A lifelong passion for winged machines
A gallery of civilian aircraft and flight artifacts from as far back as the Golden Age of aviation joins the rich variety of tourist attractions
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.
A gallery of civilian aircraft and flight artifacts from as far back as the Golden Age of aviation joins the rich variety of tourist attractions
Technologically simple, inexpensive and environmentally safe, an Israeli-devised toxic sugar bait promises to control the disease-spreading mosquito. Photo courtesy of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A
A new device from an Israeli company is the only solution for end-stage AMD, the most common cause of blindness in the elderly in developed countries.
As we become more conscious of the size of our ecological footprints, it’s good to know that in Israel we can go green in our leisure options as well.
A brilliantly conceived tech tour, from the White House to the likes of Google and Yahoo, has generated tremendous buzz and possibilities for Israeli start-ups
“Working in the kitchen with sharp instruments doesn’t mean we have to kill each other,” says one of a team of multiethnic chefs who brought
Israeli scientists are collaborating with counterparts in Singapore to develop new nanomaterials to enhance the efficiency of existing energy and water management technologies. The staff
A simple device from Israel can render the delicate, complex problem of biological wastewater treatment perfectly manageable. An Israeli installation of the Mapal wastewater treatment
Searching for Israel’s soul, Emmy-award winning NBC bureau chief Martin Fletcher chose to walk the country to cover daily living, rather than daily confrontations. On
An American-Israeli bio-tech company’s diagnostic kit can detect increased risk for breast cancer, vastly improving the odds of curing it.
Two Israeli companies are among the five winners of General Electric’s Ecomagination Challenge to develop ideas for better power grid and global energy transformation. The
An Israeli math professor is receiving international recognition for her educational program, with methods that have students outperforming their peers. Students trained using the VisualMath
While he no longer resides in the country full-time, world-class concert pianist Victor Goldberg says that wherever he roams, he sees himself as an ambassador
A historic drilling project at Israel’s Dead Sea could help international experts to better understand phenomena ranging from climate change to cultural evolution. Photo courtesy
An Israeli marine biologist is the first to discover the extraordinary gender-reversal approach to reproduction of the Japanese mushroom coral.