Tag: People

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

A look behind the genetic decoder

Dr. Nayef Jarrous, along with his wife Ghada and their daughter, receives a bouquet of flowers in honor of his winning Hebrew University’s Yoram Ben-Porath

Stef Wertheimer’s new Middle East

The Tefen Industrial Park includes the Open Museum display the beauty of industry. (Photo: Gems in Israel)Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer is planning a major project

Making it in New York

Ron Giladi arrived in New York three years ago when he established the Designfenzider design company with Lior Haramati.The young designer Ron Gilad, 31, completed

A Hi-Tech Veteran With a Mission

“We have to work very hard to develop a society with high standards of justice and morality, and a high quality of economy, education, and

Northern exposure in the Mideast

Eva and Jimmy Ben-Sira in their adopted home in Israel.It’s a far cry from the frozen tundra of Alaska, but eighteen-year-old Eva Ben-Sira has become

Expect an extraordinary experience

“I work on the seam between the content and the attraction,” says entertainment technology developer Ofer Yardeni.As a 21-year-old who had just completed his service

A “Fox” of fashion

Everywhere you go around Israel, you are likely to meet people wearing Fox clothes – including actors Yael Bar-Zohar and Yehuda Levy.Israel doesn’t have the

A hero to a tee

Zohar Sharon: “I have a sniper’s sense of direction. With golf, it’s a matter of training and iron will. I live on this golf course.

Soul on ice

Regarding her three hour daily workouts, Tamar Katz says, “It’s hard work, but when I’m on the ice, time flies.” (Photo: George Javor)Tamar Katz is

When night is day

Dr. David Jacobs works at his office in Efrat: After a good night’s sleep, I am wide awake when I read scans, x-rays, and MRIs

Champions of academic freedom

Dr. Andrew Marks: I felt the best way to combat the boycott of Israeli academics was to do something positive.Dr. Andrew R. Marks of New

Zionism through bobsledding

At the Alberta Cup Championship in February, the Israelis took on Armenians, Brazilians and a Canadian team that competed in the 2002 Olympics. Zeff and