Israel is the Startup Nation and consistently ranks as one of the world's top tech ecosystems, but it has some shortcomings that must be addressed. A special Passover piece.

The project, in partnership with Thomas Jefferson University, seeks Israeli healthcare-related technology solutions with global impact.

The four startups, Pruvo, SeeVoov, Howazit, and Refundit, will present their solutions next month in Madrid for a chance at a pilot project with a leading tourism group in Spain and Latin America .

Israel Boxing Association aims to bring peace between Jews and Arabs through boxing. Jewish and Arab teens from the North of Israel train and compete together, and some even become friends.

Israeli startup Fooducate has won the mobile application competition “Command the Spotlight” at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. The competition was organized by analytics company Flurry. According to the blog VentureBeat, Fooducate was one of three selected apps that beat their 700 competitors. Fooducate provides nutritional information about grocery store items after analyzing information found in each product’s nutrition panel […]

A Israeli festival on Facebook is trying to change the country's attitude towards the environment with a competition that awards winners based on the most creative individual solutions to environmental issues.