Israel's Medical Achievements

Targeting cancer hotspots

A team of researchers, led by Israel's Weizmann Institute, used algorithms to find neoantigens - "hot spots" on tumors - that provide access to current immunotherapies for multiple cancer patients....

Magician saves choking baby

United Hatzalah's Aharon HaKosem, "the magician" works performing magic shows in Hod Hasharon. In his unpaid work as a volunteer EMT, he was called to save a choking baby. After back blows and ches...

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Science & Technology

The best inventions of 2021

Four Israeli inventions feature in TIME magazine's 100 Best Inventions for 2021. They are OrCam's Read (text to audio), Percepto's AIM (drone software), SupPlant's plant irrigation sensors, and Ele...

The largest solar field in the US

Israel's Doral Energy (see previously) is building what will become the largest solar field in the United States. Indiana's Mammoth Project will ultimately produce 1.3 gigawatts o...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

Welcome to the Kotel

A delegation of nine Bahrainis, in traditional dress recently visited the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem. They recited prayers and left notes in the wall. Jews, both young and old, embraced the...

World class entrepreneurs

Tel Aviv University was ranked fifth in the world in the 2021 ranking of Startup Genome - a world-leading innovation policy advisory and research firm. TAU was the only non-US university in the top...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

Israeli judokas strike gold

Israeli women judokas won two gold medals and a bronze at the Paris Grand Slam, finishing 3rd of the 45 nations in the medals table. Gefen Primo won the gold medal in the under-52 kg category. Raz ...

Enjoying a return to life in Jerusalem

People are slowly coming back onto the Jerusalem streets, like bears emerging slowly from hibernation, lumbering up from deep in their caves. What a pleasure it is to reunite and speak to people in...

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Economy & Business

Investors keep coming

Israeli tech firms have raised a staggering $17.8b so far this year - almost double the total for the same period last year, and over 70% more than for the whole of 2020. October's $3 billion inve...

Oracle opens huge data center

Tech giant Oracle has inaugurated its new data center in Jerusalem, which will function as a cloud provider for Israeli clients. The facility covers thousands of square meters, over four floors an...

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The Jewish State

Bereaved children celebrate Bar & Bat Mitzvot

Over 700 children, who had lost a parent to illness or other tragedy, celebrated their Jewish religious "coming of age" together. The event at the Superland amusement park in Rishon Lezion included...

14th century hand-painted scroll of ancient Israel

The Israel Museum has unveiled the Florence Scroll. The 11-meter hand-painted 14th century parchment is the focus of "Painting a Pilgrimage," an exhibit depicting the earliest known visual travelog...

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