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.

Windsurfer Lee Korzits is likely to climb the podium.

Israel en route to the Olympics

Israel is sending a strong team of athletes to the London Olympics. This year’s goals: To win a medal in a new discipline, and to see a woman step on to the podium.

The Cupola. Photo by Mel Brickman

Lights in Jerusalem

My friend Barbara and I were standing at Jaffa Gate facing the Cupola – an 82-foot-high domed structure by Italy’s Luminarie De Cagna – at

Ori at the Beach

I just came across Ori at the Beach, a picture book available in Hebrew/English and Hebrew/French. The simple and colorful board book written by Delphine

The Kastiel showroom gets refreshed every two weeks. Photo by Itay Sikolsky

Furniture for presidents

Clients include Golda Meir, David Ben Gurion and Chaim Weizmann, but now Kastiel, Israel’s most famous name in fine furniture since 1942, is opening a new line geared to smaller budgets.