Israeli kids go back to school despite surge in infections
‘I know it will not be easy, but we have a moral obligation to bring the children back to school,’ says Education Minister.
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.
‘I know it will not be easy, but we have a moral obligation to bring the children back to school,’ says Education Minister.
For Israeli aid worker, Ben Katzir, every day helping Haitians in the wake of yet another devastating earthquake is like a month, because there is so much to do.
Pomegranates add color and symbolism to the Rosh Hashana table décor, but they are also extremely good for your health.
From Sweden to Singapore, trading volumes plummet when moms and dads take time from jobs to accompany kids on first day of school.
Nectin Therapeutics creates a roadblock to stop cancer cells evading immunotherapy treatments, boosting the success of the therapy.
Point.AI hires high-functioning people on the spectrum – who often are underemployed — to annotate data, a task requiring keen attention to detail.
The second Israeli to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Games, Mark Malyar was born with cerebral palsy as was his twin, also a Paralympic swimmer.
In Israel, every seventh year is supposed to be a sabbath year when farmers don’t raise crops. It’s a great rest for the fields, but a huge test of faith.
The first Arab Israeli to win a Paralympic or Olympic medal, Shalabi is both deaf and paraplegic.
Forester Nurit Hibsher says she’s never seen a fire like the one that blazed through the Jerusalem hills for three days in August. It’s got her worried.
JNF Canada, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Start-Up Nation Central and the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation offer annual prize to incentivize Israeli climate-tech innovation.
Memorandum of understanding signed by Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy at IDC Herzliya and the Derasat Institute of Bahrain.
The treatment under development works against a novel target: succinate, a pro-inflammatory molecule secreted by gut bacteria.
Surgeons would be able to order hybrid organs – a pig organ with a human lining of blood vessels-that could help solve the acute shortage of organs for transplant.
The Paralympics is about world-class athletes competing in a world-class event, says Israel’s Paralympic sponsor Andrew Danos.