Recipients of the Ilan Ramon Scholarship & Endowment Project at International Space University’s 2008 summer session in Barcelona: (from left) Assaf “Asy” Peer, Ofer Lapid, Ehud Hayun.It’s a moment when all Israelis remember where they were and what they were …

President of the State of Israel Shimon Peres is a man with a storied legacy. From spearheading Israel’s nuclear program in the 1950s to winning the 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, Peres has …

“You’ve got to be worthy, to appear worthy.” LIFE aims to train Israeli and Jewish participants in effective social action in the developing world.Helping the developing world is perhaps the biggest challenge of the new century and, at this point …

“This is our job.” Prof. Zeev Rotstein, CEO of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv.Iran may be an enemy state of Israel, and relations between the two countries tense, to say the least, but this hasn’t stopped an Israeli hospital …

It was Israel’s disorganized queuing system that prompted mathematician Prof. Refael Hassin to begin researching the economic efficacy of lines. It’s not surprising. Queuing in an organized fashion is virtually unheard of in the country, where shoppers tend to congregate …

JIMF co-founder Donald Franklin hopes the new microfinancing fund will break down barriers in philanthropy.The cost of housing in Israel’s capital city Jerusalem is soaring, the disparity between rich and poor is growing wider, while the trust between Arabs and …

Hundreds of medics from all over the world descended on Ein Gedi to take part in Israel’s second MDA Olympics. As the international teams soon discovered, it was a unique opportunity to learn from one another. Find out more in …

A group of Jewish and Palestinian women will be meeting once a week in Jerusalem for 10 weeks – not to thrash out politics, or find a solution to the Mid-East conflict, but to lose weight together. Starting after Ramadan …

Pollution’s effect on the environment is perhaps the hottest of today’s hot-button issues. One long disputed issue: do aerosol (airborne) particles increase or decrease rainfall? The answer, according to findings by an international team of scientists, headed by Prof. Daniel …