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Ofir Drori with the chimp he rescued from ape traders.Eight years ago Ofir Drori, now 31, set off for Africa. He was looking for adventure and work as a photojournalist. Inspired by animal right’s activists Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Israeli Drori got in deeper than he expected.
Sudanese children take part in art therapy classes organized by Israeli-Jewish NGOs at the Tregine camp near the Chad-Sudan border. Photo by Kobi Wolf.Fatma, 10,
Like all natural disasters, earthquakes know no boundaries and that’s the reason one Israeli seismologist, Dr. Hillel Wust-Bloch has masterminded a new earthquake mapping research
Joking aside: Comedians Yisrael Campbell, Ray Hanania, Aaron Freeman, Charley Warady, at the ZOA House Theater in Tel Aviv. Photo courtesy of www.ipcomedytour.comIt took less
Environmental entrepreneur, Eyal Biger, the founder of Israel’s Good Energy Initiative.For every car that drives, every plane that flies and every appliance that gets plugged
Can food bring peace? That’s what 25 top Jewish, Christian and Palestinian chefs in Israel hope to do. Founded in 2001, the non-profit Chefs for
Jordanian baby Naji G. was critically ill when doctors from A Heart for Peace whisked her to Israel for life-saving treatment.Naji G. was born in
Israeli students visit Tanzania in an effort to improve the lives of Minjingu’s children. Photo: Itai PerryIn October, 12 students from Tel Aviv University’s Student
“When the stage of the immediate disaster relief is over, the media, the celebrities and even most of the donors are gone,” Dr. Yehudah Paz,
AJC’s Danny Grossman: Our vision of the world is where the oil bargaining chip would have a lesser value.US President George W. Bush signed into
Among MASHAV initiatives have been the establishment of demonstration farms in Senegal and Kazakhstan.Israel’s role in the United Nations (UN) may be about to change
Dr. Michael Graber: My hope now is that that climate change efforts will follow [the Montreal Protocol’s] success.In recent years, Israel has acquired a worldwide
Scientists once thought that most of our planet’s oxygen is produced in the heart of lush jungles and rainforests. Not so, says Michael Rosenfeld, program
Pilots from all over the world are converging on Elbit’s headquarters to receive training in remotely operating the company’s sophisticated drones.It was bound to happen.
