The class is taught by a professional cooking teacher, together with a translator, who translates the lessons into sign language. As they knead bread and stir sauces together, a group of hearing-impaired young Israelis have left their cultural differences outside …
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Running the Holyland with the Hash House Harriers
Join revelers in Tel Aviv for an International social fun run and beer-drinking event. ‘It was the silliest run I ever did,’ says one enthusiast.
American couple comes to Israel to marry on New Year’s Eve
Rabbi Michael Melchior performs the wedding ceremony for Megan Seltz and Ian Brandt on New Year’s Eve.Two young Americans made their first trip to Israel last week a truly unforgettable experience – they got married.The couple, Megan Seltz and Ian …
Jewish and Arab youth learn co-existence through soccer
Some of the 7,000 Israel Arab and Jewish children, whom came to Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium. The children are part of a new campaign sponsored by the New Israel Fund to promote co-existence and mutual respect in Israel. 7,000 Jewish …
Alpha Omega makes tools for treating neurological disorders
Alpha-Omega’s microelectrode implants enable doctors to evaluate disease symptoms before and after surgery.Ten years ago Imad Younis and his wife Reem founded Alpha Omega Engineering that supplies labs and hospitals with equipment that maps the brain. The equipment is helping …
Mahler score containing original revisions found at Israeli academy
A score of Mahler’s First Symphony that contains his own handwritten revisions was uncovered by chance in the archives of the Jerusalem Academy of Music. A teacher at the academy, Charles Bornstein, came upon the score as he was searching …
Einstein artifacts from Hebrew University on display in New York
Albert Einstein was a founder of Hebrew University and donated his personal papers to the University in 1952. A unique exhibition on the life and work of Albert Einstein is drawing thousands of visitors to the American Museum of Natural …
Israeli film wins top prize at Tokyo International Film Festival
Director Nir Bergman (top) posed with members of the Broken Wings cast at the Tokyo International Film Festival.”Broken Wings,” a drama by rookie Israeli director Nir Bergman about a middle-class Haifa family coping with the emotional and financial fallout following …
Israel’s BSecure helps keep lid on pharmaceutical fraud
Counterfeit drugs may be health threats to the people who use them because of improper ingredients, contamination and other problems.An Israeli company, BSecure, has developed methods to protect consumers and manufacturers from the counterfeiting of brand name pharmaceuticals that costs …
Arturo Schwartz – benefactor to art and Israel
Arturo Schwartz carried on a long-time friendship and correspondence with pioneering Surrealist artist Marcel Duchamp (above).Italian art collector Arturo Schwartz, the son of non-observant Jewish parents, was a strong backer of Israel and showed his support by donating his immense …
Bringing Dali and friends to the desert
A new art collection at Ben-Gurion University is graced by a sculpture from the Spanish Surrealist artist Salvador Dali.Ephraim and Zfira Ilin, owners of the Susita assembly plant that manufactured the only Israeli-made car, slept on a bed designed by …