Helmsley Charitable Trust donates $5m. to Jerusalem hospital

Helmsley Charitable Trust donates $5m. to Jerusalem hospital Shaare Zedek becomes full Level-One trauma center with neurosurgery, neurorad...

Acting like Bert or Ernie

Acting like Bert or Ernie Hebrew University research offers insight on how children learn to share. Read on the original site

Kahlon announces deal with private insurers on fire compensation

Kahlon announces deal with private insurers on fire compensation Small businesses will not be covered. Read on the original site

El Al troubles not over as yet unresolved pilots’ crisis leads to class action lawsuit

El Al troubles not over as yet unresolved pilots’ crisis leads to class action lawsuit During the first week of the escalation of the pilo...

BGU, Paypal announce R&D partnership in big data and cybersecurity

BGU, Paypal announce R&D partnership in big data and cybersecurity “This partnership will allow PayPal to leverage BGU’s top-notch res...

New HIV cases down in Israel

New HIV cases down in Israel The national plan included the opening of additional AIDS testing centers, distribution of condoms at locatio...

Health Ministry offical: Junk food habit costs state NIS 6 billion yearly

Health Ministry offical: Junk food habit costs state NIS 6 billion yearly “We are even considering taxes on damaging food and putting heal...

Your taxes: Measures of hotly debated budget bill

Your taxes: Measures of hotly debated budget bill Below we briefly mention a few of the draft tax measures currently proposed. Read on t...

Tech Talk: Get on the hi-tech bus

Tech Talk: Get on the hi-tech bus For the first time, the Pears program for global innovation is launching the “Pears Challenge 2017: Affo...

Environmentalists: Don't replant trees after Israel's fires

Environmentalists: Don't replant trees after Israel's fires Rehabilitation efforts already underway in KKL-JNF forests Read on t...

Five ‘health basket committee’ members have conflicts of interest

Five ‘health basket committee’ members have conflicts of interest Those members will have to excuse themselves from the panel Read on th...

Israeli researchers show periods of starvation can affect descendants

Israeli researchers show periods of starvation can affect descendants “We will continue to study these fascinating phenomena.” Read on t...

The Lounge

The Lounge Racing for victims of terror, a shopping center at the dead sea and more. Read on the original site

OurCrowd expands into Asia with new Singapore office and financial partner

OurCrowd expands into Asia with new Singapore office and financial partner “We see Singapore as one of the major financial global capitals...

Two Israeli companies develop world’s first inhaler for medical cannabis

Two Israeli companies develop world’s first inhaler for medical cannabis Home use is expected to begin, first in Israel, next year. Only a...

Meet the Chinese financial giant that opens startups to all of China

Meet the Chinese financial giant that opens startups to all of China This would be the company’s second multimillion-dollar fund in less t...

Kahlon makes good on immediate compensation promise

Kahlon makes good on immediate compensation promise According to law, the State has to compensate citizens for direct and indirect propert...

Captain Sunshine expands from solar energy to wind

Captain Sunshine expands from solar energy to wind Gigawatt Global Wind partners Yosef Abramowitz and Ilan Goldstein eye project in Africa...

Source of ‘yo yo’ obesity revealed by Weizmann Institute researchers

Source of ‘yo yo’ obesity revealed by Weizmann Institute researchers Following a successful diet, many people are discouraged to find thei...

Dying like a queen

Dying like a queen For three decades, the hospice on Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus has accompanied thousands of terminal patients to the edge o...

Health Scan: Understanding the conscious mind

Health Scan: Understanding the conscious mind Health briefs from around the country. Read on the original site

A look at Israeli online shopping trends in light of Black Friday

A look at Israeli online shopping trends in light of Black Friday The survey shows that the Israeli consumer is very online savvy when it ...

Mobileye head: In two decades, cars as we know them will be obsolete

Mobileye head: In two decades, cars as we know them will be obsolete “We are in the midst of the largest revolution that the automotive in...

El Al negotiations set back as pilots’ work action resumes

El Al negotiations set back as pilots’ work action resumes On Tuesday night, Channel 2 News published a list of terms that the management ...

Promoting digital accessibility in Israel

Promoting digital accessibility in Israel Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel, who also attended, promised to do all she could ‘to bridg...

Crib death rates in Israel remain steady

Crib death rates in Israel remain steady Babies should sleep in their parents’ room for at least six months but never in the same bed as t...

Economic panel tackles economic challenges for Israel

Economic panel tackles economic challenges for Israel The panel also covered trade relations and the place of the private sector in societ...

Spotlight on cooperation between the Technion, Cornell University and Bank Hapoalim

Spotlight on cooperation between the Technion, Cornell University and Bank Hapoalim The institute focuses on innovative research in Health...

Your taxes: Israel pushes envelope for multinational groups

Your taxes: Israel pushes envelope for multinational groups Our suggestion to other multinational groups with Israeli clients is to do bus...

Start-up competition aims to spur growing field of insurance technologies

Start-up competition aims to spur growing field of insurance technologies According to JVP, Israeli startups can revolutionize the multi-b...

Israeli businesses should look east to India

Israeli businesses should look east to India When it comes to the defense industry, India is also the largest importer of defense equipmen...

Autonomous driving becomes a reality

Autonomous driving becomes a reality According to Krzanich, the automatic industry in now on the verge of great change, which will include...

Ethiopian immigrants seek Health Ministry help for aliya trauma

Ethiopian immigrants seek Health Ministry help for aliya trauma Many of the 8,000 immigrants of all ages lost relatives or suffered greatl...

China-Israel Relations: When the Gate Opens

China-Israel Relations: When the Gate Opens Each country has strengths that complement one another. Read on the original site

El Al management and pilots begin negotiations as company registers losses

El Al management and pilots begin negotiations as company registers losses Al has plummeted to the bottom of the international Flightstats...

Cybergirl Nico Faye in Cherry red

Well, make sure you remember the name Nico Faye, because she just leveled up and became a Playboy Cybergirl, congratulations Nico! In her c...

Turkish economist: Natural gas will promote peace

Turkish economist: Natural gas will promote peace Industry ‘has been driver for normalization of Turkish-Israel relationships,’ says Gürka...

Health Ministry obesity campaign to label junk food

Health Ministry obesity campaign to label junk food Salt and sugar to be reduced in products and trans fats to be barred over several stag...

Israel’s premier startup showcase festival draws international investors

Israel’s premier startup showcase festival draws international investors The annual conference, now in its ninth year, was founded by Geek...

The Lounge

The Lounge Israeli theater, high-tech conferences and more. Read on the original site

Pears Challenge 2017 seeks to bring startup nation to the developing world

Pears Challenge 2017 seeks to bring startup nation to the developing world Israel is one of the world’s innovation giants. However, at pre...

Tech Talk: We are family

Tech Talk: We are family The new fund will be managed by Noga Kap and Eran Wagner, two ultra-successful Israeli entrepreneurs who have ext...

Peeking under the copper top

Peeking under the copper top Duracell provides a look inside its Belgium factory as it brings its longest-lasting battery to Israel. Rea...

Israeli researchers estimating effects of estrogens in water supply

Israeli researchers estimating effects of estrogens in water supply The effects on humans of estrogens excreted in the urine that washes i...

US-Israeli foundation to invest $12m. in first responder tech

US-Israeli foundation to invest $12m. in first responder tech All in all, the total $12m., which will include private sector funding, will...

What makes breast milk so important?

What makes breast milk so important? Breast milk is said to be the best nutrition for babies, but unlike some countries, Israel still does...

Solving a cryptic puzzle with a little help from a hologram

Solving a cryptic puzzle with a little help from a hologram They used holographic logic to compile an algorithm for visualizing the shape ...

Looking for genes behind psychiatric disorders

Looking for genes behind psychiatric disorders An international conference on psycho-genetics brought experts from 40 countries to Jerusal...

The Dead Sea’s right to life

The Dead Sea’s right to life The power-generating canal Theodore Herzl envisioned has become imperative to avert environmental calamity. ...

Israel’s ‘Start-up City’

Israel’s ‘Start-up City’ The Jerusalem Development Authority is committed to strengthening hi-tech in the capital. Read on the original ...

Top Canadian mayors seek business ties with Israel

Top Canadian mayors seek business ties with Israel “Smart cities need smart protection, and in cyber security Israel is the world leader.”...