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.

A blood-shy, blood cancer warrior

Israeli professor, Varda Shoshan-Barmatz is one of only a few non-North Americans to win a grant from the Leukemia & Lymphona Society to develop antidotes

Anti-bacterial textiles to save lives

The same bacteria that make your sweaty socks smell are responsible for some 1.7 million hospital-associated infections in the US alone. An Israeli antibacterial fabric

Women in war zones

The stars are both behind the cameras and onscreen at Israel’s annual women’s film festival, which this year focuses on women who live with ongoing,

The man who sells spiders for strawberries

Bugs are Dr. Shimon Steinberg’s bread and butter. The R&D manager at Israel’s Bio-Bee works to undo the damage of chemical pest control and encourage what nature intended.

Fruit fly fluke

An Israeli scientist’s discovery of TRP channels is making waves worldwide, since these proteins are involved in vision; initiating the sensation of pain, temperature and

Akin to a Nobel win

For the first time, an Israeli professor has been awarded the Fields Medal for Mathematics, said to be the equivalent of a Nobel Prize, by

Fired up to fight kidney failure

Motivated by an interest in global human health, a team of Israeli researchers has identified the gene that increases the risk of kidney failure in

Prize-winning patience and love

With deep empathy for those who live in anticipation of “the next bad thing,” Rosa Naveh treats psycho trauma with tender loving care.   Rosa

Dancing disorders away

Pioneering dancer-turned-occupational therapist Dido Green has moved from England to Tel Aviv, where she develops new-age methods to treat childhood motor disorders.   Setting up

‘Zero knowledge’ keeps your secrets safe

Intrigued by topics that touch on mathematics, computer science, physics and neuroscience, Israel’s Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser has made far-reaching contributions to keeping your data safe