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.

ExAblate system patients lie inside an MRI machine.

Surgery without scars or scalpels

Israel’s Insightec is transforming the operating room with an ultrasound technology enabling surgeons to destroy tumors and cysts without incisions.

Tempting Tiberias

Aside from its many religious pilgrimage sites for Jews and Christians, Tiberias is a prime location for water recreation.

The riverbank is pretty and the water is inviting.

Rehab for a river

Years of efforts by a team of experts turns Tel Aviv’s Yarkon River from a collapsed ecosystem into an attractive recreation and nature spot.