Category Israel

Patent lawyer feeds Israelis

photo - Leket provides 25,000 volunteers every year to pick crops in the field of Sandy Colb

Leket provides 25,000 volunteers every year to pick crops in the field of Sandy Colb. (photo from israel21c.org) Along with his Ivy League diplomas, a second-grade “master gardener” certificate hangs on the wall of Rehovot patent attorney Sandy Colb’s office. Now…

3-D compass in the brain

photo - Researchers have shown that the brains of bats contain neurons that sense which way the bat’s head is pointed and could, therefore, support the animal’s navigation in 3-D space

Researchers have shown that the brains of bats contain neurons that sense which way the bat’s head is pointed and could, therefore, support the animal’s navigation in 3-D space. (photo from wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il) Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden…

Major skull discovery

photo - A skull found at the Dan David-Manot Cave supports other evidence that modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved in Africa or in the Middle East, not in Europe

A skull found at the Dan David-Manot Cave supports other evidence that modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved in Africa or in the Middle East, not in Europe. (photo by Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority) Francesco Berna, a Simon Fraser University…

Friendships via music

photo - The YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus prior to their 10-day tour of Japan in August 2014

The YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus prior to their 10-day tour of Japan in August 2014. (photo from Micah Hendler) There are many creative ways to bring about a peaceful dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. In one particular case, an American Jew…

Israel launches campaign to discredit inquiry

photo - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2014

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2014. (photo from UN photo/Amanda Voisard) The Israeli government has launched a public diplomacy campaign to discredit the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court’s recent decision to…

Baird’s visit to Israel, Ramallah

photo - Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu earlier this week

Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu earlier this week. (photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO) After a hostile greeting by protesters in the Palestinian Authority capital of Ramallah, who pelted his convoy with shoes and…

Israeli representative at UN

Rasha Athamni was the first Israeli selected to represent the nation as a youth delegate to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, serving during the 69th session from September through November 2014. The youth delegates program was started…

Aliyah: a 10-year high

According to initial end-of-year figures released by the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, aliyah hit a 10-year high in 2014, with the arrival of some 26,500 new immigrants. This marks a 32 percent…

Oil spill heightens urgency

photo - A ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the new Regional Collaboration Centre for Research and Development and Renewable Energy near Eilat

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the new Regional Collaboration Centre for Research and Development and Renewable Energy near Eilat. (photo from Jewish National Fund via jns.org) The worst oil spill in Israel’s history was the unplanned backdrop for a recent…

Higher learning in the Negev

photo - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (photo by Dani Machlis) Approximately 2,000 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students served during Operation Protective Edge, and another almost 1,000 remained in Beersheva to volunteer in the community. Between July 8 and Aug. 26, all…