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.
In the face of increasing calls to boycott Israeli-made products, a group of Israeli businesspeople is launching “Shop-A-Fada,” and its spokesman is none other than the legendary Israeli basketball-star-turned-goodwill-ambassador Tal Brody.
On April 8, we posted Rescue me, Israel style about a revolutionary alternative to a stretcher made by Jerusalem-based Agilite.
A futuristic Israeli medical device enabled a British paraplegic to walk the entire route of the 2012 London Marathon.
‘Working in a small country certainly has its positive aspects,’ Raphael Mechoulam says. ‘It couldn’t have happened in the United States.’
Working out not only keeps people physically fit but also keeps them happier on the job, according to Israeli university researchers.
Dr. Howard Cedar wins acclaim for discovering how genes become specialized, while his filmmaker son wins Oscar nominations.
Two years ago, ISRAEL21c reported on an all-natural superabsorbent polymer (SAP) invented in Israel that can help people lose weight safely, grow crops with less water and dispose of diapers without harming the earth.
Nancy Miller, a technology teacher at The Moriah School in Englewood, New Jersey, recently wrote to report that her pupils used information from our article “Israel’s top 45 greatest inventions of all time” to prepare for the school’s annual fourth-grade Invention Convention.
Pain relievers may be causing a rise in blood pressure, cautions a Tel Aviv University researcher.
Israel’s inaugural Clean the Land Day will take place across the country on Friday, May 18. This welcome initiative comes from four Masa Israel Government Fellows
An Israeli company transforms commercial digital printing with a groundbreaking – and eco-friendly — Nanographic process.
An Israeli evolutionary biologist finds hard evidence of global warming in the changes he’s found in wheat and barley plants.
Social gaming goes green as two Israelis raise awareness and recycling compliance with a fun app. Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore are buying it.
Companies on three continents are taking note of a safe, biodegradable Israeli material for everything from diapers to diet pills.
Millions of asthma sufferers can breathe a bit easier thanks to research and products coming out of Israel. ISRAEL21c brings the top 10 advances in the field.
