
‘Advocate’ about Israeli lawyer wins Best Documentary Emmy
Controversial film about Israeli human-rights lawyer Lea Tsemel gets top prize at 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
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.

Controversial film about Israeli human-rights lawyer Lea Tsemel gets top prize at 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

To celebrate World Space Week, we spoke to space scientist Prof. Paul Kamoun about global warming, a space factory for drugs, and Israel’s Moon mission.

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Snyk, Papaya, Melio are just some of the Israeli companies that closed investment rounds of at least $100 million in the past month.

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Be a Mensch Foundation works to bridge the wide secular-religious divide in Israel through youth dialog.

SmartAID is working with local groups in Afghanistan that offer mental health support to vulnerable women.

Experiential encounters promote tolerance and understanding through drama, sports, music, discussions and community volunteering.

Harshit Godha of Bhopal credits Israeli mentors with teaching him all he needs to know to launch one of the first Indian commercial avocado orchards.

Ben-Gurion University in Israel and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Université Internationale de Rabat in Morocco announce collaborations.

Study of 11,000 infected adults during the Delta wave in Israel sees vaccine’s protection disappearing at six months and restored by third dose.