Still inventing after all these years
‘This country saved my life,’ says 91-year-old microbiologist Nathan Citri. In return, he is saving others with Israeli medical ingenuity.
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.
‘This country saved my life,’ says 91-year-old microbiologist Nathan Citri. In return, he is saving others with Israeli medical ingenuity.
Weighing less than a pound, the Injured Personnel Carrier can secure an injured person on a rescuer’s back, leaving hands completely free.
Machane Yehuda, Israel’s largest and most ethnically diverse outdoor market, is attracting a whole new breed of culinary tourists.
Visitors from 115 countries are expected at Agritech Israel in mid-May. Now in its 18th year, the show is the go-to event for all the latest innovations in the industry.
Actor Tobey Maguire is in Israel on a mixed business and pleasure trip.
An Ivy League biological researcher (and former dancer) reverses the brain drain by accepting a position at Israel’s newest medical school.
Israeli swimsuit maker Diva is celebrating its 70th anniversary in Tel Aviv with a big splash.
ISRAEL21c is recommended reading in Prof. Steve Malter’s Washington University course, “Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israel.” He’s taught the course for the past three years at the St. Louis, Missouri, university’s Olin Business School. And it includes a required trip to Israel to visit the places the undergrads learn about.
For the first time in Israel, images by pioneering documentary photographer Eugène Atget are going on display. “Eugène Atget: As Paris Was,” an exhibition at
Israel’s archeologists work on more than 300 excavations every year. The best ones are turned into national parks for the public to enjoy.
‘The ambassadors can talk for a year, but one good meal does just as much good,’ says Tel Aviv chef Shaul Ben-Aderet.
‘The ambassadors can talk for a year, but one good meal does just as much good,’ says Tel Aviv chef Shaul Ben-Aderet. Shaul Ben-Aderet at
Hooked up together, a “flower garden” of AORA solar energy plants could power entire cities.
With the aid of a homemade guide rail, Shlomi Lazmy regularly knocks down pins at a Holon bowling alley even though he can’t see them.
Can a Facebook dialogue defuse the threat of nuclear war? Tel Aviv dad Ronny Edry thinks it’s worth a try.