New video campaign for expat Israelis: great advertising or big insult?
Haaretz reported today on a new video campaign by the Ministry of Absorption to convince expatriate Israelis to come home. The videos, however, have been
Brian has been a journalist and high-tech entrepreneur for over 25 years. He combines this expertise for ISRAEL21c as he writes about hot new local startups, pharmaceutical advances, scientific discoveries, culture, the arts and daily life in Israel. He loves hiking the country with his family (and blogging about it). Originally from California, he lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.
Haaretz reported today on a new video campaign by the Ministry of Absorption to convince expatriate Israelis to come home. The videos, however, have been
I’m always heartened to read about the ever-growing numbers of young people the Taglit-birthright program has brought to Israel. In the latest report, appearing today
It was clear from the moment we entered that this was not a happy place. It was our oldest son’s 20th birthday and we decided
Israeli website aggregates and analyzes user-generated data to revolutionize the way patients, physicians and drug companies share info about medications. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90
Tap on Tapingo to order burgers or pizza for lunch. Let the Israeli computer wizards worry about how it works. Tapingo lets you order from
Late Apple founder Steve Jobs has often been likened to a hi-tech prophet, sensing consumer need before the public had any idea that they desperately
When I was ten, my parents planned a trip for the family to Disneyland. But a few days before we were set to leave, my
I have often bragged about how great the medical system here is in Israel. There’s no problem with people not being able to get insurance
When our kids were young, we had a videotape they used to love called “Road Construction Ahead” which was all about, well, road construction. It
Abby Leichman has written one of the most off-beat and yet voyeuristically engaging Top Ten Lists I’ve read in a while on Israel21c. It’s a
BillGuard scans your bills for scams, saving users more than $250,000 in first two months of beta testing.
The evening was intended to be a gala celebration of the partnership between Tel Aviv and Los Angeles. 400 Angelenos, in Israel on a Federation
We visited one of Israel’s most unusual museums last week. The Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, in the Israeli Arab town of the same name, is
It’s hard to know exactly how to describe “The Clock,” Christian Marclay’s award winning art installation, which is currently on display, if that’s even the
Israeli startup Do@ aims to “app-ify” the mobile web so smartphone users can search across apps rather than generate an unwieldy list of links. The