A unique “coworking space” for farmers in drought-stricken Rwanda will soon offer local growers a sustainable way to produce crops. Agriculture accounts for a third of landlocked Rwanda’s GDP but ...

Millions of birds migrate across Eilat and the southern Arava desert twice a year because this strip of land in southern Israel is the only land-bridge connecting Eurasia and Africa. To make the route ...

The United Arab Emirates has announced it will launch a $10 billion fund that is set to invest in what it has deemed to be strategic sectors in Israel. The Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports that the ...

What motivates a person to donate a kidney to save the life of a total stranger? In Israel, which has the world’s highest rate of altruistic kidney donors, many people make that choice after hearing ...

In high school, I spent two Hanukkahs filling, glazing, decorating and selling donuts at Roladin, the bakery chain that’s become synonymous with the holiday in Israel. It was the best and tastiest job ...

At Yom Kippur, Israel grinds to a halt. For 25 hours, schools, restaurants and businesses shut down, roads empty out as driving is prohibited, and there are no buses, no trains, and no planes. Known ...

Over the past 15 years as an El Al pilot, Tomer Zadok has accumulated the equivalent of two years’ flying time traversing the continents. Whenever his eyes don’t have to be watching the cockpit ...

Israeli digital health companies raised $1 billion in the first half of 2021, exceeding the entire amount invested in all of 2020. This growth reflects the overwhelming interest in digital health ...

Budget footwear chain Scoop Shoes has announced that it will be opening five stores in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the first such endeavor for an Israeli retailer. The plan to open the stores in the United ...

Paris-born beauty Virginie Khalifa is an influencer with a 12.4k following on Instagram. Influencers usually are known for using their platform and following to promote products and therefore ...

A shower operated by foot pedals, an automatic feeding tray, a surface-adaptable wheelchair, a color-coded flashlight, and makeup “sheets” for people with limited dexterity. These were among the 106 ...

Rapyd cofounders, from left, Arkady Karpman (VP R&D), Arik Shtilman( CEO), Omer Priel (VP Corporate Development). Photo courtesy of Rapyd January 22 By Tess Levy Global payment service Rapyd raised ...