Javeed Sukhera loves what he calls “the vibrancy of Israel.” When Javeed Sukhera told friends in Toronto that he’d be spending the next three years of his life in Israel, some of them were aghast. “Israel? Of all the countries …

Israeli herbs for the medicine chest
New EU-funded international study of Mediterranean plants finds Israel’s medicinal herbs effective in fighting bacteria, fungus and infection.
Israeli volunteers ring bells for AIDS education
Participants display their bells as part of the Ringing Bells AIDS education project.An African mother wails a death cry as villagers wrap her two-year-old girl in a swaddling cloth for the last time. The body is put in a wooden …
Israeli project empowers young Arab cancer patients
Participants in the program – due to their better-established oncology facilities, Hadassah treats Arab children from beyond the Jerusalem area, including some who come from the Palestinian Authority. The folk music drifted along the corridors of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center …
ISRAEL21c reader survey: Keep positive images of Israel coming
‘Keep up the good work’ was the common theme that ran through the responses to ISRAEL21c’s 2005 Subscriber Survey.The results of ISRAEL21c’s first subscriber survey are in – and they show that readers have come to rely on ISRAEL21c to …
Better neighbors through science
Fifteen joint projects have been approved by the Israel Palestinian Scientific Organization. Since the Oslo process – even during the tensest of times – scientific cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian academics has continued to take place. Both sides recognize that …
Israeli-developed coexistence education project awarded international prize
Israeli Professor Dan Bar-On is a psychologist – but the award-winning project he initiated is not geared towards how people gain insight into themselves, but into their bitterest enemies. In order for people with years of painful and violent interaction …
Israeli discovery of cow gene could result in healthier milk
A science-based approach underlies dairy farming in Israel. In fact most Israeli farmers are more likely to make their rounds, carrying a palm pilot than a bucket.Israeli scientists have discovered a gene that determines the concentration of protein found in …
Israeli environmental program spurs Mandy Patinkin to take to the road
Mandy Patinkin raises his bike in triumph in Eilat, Israel after completing a 265 mile, six-day ride to benefit an environmental coexistence program in southern Israel. (Photo: Rebecca Guber) Film and TV star Mandy Patinkin was among the 100 cyclists …
Israel’s Pied Piper leads barn owls from Tel Aviv to San Francisco
Israeli ornithologist Yossi Leshem has ideas which are definitely not for the birds – even though they all concern birds. The latest plan of the world-renown naturalist is to move families of barn owls to move into the quieter neighborhoods …
In Eilat, dolphins jump for joy, not for fish
Staff at the The Dolphin Reef in Eilat – It’s a lot like taking care of a lot of children.As sunburned tourists stand on the pier that jets out from the shore of the Red Sea Dolphin Reef, clapping and …



