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Israel’s Grandmaster Chess Research Project is a one-of-a-kind initiative to develop a novel academic approach to the skills and culture of chess.
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Israel’s Grandmaster Chess Research Project is a one-of-a-kind initiative to develop a novel academic approach to the skills and culture of chess.

14 Jordanians and 40 Israelis finish a groundbreaking three-year bachelor’s course in emergency medicine at an Israeli university.

A by-women-for-women center in a Negev Bedouin town provides income and literacy training to the ladies of Lakiya.

In the Galilee, a Muslim and a kibbutznik open a swanky ice cream parlor where the common language is the sound of a lick.

‘A stable, loving environment, food in their stomachs every day and a place they can go to sleep every night knowing they will be safe in the morning.’

Mindojo will allow people to create an online course that automatically adapts to each student’s needs and learning style.

The World Bank asked the Galilee International Management Institute to work with students from the Kenya School of Monetary Studies.

Six weeks later, there’s still much to do.

A new graduate of Ben-Gurion University’s Medical School for International Health founds a program to streamline healthcare for African migrants.

An Israeli software technologist introduces an independent learning and computer literacy tool she’s been developing since her teen was a tot.

Yvel’s exquisite Megemeria jewelry collection is produced by Ethiopian immigrants to Israel who are learning a trade to support themselves.

Israel’s largest service provider to the intellectually disabled community wins an inaugural prize for its Equal in Uniform program.

Israel and Gaza may be fighting a bitter conflict, but at Wolfson Medical Center near Tel Aviv, children from Gaza get a new chance at survival.

People are opening homes and hearts to residents of Israeli communities seeking respite from the constant missile attacks.

A Rotary Club program puts groups of Muslim and Jewish Israeli high school students together for 16 days of bonding in New England.