When people think of olive oil they think of France, Spain and Italy. But in Israel, you can also find complicated quality oils.Israelis and Palestinians have a tough time getting along. That’s not rocket science. Turn on any news program …
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Israeli pianist takes a modern approach to the classics [VIDEO]
Pianist Elisha Abas: “It’s my job to bring classical music to young people throughout the world.”Pianist Elisha Abas is on a mission: He is working to revive classical music and bring young people back into concert halls. The way he’s …
Israeli author sheds Light in Shadowy Corners
“Coming out” in any culture can be fraught with controversy, internal conflict and emotion. And within religious environs, announcing one’s homosexual preferences increases the complications exponentially. So when Evan Fallenberg began penning his debut novel Light Fell, the story of …
Israel’s InSightec hopes to ease the pain of bone cancer
InSightec’s ExAblate 2000 is a non-invasive system that aims focused ultrasound waves at a tumor to destroy it.For late-stage cancer patients one of the most common kinds of pain is from tumors that have spread to the bone. Current pain …
Organic children’s clothes provide a perfect fit
The entire reason I got into organics was because I wanted to make a change – Varda Halpert Messer. Varda Halpert Messer is the first to admit she’s not the type to go out and hug a tree. Nonetheless, the …
Finding something new under the sun with Israeli inventors
Motti Franko demonstrates the Net-Throne, a reclining computer workstation built by a designer looking to relieve back pressure.”You’re Yossef Schneider? Nice to meet you!” I queried with more than a hint of unconcealed surprise while consciously refraining from extending a …
Israeli filmmaker makes ‘invisible years’ clearer
Gideon Boaz: I believe that the biological family is closer to their gay son [in Israel] than in the US.As Gideon Boaz crept closer to 40, he started asking questions. ‘What about retirement planning? How do my peers live their …
Israeli-inspired youth village for Rwandan orphans takes shape
Dancers celebrate at the ground-breaking ceremony of the new Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village for children orphaned during Rwanda’s genocideIn 2005 Anne Heyman sent an e-mail message from her Manhattan office to Israel’s director of the Yemin Orde Youth Village. “You don’t …
Eco-architect from Israel builds environment-friendly homes for the future
Isaac Meir: Ventilation, passive heating and cooling can all be advantages if you use what the environment can offer rather than relating to environmental constraints.When Isaac Meir plans a house, he takes seemingly unconventional factors into consideration: wind direction, aridity, …
Israeli agricultural expertise aids Tibetan refugees
Tsering Dolma works in the fields of the Arava farming settlement: I’m a farmer in India but there we don’t have these types of special learning facilities. I’m learning so much’Tsering Dolma is excited. This is the Tibetan’s first time …