut off from the rest of Israel and its residents are forced to fend for themselves. A review in ''Haaretz'' described the novel as “an ambitious, high-tension novel, seeped in paranoia... ''Lazaretto'' is a disturbing and stirring dystopia which haunted me while I was reading it and even after I'd finished.” The novel was also named "Book of the Year" by ''LaIsha'' magazine and dubbed "the novel that predicted the pandemic A pandemic ( ) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has a sudden increase in cases and spreads across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of individuals. Widespread endemic (epi ...""''Lazaretto'' - The Novel that Predicted the Pandemic" Maya Levin, ''LaIsha'', p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mosaic (magazine)
''Mosaic'' is an online magazine of Jewish ideas, religion, politics, and culture which was established in June 2013. An online subscription magazine, it offers full-length monthly essays "on an issue or theme of pressing significance for Jews, Judaism, or the Jewish state". Topics range from cultural or religious questions to social and philosophical issues, with in-depth responses to each essay appended throughout the month. In addition, Mosaic publishes a variety of briefer pieces offering comments on the news of the day, historical reflections, and more. Finally, a permanent fixture of Mosaic is its editors’ picks: a daily selection of the most urgent items, gathered from far-flung places around the web, and introduced in short summaries detailing their particular substance and import. Authors who have published in Mosaic include: Leon Kass, Natan Sharansky, Meir Soloveichik, Ruth Wisse, Martin Kramer, Michael Doran, David Wolpe, Hillel Halkin, Matti Friedman, Elliot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Brin
Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo Award, Hugo,Who's Getting Your Vote? , October 29, 2008, ''Reason magazine, Reason'' Locus Award, Locus, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Campbell and Nebula Awards. His novel ''The Postman'' was adapted into a 1997 The Postman (film), feature film starring Kevin Costner. Early life and education Brin was born in Glendale, California, in 1950 to Selma and Herb Brin. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in astronomy, in 1973."David Brin". ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 2018-02-01. Available onlin[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |