‘Hospitals of Hope’ launched against Ebola
Israel’s Foreign Ministry unveils its latest tactic to help neighboring African continent fight the deadly viral epidemic.
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.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry unveils its latest tactic to help neighboring African continent fight the deadly viral epidemic.
Classics such as ‘Goldilocks’ are now accessible via iPad to American kids with hearing impairment, thanks to the Israeli project eMotion Stories.
The play’s the thing for a young new immigrant from the UK with a passion for spreading English-language throughout Israel.
Jerusalem-based arts academy team bests schools from France, Switzerland, Korea, Mexico, England and Taiwan at Tokyo Designers Week.
The novel Pneumonitor device alerts nurses well before ventilated preterm newborns go into respiratory distress.
‘Fail fast, succeed faster’ – that’s the motto for frenetic three-day Lean Startup Machine events like the one hosted in Jerusalem — Israel’s first LSM but likely not the last.
Anita Shkedi is teaming with WatchPAT maker to prove that horseback riding is an effective therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Laetitia Beck of Caesarea was the first Israeli in an LPGA tourney and debuted professionally at the Women’s British Open in July.
Teams of Israeli teens participated in the company’s competition to develop social apps based on requests from nonprofit organizations.
Jordan River rafting, pedal-boating in the park, cruising the Sea of Galilee, kayaking in the Red Sea – whatever floats your boat is possible in Israel.
‘Even children are thirsty to do some basic things like playing with wires and turning on an engine or a light,’ says the founder of Steve’s Garage clubs.
‘As an issue of national security, Israel has successfully made itself water independent,’ says California Natural Resources Agency Secretary John Laird.
In her lab at Hadassah Medical Center’s gene therapy institute, Rinat Abramovitch discovered why fresh vs. donor blood is better for liver surgery patients.
Shade yourself under the solar-panel canopy, recharge your devices, surf the Net, have a cool drink – courtesy of the sun and Israeli ingenuity.
A significant study by Israeli, American and Swedish researchers pins the blame for type 1 diabetes on a virus contracted by mothers during pregnancy.