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(JTA) — At least one gunman shot people at different locations along a downtown Tel Aviv street on Thursday night, leaving what Israeli emergency responders said were at least two people dead and four injured in critical...
JUDITH SUDILOVSKY, Israel21c.org
• Published April 7, 2022
Not far from Yeruham, at Ruhot Junction in southern Israel, you will find Eshkolot Farm, founded in 2009 by Simcha and Roni Marom.
They moved to this area near Mitzpeh Ramon following Roni’s retirement from the army, and established their farm based...
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
• Published April 7, 2022
After about 18 months of preparation and numerous delays, Israel’s second astronaut, Eytan Stibbe, is scheduled to take off for a week-long stay at the International Space Station.
The 64-year-old Stibbe was a close friend of Israel’s first astronaut,...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published April 7, 2022
April 7, 1973 — Israel Fourth in First Eurovision Bid
Ilanit, Israel’s first entry in the annual Eurovision Song Contest, finishes fourth out of 17 nations with the song “Ey-sham,” a dramatic ballad featuring “the garden of love.” Her result...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published March 27, 2022
If state-subsidized daycare is still a distant dream in most countries, it was a truly radical idea in the 1930s, when few mothers worked outside the home.
Yet that was when this social service was pioneered in Palestine. Jewish women needed safe and...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION, Israeled.org
• Published March 24, 2022
March 24, 1993 — Weizman Is Elected President
Ezer Weizman, a nephew of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, is elected the nation’s seventh president on a 66-53 vote in the Knesset. A native of Tel Aviv, Weizman is one of the founders of...
NAAMA BARAK, Israel21c.org
• Published March 24, 2022
On Tuesday, Israel began accepting patients at its humanitarian field hospital in western Ukraine, where it will treat people affected by the war raging in the country.
Situated in the western Ukrainian city of Mostyska and called “Shining Star,”...
JOSHUA MARKS, Israel21c.org
• Published March 24, 2022
Israel’s booming sports-tech startup scene continues to score, with slam dunks from sports highlights platform WSC Sports and social sports betting platform Sidelines.
Both companies announced significant investments in February — WSC closing a...
NAAMA BARAK, Israel21c.org
• Published March 10, 2022
This year, the theme of International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias. Which is terrific news, as women everywhere still face discrimination and prejudice in matters big and small.
In hope for a gender-equal world, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate...
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
• Published February 24, 2022
International research and consulting company Cleantech Group included three Israeli companies in its recently published Cleantech Global Top 100 list.
The list is part of Cleantech Group’s 2021 report on the cleantech industry.
BreezoMeter was...
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
• Published February 24, 2022
With deaths and displacements already being reported in Ukraine following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of the Eastern European country, Israeli humanitarian aid group SmartAID is stepping in to help.
“Tomorrow, SmartAID...
