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.

Butterflies to Bat Yam

Nature lovers spearhead efforts to transform Bat Yam into a butterfly paradise, attracting new species to the city’s streets. Bat Yam’s educational butterfly pavilion has

Virtual brain institute to accelerate cures

Even France wants in on the virtual neurological research network initiated by President Shimon Peres and being crafted between Israel and Canada. Insightec’s revolutionary neurological device, which

Rapper Shyne comes home

Months out of jail, an established Jewish New York hip-hop artist credits God for his new record contract and plans a permanent move to Israel.

Rehabilitating the Carmel after the blaze

A million trees will be planted in public recreational areas of the scorched Carmel bio-reserve, while natural regeneration will be the recipe for recovery for the rest of the forest.

Getting paid to think about the sky

As a child, Avraham Loeb loaded up the tractor with books and went out into the fields to read. Today the Israeli-born astrophysicist studies the heavens at Harvard.

Israeli ingenuity a good match with Mass

Israeli innovation contributes $2.4 billion to the Massachusetts economy, with 100 companies providing 5,920 jobs. For Corindus Vascular Robotics, Massachusetts was a clear choice and

A luxury window to the best of Jerusalem

A “unique hotel with more dash than David Beckham,” Jerusalem’s Mamilla Hotel adjacent to the Old City, has been picked as one of the world’s top places to stay.