On August 30, a West Point graduate and an Iraq war veteran arrived with a group of American veterans for a 10-day tour of Israel to help them deal with post-traumatic stress resulting from their…
The Ten Days of Repentance — the period between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur — are a time for Tikkun Olam, a repairing of the world. On a grand scale, we have an entire Middle East to improve — from…
Hebrew University and Cleveland Clinic: A Pioneering Partnership in Nanomedicine
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cleveland Clinic have launched an exciting new partnership to develop a virtual global Center for Transformative Nanomedicine.
Farming is not an easy profession, trade, or lifestyle in any corner of the universe, and the arid desert climate of Israel makes the challenge of successful farming even harder.
Sometimes we may take our ability to see in color for granted without thinking much of it, but life could be pretty dull (literally) if we struggled with complete color blindness or could only see…
Israeli Dairy Farmers to Help Build Northern Iraqi Agriculture
Kibbutz Affikim in the Jordan Valley plans to establish a dairy farm in Iraq's Kurdish region, with the aim of establishing further economic relations with Iraq in general. Evidently, a Kurdish…
If you are like me when it comes to germs and consider yourself a public bathroom ninja in your attempts to avoid bacteria infested surfaces and are generally suspicious of the cleanliness of hotel…
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation who says to Zion Your God reigns!"