Yair Gil doesn’t look like a daredevil and if you ask him, he isn’t. On July 7, 2008, Gil set out on a well-thought out trip of a lifetime, flying a Cozy Mark IV aircraft that he built himself across …

Good vibrato is hard to judge subjectively: Noam Amir, senior lecturer at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.Singing lessons could come courtesy of your PC after news that Israeli researchers have successfully managed to train a computer not …

Children can draw an animal and the environment it lives in, and with a click of the mouse, see it spring to life.A whole new world is coming to your computer, and you’re going to create it yourself. That’s the …

Dancer Emanuel Gat is one of 38 artists hand picked by the IcExcellence foundation.Rachel Marani is the first to admit that she doesn’t make life easy for artists. Joining the non-profit foundation, IcExcellence (the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation) brings clear …

A bathing suit that protects your skin – and your modesty.The beach is the ultimate place where women can strut their stuff – and turn heads — in teeny-tiny bikinis. But not all women want that sort of attention. That’s …

“It’s an historic moment – the first Israeli-inspired show to be made into an American network series,” said Arik Kneller, head of Kneller Artists Agency, which represents Mythological X creator Sigal Avin. The CBS version – called The Ex List …

“If the idea behind the script is not catchy and contagious enough, the campaign is likely to be a failure,” Gil Lavie, founder and CEO of Keta Keta.Viral videos are distributed through the Internet by email, messaging, blogs and media …

A new generation of Israeli designers is looking beyond traditional materials of gold, silver and precious stones, to create unique jewelry out of a range of unusual materials, from concrete to polymers, and even nuts and bolts. For jewelry designer …

A sullen looking animated soldier is Israel’s best chance for the central prize, the Palme d’Or, at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. Waltz with Bashir will compete against 19 other films made by some of the world’s most accomplished …

Events in New York to celebrate Israel’s 60th anniversary kicked off with a concert at Radio City Music Hall.Israel’s 60th Independence Day may have come and gone, but in the US the merrymaking is far from over. Politicians, community organizations, …