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In the war on breast cancer, Israel leads
With an unusually high breast cancer rate of approximately one in seven women, Israel has become a global model for treatment and research into breast cancer. Read more »
Talking peace and the Diaspora, do Jews outside of Israel have a role?
Cloistered away in a snug meeting room with stone-faced walls and arched doorways across from Jerusalem's Old City, some of the most important Jewish communal leaders in the world came together recently to wrestle with a question: Is there a role for the Diaspora in Israel's decision making on peace? Read more »
Six decades on, American olim—some American again—reunite on kibbutz
A reunion at Kibbutz Galon brought together more than 100 members of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement who left their American homes six decades ago to make a life in the kibbutzim of the new Jewish state. Sixty years on, about half of them came to the reunion from the United States. Read more »
Meet the high-tech millionaire behind the West Bank settlement movement
The new head of the settlers' umbrella organization in the West Bank is a high-tech entrepreneur and former Netanyahu confidante who doesn't live in the West Bank. Read more »
With wineries and tourism, settlers try to rebrand settlements for Israeli public
Settler leaders are taking Israeli opinion makers on West Bank tours they hope will provide Israelis with a more sympathetic view of the 320,000 Jews who live in the West Bank. Read more »
From kids’ TV host to public intellectual, Gadi Taub raps right and left
At 45, Gadi Taub is not your typical Israeli public intellectual. The former TV host for children's programming, best-selling novelist and essayist criticizes both the left and right in arguing for a revival of classical Zionism. Read more »
Using private eyes to fight the problem of ‘chained wives’
An organization in Israel helps women hire private detectives to compel recalcitrant husbands to grant religious writs of divorce, or gets. Read more »
$100 million facelift transforms Israel Museum
A new $100 million renovation renews the Israel Museum, the country's largest cultural institution. Read more »
Life sciences become big business in Israel
Innovations in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology has become big business in Israel. Read more »
With BP’s spill in mind, Israel considers delivery of natural gas
More than a year after a massive natural gas find off the Israeli coast sparked hopes in Israel of a new era of energy independence, Israel is weighing how to deliver the gas safely. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 05/24/12 @ 04:11PM EST
- Jewish groups called on Israel to protect African migrants in Israel after riots in Tel Aviv.
- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel is returning campaign donations under investigation by federal authorities.
- A new survey suggests that Germans have lost some love for Israel over the past three years.
- An Arab-Israeli immigrant to the United States was found guilty of murder in Michigan.
- Israel's Arava Power Company has closed on financing for eight solar power projects worth $204 million.
- U.S. Jewish groups condemn anti-African violence in Tel Aviv
- Mandel returns funds under investigation
- Obama’s same-sex marriage nod echoes historic Catholic-Jewish debate
- Survey: Israel losing ground with Germans
- Israeli Arab guilty of murder in Michigan
- Israel’s Arava firm finances $204 million for solar projects
- Israel will solve African migrant problem, Netanyahu assures
- Senate distinguishes between Palestinian refugees and descendants
