Culture

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]