By Lea Taragin-Zeller, Yael Rozenblum and Ayelet Baram-Tsabari I get off the phone with Rabbi Stastky (a pseudonym), and just can’t seem to get back to work. The story he tells me, leaves my mind (and heart) pacing. As part of a study on science communication and religion, I was interviewing Rabbi Statsky, a medical askan (self-ascribed community expert) who serves as an inner-communal mediator for Haredi (strictly Orthodox) men and women during their encounters with Israel’s “secular” medical system. Whereas Haredi Jews are constantly critiqued for their low levels of individual secular and science literacy, these askanim often claim that the knowledge and networks they provide to Haredi individuals surpass that of the average “secular” Israeli. To illustrate this paradox, he shared the following story: " On an individual level—especially young couples—they have a very low level of knowledge, I would even say too little, really no knowledge. I met a woman who came out of a surger
By Cristina Rigutto & Elena Milani Twitter lists are a simple way of grouping feeds of all the people you want to hear from on a given topic, place, organisation or even event. What makes them interesting is that, unlike your home feed, lists aren't affected by Twitter's algorithms and will display only the tweets from accounts you put on that list. Lists are also a great tool for helping your people to get to know each other better, improve networking, and connect with those who matter most to you, such as: Authors that publish in your field Research team members Colleagues from other organisations Journals in your field Alumni of a university degree or course Participants of a Twitter Chat you hosted People who share a common interest with you Speakers or attendees you met at a conference Journalists or blogger who writes about your field of research Research funding bodies relevant to your field You can create your own list (Twitter allows up to 1000 lists per acco