Writer: Abigail Klein Leichman

Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.

We all have fish vision

An Israeli study has demonstrated that the way fish perform visual searches resembles the way humans seek out a car in a lot full of vehicles.

Lawn bowling for the blind

Vision-impaired Israelis have long been discovering the joys of lawn bowls, and now an innovative program is introducing the sport to children.

More power per flower

Joint Israeli-American ‘precise breeding’ project is working toward extending the shelf-life of petunias, one of the world’s favorite flowers.