
Israeli eye doctor cares for thousands in Ethiopia
In the past nine years, Dr. Morris Hartstein has examined more than 7,000 Ethiopian Jews and helped 17 Ethiopian doctors receive training in Israel.
Diana Bletter is the author of books including A Remarkable Kindness and The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women, a National Jewish Book Award nominee. A graduate of Cornell University and resident of Israel since 1991, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Commentary and many other publications.

In the past nine years, Dr. Morris Hartstein has examined more than 7,000 Ethiopian Jews and helped 17 Ethiopian doctors receive training in Israel.

Zumu aims to change the concept of a museum from an elitist institution into a dynamic cultural center that reflects each hosting community.

Reptiles such as turtles, snakes and lizards are threatened by agriculture, logging, urban development and invasive species.

Pnimeet Bike Recycling in Jaffa and Jerusalem teaches people how to fix old bicycles instead of throwing them into the garbage.

Israeli teenager Yoav Levanon has won countless awards starting at the age of five, performing on prestigious stages including Carnegie Hall.

Sand cats are an endangered species, making the arrival of five babies in an Israeli zoo a cause for celebration.

13 student refugees are learning Hebrew along with math, computer science and physics. Some will continue with bachelor’s degree studies in Israel.

Bonus BioGroup’s MesenCure drug shown to lower the inflammatory overreaction in cancer patients that can cause multisystem failure.

Internet-ready classrooms in neighboring countries allow students fleeing the war to continue learning with their own classmates and teachers.

A record number of privately held Israeli-founded companies worth at least $1 billion are headquartered in nine states.

Though shaken by the wave of violence in their mixed city, Jewish hoteliers and restaurateur have rebuilt and hope for a better future.

Some of the volunteers have started to take the elderly for medical checkups; others have invited them for Sabbath dinners. One volunteer brought his children to play with a 90-year-old man.

Researchers from four Israeli universities say their method can be adapted to restore destroyed coral ecosystems around the world.

Sanolla’s VoqX can hear infrasound acoustic waves which, when analyzed by artificial intelligence algorithms, can give lifesaving diagnostic insights.

Karam Shbeeta doesn’t sell cannabis, instead the former psychiatric nurse guides café patrons through obtaining prescriptions and learning about its use.