Writer: Nitsana Bellehsen

A soap story

Founded as a family business in Israel, Sabon has grown to become an international chain of specialty stores for soap and other personal care products.

Israeli musicians take on New York

Both established Israeli musicians such as Idan Raichel and newcomers like Efrat Gosh are finding success with diverse audiences abroad, even in fiercely competitive New

Science on the train

An Israeli university is taking a new approach to learning by treating passengers traveling on the Israel Rail Service to a series of lectures by

A wine with benefits [Video]

If you’re looking for a healthy tipple, look no further than the Rimon Winery, which is using pomegranates to make a wine famed for both

Giving voice to peace [Video]

A Jaffa youth choir that combines the voices of Jewish and Arabs girls isn’t just sharing its message of coexistence, it’s practicing it out loud.

From world champion boxer to rabbi

He’s just won the World Boxing Association’s Super Welterweight Boxing Title, so what does Israeli Yuri Foreman do in his spare time? Study to be

Send in the clowns [Video]

Israel offers the world’s first-ever academic program for medical clowns, at Haifa University.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmyAar1mbOQ A doctor at Tel Aviv’s Tel Hashomer Hospital says that