Culture

New research conducted in Israel links levels of a hormone known as “the cuddle hormone” with longevity of romantic relationships. Couples with high levels of the hormone were found to stay together longer than couples with lower levels of the hormone.

The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem brings Jewish and Arab schoolchildren together to explore their shared heritage through their patriarch, Abraham. The educational program “Image of Abraham” takes them on a journey through exhibits, ancient games and workshops to help promote peace and understanding.

A TV show format created by two Israelis is being shot these days in Israel. The shot Chat Room, integration between the Reality genre and the internet world is aired in India these days and already attracting millions of Facebook followers.

Gavy Friedson is one of 1,700 responders at United Hatzalah, a non-profit organization that offers immediate response to medical emergencies by sending young volunteers on scooters who can get to emergency scenes before ambulances can.

Heartbeat: Jerusalem, an Israeli music organization, is bringing together Palestinian and Israeli high school students to create modern popular music. "We want to build trust between the people because the mic is more powerful than the gun."

An Israeli humanitarian relief group is holding seminars for Japanese mothers, kindergarten teachers and caregivers in areas affected by the March disaster to enable them to better look after children traumatized by the earthquake and tsunami.

Singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) has never been afraid to voice her opinions. At the 2011 Speaking Arts conference, she sang with Palestinian artists. 'It's very hard to hold such events despite the fact that we are artists and that such connections should hover over everything."

A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Israel on undergraduate students determined that optimism helps female studens excel, but on the other hand sabotages male students' success.

The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens has created a "coexistence" program designed to bring Jewish and Arab children together in peaceful surroundings.The project brings together nine- to 11-year-olds from the city’s Jewish and Muslim schools.

A 1st Century boat discovered by two brothers in the Sea of Galilee in 1986, dubbed the 'Jesus Boat', is now on display in a state-of-the-art museum at Kibbutz Ginosar in Israel. The boat offers visitors a firsthand look at the kind of boat Jesus and his twelve disciples would have sailed.

There is a basic concept in circus art one cannot do without: Trust. If you are swinging from a trapeze or performing acrobatic tricks, you need to have total faith in your partner. This is precisely the idea that drives the Israel Circus School to create a peaceful space where Jewish and Arabic youth can start to get to know one another.

Two Israelis are leading the way on a new project that is aiming to track down and digitize content on theater and other performing arts created by Jews during the Nazi era or otherwise related to the Holocaust.

Noticing that a lot of people leave museums feeling overwhelmed by the mass of information, an Israeli artists decided to make it easier for people at the art museum in Haifa to find the art they most want to see. Artist Maya Shimony created a personality questionnaire that helps visitors find a personal museum route.

New Generation Technology, a high-tech incubator founded by Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs to develop ideas by Arab-Israeli scientists, utilizes the vast knowledge that the Israeli-Arab community has amassed in life sciences.

On Saturday morning, on a private beach in Israel's Dead Sea resort, over 1,000 people eagerly undressed to pose for a naked group photograph. It sounds too good to be true, but it isn't – the hype was created by world-renowned photographer of the naked, Spencer Tunick and this time, it was all about saving the Dead Sea.