Welcome to a new way of reading ISRAEL21c
The staff of ISRAEL21c and Roojoom meet for a training session. At ISRAEL21c we are always looking for ways to make your experience as a reader better and to bring you content in new and interesting...
View ArticleISRAEL21c story on new breast implant sparks global interest
On January 9, ISRAEL21c broke the news to the English-speaking public about a revolutionary Israeli invention now entering the European market: B-Lite – the world’s lightest-weight breast implant. Dael...
View Article14,000 see Israeli innovation showcase at AIPAC
The four Israeli companies invited to present their futuristic technologies in front of 14,000 attendees of the 2014 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington last week received an enthusiastic response...
View ArticleCHAT students discover ingenuity through ISRAEL21c
ISRAEL21c content is part of the information included on CHAT’s Wall of Truth. We recently shared a Shabbat meal with a “gap year” student from Toronto. When I told her I write for ISRAEL21c, she said...
View ArticleStartup ‘secret sauce’ recipe shared in LA
From left, Daniel Gold, LA Jewish Federation; Yael Vizel of Zeekit; Roei Deutsch of Yesh Atid; Shiri Ladelsky of Vibits; and Guy Katsovich of Veribo. Four Israeli “high-tech heroes” told their startup...
View ArticleArgentinean eye doctors find ISRAEL21c eye-opening
Last October, Dr. Roberto Ebner wrote to say that he had chanced upon ISRAEL21c’s “Top 10 incredible Israeli advances in vision” and was “amazed by the synthesis in the steps you explored on this...
View ArticleCelebrate Israel parade brings travel pals back together
Cap 1: Enjoying the parade, from top clockwise, David Behrman, Vicki Weber, Lana Dishler, Michele Herman, Steve Ostrove and Bernie Dishler. https://flic.kr/p/nTUPze Cap 2: Karen and Steve Ostrove...
View ArticleReWalk takes steps toward $50 million IPO
Israeli-developed exoskeleton for paraplegics was one of TIME magazine’s ’25 Best Inventions of the Year 2013.’Argo Medical Technologies took a huge step forward with its innovative robotic exoskeleton...
View Article‘Children are children. They are not our enemies’
Along with the other 210,000 residents of coastal Ashdod, over the past couple of weeks Irena Nosel and her family must scramble for shelter when the wailing siren warns of incoming missiles from Gaza....
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – Wedding under fire
Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. Bride Shiran takes cover in a wine cellar with her guests as the Code Red siren is sounded during her wedding in Beer Yakov. If you’ve got a photograph you’d like to...
View ArticleThe maverick thinker behind Iron Dome
Brig. Gen. Danny Gold felt like Don Quixote. The Israeli defense establishment thought Brig. Gen. Daniel Gold was absolutely crazy when he broached the idea for the missile-defense system that came to...
View ArticleTourists come despite the war
Signs at the Ben-Gurion Airport point visitors to a bomb shelter. Photo by Tzahi Ben Ami/FLASH90. “If anything, the war only strengthened my resolve to be here,” Annika Hernroth-Rothstein told...
View Article‘Operation Doron’ serves up love on a plate
Soldiers enjoying their free sandwiches. Facebook can bring down governments. It can be a place of highly uncivil debate. But it can also catalyze a war-weary public to support its soldiers in...
View ArticleDancing with the ‘enemy’
Bringing together 11-year-olds from opposite poles. Photo by Nurit Mozes Whether it’s the cha-cha, tango, or a simple twirl around the school gym, Arab and Jewish kids in Israel are connecting through...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – Storytime for southern kids
Photo by FLASH90 Israel’s First Lady, Nechama Rivlin, read stories to dozens of Gaza-area children who were transported to Jerusalem for a day of respite from rocket attacks, at the President’s...
View ArticleHow do you know where lightning will strike? (audio)
If you can forecast where lightning will strike companies can deliver products to keep people safe. Image via www.Shutterstock.com...
View Article‘My name is Hanoch and I play with my food’
Piven with two of his works. Can you guess which leaders they are? “My name is Hanoch and I play.” That’s how Israeli artist Hanoch Piven begins a TEDx Talk explaining how playing with objects –...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – Nuns on the Via Dolorosa
Christian Orthodox nuns hold candles and flowers as they walk along the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday. The nuns were commemorating the death and resurrection of the Virgin Mary...
View ArticleBack to school, with relief and fear
Thirteen-year-old Tal shopping for school supplies in Jerusalem on August 26, 2014. Photo by Nati Shohat/FLASH90 The beginning of the school year is usually a time to bid summer vacation farewell and...
View ArticleOpening The Gate to emotional healing
Yohai Israeli. Thanks to Israeli TV news programs and the classes he gives in the United States, Yohai Israeli is gaining celebrity. But it’s not his name that he hopes to put in lights; rather it’s...
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