Category Israel

Giro d’Italia begins!

photo - Cyclists met some of the audience in Safra Square during the opening ceremony May 4

Cyclists met some of the audience in Safra Square during the opening ceremony May 4. (photo from Ashernet) The night of May 4 saw a spectacular ceremony to welcome the scores of participants and visitors to Israel to mark the…

Groves in their honour

photo - Belkin Forest Grove was dedicated in Baal Shem Tov Forest on March 27

Belkin Forest Grove was dedicated in Baal Shem Tov Forest on March 27. (photo by Lilah Weiss) On March 27, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund held a special event in memory of JNF Canada friend and philanthropist Elliot Belkin. About 20…

Israel’s 70th

photo - Israel's 70th Independence Day

(photo from Ashernet) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed a special meeting of the Israeli cabinet in Independence Hall in Tel Aviv on April 20 in honour of the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the modern state by Israel’s…

High-tech medicine

photo - A 1-year-old boy being treated with a novel gene therapy drug. “Usually, this type of injury with a hemophiliac patient would involve hours in the emergency room, with repeated doses of intravenous coagulation factors,” said Prof. Gili Kenet, director of the National Hemophilia Centre at Sheba Medical Centre

A 1-year-old boy being treated with a novel gene therapy drug. “Usually, this type of injury with a hemophiliac patient would involve hours in the emergency room, with repeated doses of intravenous coagulation factors,” said Prof. Gili Kenet, director of the…

Tel Aviv’s Independence Trail

photo - Children follow the new Independence Trail in Tel Aviv

Children follow the new Independence Trail in Tel Aviv. (photo by Ricky Rachman) In honour of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, the city of Tel Aviv has introduced a new interactive walking route that takes visitors past 10 of the city’s…

Follow the Sanhedrin

photo - The trail crosses the Galilee from Beit She’arim to Tiberias

The trail crosses the Galilee from Beit She’arim to Tiberias. (photo by Israel Antiquities Authority from Ashernet) This year in the Galilee, thousands of students have been excavating and organizing the first “smart trail,” in which dozens of stone relay…

Israel leads way in workplace

photo - Orit Sulitzeanu, executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel

Orit Sulitzeanu, executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel. (photo from Facebook) Orit Sulitzeanu, executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel, was invited to address the United Nations on March 29 about…

Whole new Israel experience

photo - Itay Asaf, far left, with a group he led on a tour of Jaffa, where they visited the areas in which his dad grew up. This particular group was in Israel for eight days

Itay Asaf, far left, with a group he led on a tour of Jaffa, where they visited the areas in which his dad grew up. This particular group was in Israel for eight days. (photo from Itay Asaf) Esperanso is…

Build it and they will come?

photo - Ramon International Airport in Eilat will begin service on Oct. 28

Ramon International Airport in Eilat will begin service on Oct. 28. (photo by Gil Zohar) With Ramon International Airport beginning service on Oct. 28, officials hope that the state-of-the-art facility will boost tourism to the once-sleepy Red Sea resort of…

What is it to become Israeli?

photo - Akiva Gersh teaching a group in Israel. Gersh is the editor of, and a contributing writer to, the book Becoming Israeli: The Hysterical, Inspiring and Challenging Sides of Making Aliyah

Akiva Gersh teaching a group in Israel. Gersh is the editor of, and a contributing writer to, the book Becoming Israeli: The Hysterical, Inspiring and Challenging Sides of Making Aliyah. (photo from Akiva Gersh) If you or someone you know…