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.

On the HIV warpath

A substance that destroys cells infected with deadly HIV and could prevent AIDS, has been developed in Israel after a decade of cooperation between chemists

Israelis join Komen for the Cure

Israeli NGOs join the world’s largest breast cancer organization to fight breast cancer with a series of events in October. Thousands of people are expected

Following her nose to Italy and back

Tamar Cohen-Zedek traveled to Italy to study veterinary medicine but the aromas of Italian cooking enticed her in an entirely different career direction. Cucina Tamar

Living in a City Tree

A new ecology project in Tel Aviv is teaching urban dwellers how to live a sustainable and green lifestyle, even in the heart of the city.

Get your chipset for 4G in Israel

The chipset from Israel’s Altair will be at the heart of the 4G cellular revolution, enabling you to perform the same things on your mobile

Multi-tasking science

Professor Marcelle Machluf juggles her family and research in three groundbreaking fields: Cancer therapy, gene therapy and tissue engineering. In Israel, women have to do

Israelis on ice

It may take a four-hour drive to the only ice rink in the country, but the die-hard hockey hounds of Israel’s Ice Hockey Federation are

Delivering an educational miracle

With hard work and passion, Karen Tal went from winning over neighborhood bullies to transforming a sub-standard school into an “educational miracle”.