Avishai Cohen, though primarily known as sideman to Chick Corea, is gradually building a reputation as a leader in his own right – his fifth album is due out this June.Over the years, Israelis have gained something of a reputation …
Culture
Israel’s Dip-Tech turns building façades into art
An Israeli company is leading the digital glass printing revolution and turning buildings into beautiful pieces of art.
Telling ‘her-story’
Shulamith Shahar’s book “Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages” continues to serve as a basic text in gender studies and medieval history courses at universities.No phrase evokes the idea of stodginess more than the title of …
A Greek tragedy comes to life
The casting of young Israeli and Ethiopian Jews and Palestinian actors in ‘Mythos’ only underscores its timely and universal message.An Israeli play has been chosen to open the prestigious Lincoln Center Festival in New York City this summer. Mythos, directed …
A palatable measure of success
Hummus is just one of the Israeli food staples which is successfully being exported around the world.Gone are the days when the pinnacle of Israeli food exports were the famous Jaffa Oranges. Today, agricultural products account for only 2.5 percent …
Selling peace of mind
Yael Avi-Yonah creates a new work in her home studio in Jerusalem. Husband and wife artists Dov Lederberg and Yael Avi-Yonah are exporting something novel from Israel to the United States – peace of mind.With their unorthodox art inspired by …
From Chernobyl to the Negev
Victoria Yavelsky, left, with her advisor Prof. Marina Wolfson: “I couldn’t imagine myself in any other profession.” (Photo: BGU)One day, award-winning Israeli scientist Victoria Yavelsky was asked to explain ovarian cancer to a woman who had just learned that she …
Baroness Greenfield: Israeli scientific achievements are mindboggling
Baroness Susan Greenfield at Hebrew University: Preventing research from being done can cost people their lives, and it makes academics look small-minded. (Photo: Sasson Tiram)Israeli scientific achievements “are absolutely mindboggling,” according to the Baroness Susan Greenfield, one of the world’s …
From soccer hero to deputy mayor
Newly appointed deputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Rifat Turk: “It is our duty to prove that co-existence in peace and equality is not only a dream.” (Photo: Tel Aviv)Rifat Turk is used to being the first.The beloved former soccer star …
Spielberg slated to film next project in Israel
Steven Spielberg has said that his idea for the film involved American pilots who came to Israel after WW II and trained Israeli pilots.The Israeli film world is abuzz with speculation regarding a new movie to be produced and directed …
Israeli-American architect to design WTC complex
Architect Daniel Libeskind poses at the site of World Trade Center in New York after his design was selected by the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Corporation as the one that will be erected on the site where the World Trade Center …