
Israeli study suggests booster vaccine highly effective
Third Pfizer dose seems effective at preventing infection and severe illness, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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.

Third Pfizer dose seems effective at preventing infection and severe illness, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The Israeli company’s Asterra division was recognized for products that locate and assess underground water leaks.

Ganit Goldstein’s experimental embedded electronics and VR applications add new dimensions to textiles with the aim of making them more sustainable.

SpeakWiz’s free, gamified on-the-go language learning builds communities of students with similar interests, led by mentors in their native tongue.

Study on animals genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer and a group of subjects over 65 with memory decline showed improved vascular function.

‘The city that never stops’ also was voted most fun city in the world in the annual poll of city-dwellers across the world.

Groups of five to 30 foreign tourists will be admitted from most countries if all travelers have proof of vaccine and negative PCR test.

Genius Star logic game creator, British-Israeli Aron Lazarus, won a toy industry award as Rising Star Innovator of the Year.

Final tally for the Tokyo Games is six gold medals, two silvers and a bronze – eight in swimming and one in rowing.

Three Israeli companies closed investment rounds of at least $100 million in the past month.

Jerusalem Botanical Gardens’ Wildflower Seeds Project, honoring the late First Lady Nehama Rivlin, aims to bring nature into urban home gardens.

Pharma companies can’t make reliable, consistent drugs from cannabis plant compounds. EPM’s synthetic cannabis acid molecules could make it possible.

Power cuts are becoming increasingly common worldwide as electricity consumption soars – what if our homes, offices, hotels and hospitals could generate their own electricity?

Cookbook author Adeena Sussman and food writer Sybil Kaplan let their dishes be inspired by the seasonal produce available in Israel’s open markets.

Thus far, Israel’s Paralympic squad has garnered four gold medals, two silvers and a bronze – six in swimming and one in rowing.