Picking the olive crop in Majdal Krum near Haifa.With the scenic green vista of the Galilee as a backdrop, the sounds of Irish music wafted across the landscape that spread out from the stone patio of the small olive press …
Author Archives: Allison Kaplan Sommer
Israel and Georgia create a peach of a business environment
Georgia’s governor Sonny Perdue views a demonstration of emergency evacuation equipment for hi-rise buildings developed by Israeli companies.The gift that an Israeli businesswoman handed to Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue last week reflected the warm relationship between Israel and Georgia: a …
American and Israeli students show that all the world’s a stage
Actors from Tel Aviv and New York, collaborate on a experimental theater project on the internet. (Photo: Gil Shapiro)As the minutes ticked down till performance time, Dr. Barbara Rose-Haum stood on the stage at New York University giving the cast …
Israeli vaccine could provide universal answer to flu epidemics
The avian flu virus – BiondVax was on track to begin human clinical trials of the new vaccine, which has already proven effective on animals.Israeli company BiondVax doesn’t claim to have the answer that will allay the mounting fears of …
Israeli city joins the great chess capitals of the world
President Moshe Katsav at the opening of the World Team Chess Championship in Beersheva. (Photo: AP)A sleepy southern Israeli city that is passionate about the game of chess has had the honor of hosting the World Team Championships of the …
Israel welcomes US students displaced by Katrina
This summer, as Gina Weintraub prepared to begin her final semester of graduate school in social work at Tulane University in New Orleans, she couldn’t have possibly imagined that less than two weeks later, she would be living and studying …
Using virtual reality to confront public speaking phobia
‘All phobias are ideal for treatment using virtual reality,’ says Dr. Helaine Wallach.An old Jerry Seinfeld routine went something like this: A recent study concluded that most Americans fear speaking in public more than they fear dying. This means that …
US gives massive vote of confidence to Israeli’s bioterror research
Dr. Raymond Kaempfer: I knew that I wanted to make a contribution beyond my personal ambitions and goals.As a young boy who spent the early years of his life hiding from the Nazis, Dr. Raymond Kaempfer was threatened by those …
Israeli inventor offers purified water on tap
The TriSource – this is the next logical step for faucets in the modern house.Moshe Granot moved to Moshav Adanim in the 1970s planning to be a farmer, and began to raise guava fruit. But when all his neighbors also …
Israeli animal rights group leads effort against horse racing
Hakol Chai is calling on Israelis and supporters of its cause abroad to write to the relevant ministers and sign its petition against bringing gambling on horse racing to Israel.An animal rights group in Israel is working to prevent the …