(Israel21c) - White blood cells called Eosinophils can be “summoned” in order to fight cancer by both destroying the cancer cells directly as well as recruiting the immune system’s cancer-fighting T-cells, according to a new study published in...
(Israel21c) - Tel Aviv is known for being one of the most innovative, artistic and fashion-forward cities in the Middle East.
With its budding fashion scene, original independent labels, and social-media influencers that exist to make you feel old...
Naomi Adler’s connection with Hadassah began two decades before she was even born, when noted cantor Hugo Chaim Adler and his wife, Selma, stepped off the ship in New York—a ship that had taken them from their home in Germany via London.
Arriving...
Idan Avni and Yehuda Shlezinger, JNS
• Published October 4, 2021
(Israel Hayom) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that a recently foiled plot in Cyprus reportedly targeting Israeli tycoon Teddy Sagi was in fact a much wider Iranian attempt to kill Israelis residing in the island nation.
“As...
Abigail Klein Leichman
• Published September 30, 2021
(Israel21c) - When Asaf Zviran was diagnosed with cancer, he was doing operations research and R&D in the Israeli navy and earning his master’s degree at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Maybe that’s why he pictured cancer as an...
The bus, carrying children and teenagers returning from a Bnei Akiva youth movement trip, flipped on its side after the crash, trapping several people underneath and making it difficult for rescue services to arrive.
(Israel21c) - In bad news, a report assessing the state of trees worldwide has found that 30 percent of tree species are threatened with extinction. But in good news, it would seem that only two out of Israel’s 60 or so tree species are threatened –...
(Israel21c) - The bacteria wars are coming. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have pitted “good” bacteria against “bad” bacteria and the good guys, it appears, are winning.
If the system can be scaled, this new approach could potentially replace...
(Israel21c) - TIME magazine recently named Israel’s Negev Desert as one of the World’s Greatest Places for 2021. And for good reason, too, since despite its seemingly arid appearance the southern desert is one of the most fascinating places in the...
(JTA) — In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the twin threats of Iran and the coronavirus, in keeping with his quest for a relationship with the international community that is...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
• Published September 27, 2021
(Israel21C) — Ravit Ram Bar-Dea, co-founder and CEO of digital health startup Well-Beat, will represent Israel in a global contest to be held in Dubai in October, after she won first place in the TiE Women Entrepreneurship Competition held for the...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
• Published September 27, 2021
Many organizations work to defuse tensions and promote understanding between Israel’s 74% Jewish majority and 21% minority Arab population.
But few address the big divide between secular Jews and the 13% minority of ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Jews.
A...
