Writer: ISRAEL21c Staff

High-tech options for Israel’s Druze

The “Creating Career Opportunities in Hi-Tech for Druze” conference to showcase career opportunities for Israeli minorities in the high-tech industry will be held in the

Roman statue washes up on the beach

Photo taken by Amir Cohen / Reuters Violent storms across the region last week wreaked havoc with scores of archaeological sites along Israel’s coast, but

90,000 tourists expected for Christmas

Israel’s Tourism Ministry is preparing for the expected arrival of 90,000 tourists for Christmas, about one third of them pilgrims. Christmas in Israel is celebrated

Israeli security device wins top award

Israel’s Briefcam recently won the 2010 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award in the area of physical security for its invention, which offers an innovative

Israel aids Colombia flood victims

Yesterday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Ministry of Defense sent a humanitarian aid delegation to provide medical care and services to victims of

Successful results for osteoporosis drug

TransPharma Medical, an Israeli specialty pharmaceutical company, recently announced successful results of a four-week Phase 1 clinical trial of its new self-applied ViaDerm System ViaDerm-hPTH(1-34)

Israeli improvements for microsensors

Microsensors, known as accelerometers, are everywhere – embedded in a football helmet, they measure the impact of a violent tackle, and in an iPhone they

Nothing could have stopped the fire

As of yesterday evening, 82 hours after it broke out, and after claiming the lives of 42 people, the worst fire in Israel’s history, that burned dozens of homes and ravaged thousands of acres of land in the north of the country, was finally extinguished.