ILAN, Israel’s oldest and largest voluntary organization, is an international role model for improving the quality of life for people with neuromuscular disabilities.
Social Action
Israeli college students fortify troubled towns by moving in
In return for free tuition and low rent, members of Ayalim student villages volunteer their time to transform Negev and Galilee communities.
Make a baby face, make peace
A Hebrew University study shows that baby-faced diplomats and politicians make people more willing to compromise.
A school where you learn how to make peace
Peace village Neve Shalom serves as the main campus of the university-level School for Peace.
Israel’s very own Jurassic Park for endangered species
An Israeli researcher is part of a team that hopes to save endangered species by taking cells frozen decades ago and turning them into viable sperm and eggs.
Illuminating the Dark Continent with solar power
Israeli-designed solar-powered light fixtures are lighting up the moribund nights of Africa, South America and beyond.
Smarter digs with an archaeology lab
Weizmann Institute’s unique field lab is part of a ‘microarcheology’ approach that puts natural science to work for Israeli archeologists.
South Carolina woos Israeli innovation
A high-level delegation from the southern state came home with 50 specific joint projects already in the works.
Japan needs to find and nurture its “inner Israeli”
Temperamentally Israelis and Japanese are near-polar opposites, but the Japanese could learn much from Israel’s 21st century economic success story.
Building future engineers with Lego
A 26-year-old Israeli is teaching children advanced skills through guided play with toy building bricks. Now he’s been named entrepreneur of the year by an international organization.
Building a sustainable Jerusalem, one kid at a time
The Bloomfield Science Museum is training hundreds of third- through sixth-grade ‘Green Ambassadors’ to care for their city’s environment.