Culture
Innovative Music Festival Platform Is Helping Israelis To Dance Again
“We will dance again” has become an Israeli mantra of hope and resilience following the massacre at the Nova music festival on October 7, when Hamas terrorists brutally slaughtered 364 people at the dance party and kidnapped dozens more to nearby Gaza. Vibez, a unique, young platform for music events, is determined to help Israelis […]
October 06, 2024
Rehabilitation Nation: Israeli Innovation On Road To Healing
One year after the brutal mass attack by Hamas terrorists on southern Israel, and the country is still dealing with the subsequent and ongoing war in Gaza, driving Hezbollah from the northern border, and attacks by Iran and its other proxies in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. But during the past year, Israelis have displayed the […]
October 02, 2024
Israeli High-Tech Sector ‘Still Good’ Despite Year Of War
A few weeks shy of the first anniversary of the terrible October 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas, and with the ensuing war still raging, Israel’s high-tech sector is still showing its resilience and its appeal. A new official report on the state of the sector published by the Israel Innovation Authority – the […]
September 24, 2024
Innovative Preschool Project Helping Heal Negev Region After October 7
Two leading Israeli educational and social organizations are working with Bank Hapoalim on a new, innovative project to build early-years centers of educational excellence in the Western Negev – the region directly affected by the massive Hamas terror attack on October 7 and the subsequent, ongoing war in Gaza – and help the local young […]
September 12, 2024
Empowering Religious Jewish Women To Be Israeli Innovators
A device to help find lost travelers without cellular service, a secure communications network for local civil defense groups, a platform to detect falls in the elderly, and a shower designed specifically for people who have lost one or more limbs. All four sound like developments from companies in Israel’s vaunted high-tech sector, but are […]
August 12, 2024
Software Keeping Kids Safe In ‘Toxic’ World of Online Gaming
While American parents in the 1980s were famously asked if they knew where their children were playing outside the home, modern parents could just as easily be asked if they know who their children are gaming with inside the home. US-based startup Kidas has teamed up with Israel-based Overwolf, one of the biggest developers of […]
July 17, 2024
Football Fan Scores With Club Management Software, Home & Away
A life-long passion for football (soccer in the US) and expertise in software engineering led to the creation of an all-encompassing digital platform to help coaches and clubs in a range of sports manage their teams. The brainchild of its founder and CEO Shlomi Meiner, Easy Coach enables a club manager to monitor and evaluate […]
May 28, 2024
On Independence Day, Honoring Israel’s Innovative Soul
In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles – David Ben Gurion It began with drip irrigation in the 1960s: Israelis innovating to make their country – and indeed the planet – a better place. Israelis never lost that innovative spirit, even as they battled to survive in a sea […]
May 13, 2024
Tech Becomes Teaching Tool On Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
In Israel, Holocaust Remembrance Day for 2024 begins at sundown on May 5. This year it is being marked in the shadow of the October 7 attack – the largest slaughter of Jews since the Nazis and their collaborators murdered six million – and as Jewish groups worldwide sound the alarm on spiraling antisemitism in […]
May 05, 2024
Rebuilding South With Innovators, Donators & Elbow Grease
Six months after Hamas terrorists rampaged through swathes of southern Israel on October 7, efforts are underway at home and abroad to restore the lush greenery and tranquil calm of the primarily agricultural Western Negev. The farming communities in the region are responsible for the production of numerous food staples in Israel, among them potatoes, […]
April 22, 2024
Near And Far, Online Hub Takes Stress Out Of Local Travel
Embarking on international travel often comes with the challenge of navigating local transport – be it buses, trains or boats – in an unfamiliar setting and unfamiliar language. Many countries do not have online access to vital information like departure times, the number of stops on a route and even whether seats are available. This […]
February 29, 2024
Startup Sees Coffee From Cells As Future of Sustainable Drinking
The smell of freshly brewed coffee is one of the most recognizable aromas in the world, with around 40 percent of the global population consuming the drink every day. Most coffee aficionados on average consume around 4 cups per day with daily consumption worldwide coming in at over 2 billion cups. But how many of […]
February 07, 2024
New Study Shows Child Autism Diagnoses Doubled In Israel In 4 Years
A new way of examining the data has found that the number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Israel increased twofold in the years 2017 to 2021, while cases in toddlers more than quadrupled in the same period. Autism is a developmental disorder that affects how people interact and communicate, often hindering […]
February 05, 2024
New High-Tech Hub Is Making Israel’s Desert Bloom With Ingenuity
In his latter years, Israel’s founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion devoted his life to the development of the Negev Desert. “It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested,” Ben-Gurion declared in 1955. And seven decades later, that challenge has been met by a consortium […]
February 01, 2024
Fish Fashion: Designers Make Sustainable Bags From Salmon Skin
With a budget of almost €80 billion, European Union research and innovation program Horizon 2020 funded many R&D projects in its time, and among them was an unusual Israeli solution for fish byproducts (waste). Rosh HaAyin-based startup Kornit Digital, which specializes in textile printing technology, and Shenkar College, a leading Israeli design school, teamed up […]
January 25, 2024