Israel pours money into hotel industry as tourism climbs
National and local tourist boards roll out ambitious plans to keep up with an increasing influx of foreign travelers to the Holy Land.
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.
National and local tourist boards roll out ambitious plans to keep up with an increasing influx of foreign travelers to the Holy Land.
Israel is the only country that permanently opens its arms to children sick from radiation caused by the Ukrainian nuclear disaster 25 years ago. Watch
Perusing the schedule of 51 available sites on this popular tour is enough to lure anyone off their own couch to get an insider’s guided glimpse of someone else’s.
Hebrew University researchers discover how a single gene can keep malignant cells from spreading to healthy tissue. Reprinted with permission of Nature, Macmillan Publishers 2011
Israeli maestro Itay Talgam uses musical principles to foster harmony in boardrooms, courtrooms and classrooms worldwide. By translating the language of music into the language
The Israeli government is launching a massive rehabilitation and cleanup project to transform the polluted waterway and its banks into a haven for nature-lovers.
“Location theory” research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) will directly aid France Telecom (Orange Labs R&D) in determining the optimal placement of its
An Israeli company’s Internet-based training program offers hope to those with dyslexia and other learning disabilities that affect reading skills. AgileEye software helps people with
Actress, model, singer and producer Tishby broke new ground by selling In Treatment to HBO, paving the way for Israeli TV in America.
A new national training program stresses encouragement and positive optimism for Jewish and Arab children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Photo by Mike Horton Students
Feeding corporate giants’ insatiable appetite for Israeli innovation, lool Ventures looks to bring the next great Internet/mobile ideas to fruition.
He’s one of the art world’s most influential personalities, and in his 15-year tenure James Snyder has put the Israel Museum on the international map.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot discovered that they could erase entire memories in rats just by blocking a protein called PKMzeta
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When we suddenly get an flash of inspiration, we can practically feel the light bulb click on in our head. But after the “Aha!” moment,