Tag: People

The people of Israel are innovative, creative, concerned and involved. Come and meet some of the most interesting individuals in the country.

The man behind the Israel Museum

He’s one of the art world’s most influential personalities, and in his 15-year tenure James Snyder has put the Israel Museum on the international map.

Design books that ignite the imagination

Orly Robinson’s lushly photo-illustrated design books are already best-sellers in Israel. Now she’s planning to move into the foreign market. Design is in my blood

Bedouin scholar blazes new trails

The first female Bedouin in Israel to earn a doctorate, Abu-Rabia-Queder is now exploring Bedouin culture and Arab feminism. Photo courtesy of Ben Gurion University

The steady hand behind the TASE

She’s been a guiding force at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange for 25 years, but Ester Levanon shows no sign of stopping as the Israeli

Baby boomer

Israeli fertility trailblazer Dr. Bruno Lunenfeld looks back on 50 years of achievement ahead of an international conference on gonadotropins. Born in Vienna, Dr. Bruno

Mountain bike rehab

A computer science professor’s Rides of Hope program opens new vistas for Israel’s juvenile offenders, giving them a taste of success. Photo by Raphael Rabinovitz.

Rapper Shyne comes home

Months out of jail, an established Jewish New York hip-hop artist credits God for his new record contract and plans a permanent move to Israel.

Getting paid to think about the sky

As a child, Avraham Loeb loaded up the tractor with books and went out into the fields to read. Today the Israeli-born astrophysicist studies the heavens at Harvard.