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Israel's Medical Achievements

Joint cancer treatment with Norwegian biotech

Israel's BioLineRX (see previously) has partnered with Norway's Hemispherian to develop GLIX1, a first-in-class, oral, small molecule targeting DNA damage response in glioblastoma and other cancer...

Roger Waters helps Israeli researchers

Scientists at Israel's Technion Institute used low-frequency sounds in Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" to make cells 'vibrate' and parts of the brain to 'light up'. This then released prot...

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Science & Technology

Israel shines at Microsoft conference

The 150+ Israeli tech companies at Microsoft's Annual San Francisco Ignite Conference included Check Point, Zenity, Upwind, Eon, Cyera, JFrog, Vast Data, BigID, AudioCodes, Atera, BlinkOps, Qodo.ai...

Israelis Excel

Excel, one of the most powerful and influential tools ever created by the software industry, has turned 40. Its phenomenal success, which has earned Microsoft billions over the years, is largely du...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

Hassidic father hugs enlisted daughter

A video circulating online shows a powerful moment: Ba'ash Indursky, daughter of Shlomo Indursky of the Belz Hasidic community, enlisting in the Border Police, accompanied and embraced by her hared...

Mayors from 15 countries at Jerusalem conference

Mayors and municipal leaders from 15 countries gathered in Jerusalem for the 34th International Mayors Conference, organized by the American Jewish Congress (AJC) and the Israeli Foreign Ministry. ...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

Three key events in Jerusalem

Featuring on the Real Jerusalem Streets last week included a production of "Heroines! Songs & Soliloquies for the Soul" at the Raise Your Spirits Theatre. Then Nefesh b'Nefesh hosted the 4th Je...

Israeli female motorcyclist wins World Cup

Israeli extreme motorsport enthusiast Alona Ben Natan finished first in the 2025 FIM Bajas World Cup's female category after finishing 2nd in Dubai. She is the first Israeli woman to race in Dubai,...

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Economy & Business

Foreign investors lap up Israeli startups

A Bloomberg review found that foreign buyers paid roughly $60 billion to acquire more than 85 Israeli companies in 2025 so far - the highest level of foreign acquisition ever recorded in the countr...

A not-so-sweet partnership

CIRANDA, US supplier of organic, non-GMO and fair-trade food ingredients, launched a new partnership with Israel's - the only reduced sugar solution made from real cane sugar. It produces full-fla...

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The Jewish State

Full circle

22 years ago, a terrorist opened fire on a vehicle driven by Rabbi Yigal Kirshnzaft. All the bullets missed the Rabbi, his wife and 8 children, including baby Menachem. IDF officer Eyal Zamir was n...

Blown up in Gaza, he runs a marathon

IDF engineer Mendel Vile was critically wounded in Dec 2023 when Hamas terrorists in Gaza fired an anti-tank missile at his unit. After numerous surgeries it was a miracle he could walk. Mendel co...

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