Science, Medicine, & Education

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Almost a decade after suspending its study abroad opportunities for students wanting to study in Israel, California State University has reinstated the program and chosen the University of Haifa as its location of its study abroad students in Israel. The Cal State Study Abroad Program is being reinstated in Israel […]

By Yael Rotlevy PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — I am a woman, mother, daughter, sister, pre-school teacher – and a victim of cancer. Anyone spotting me in a crowd  would never guess. He surely would think to himself – a young mother, hair cut into a stylish, short bob, spending the summer vacation with her husband

ORANIT, Israel (Press Release) — Below is a letter written by Rivka Sandomirsky who  mentored  a child who was very, very sick with cancer.  Through the course of her illness, the child became totally paralyzed and then gradually faded away. She was five years old when she died in July. In the beginning she was

PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (Press Release) — Sigal Ered and her camera were siamese twins. Her camera never left her hands. Photography was her career. Photography was her love. And for dessert, she engaged in sports. Sigal’s life was full, until the day it all stopped. Here is her story in her own words: “I’ll never

By Joyce Schur CHICAGO — Protecting the welfare of our children supersedes the need to be considered their best-buddy. John Kass, a much admired feature columnist for the Chicago Tribune, recently wrote an article on the Penn State sex predator scandal, titled “Thankful to be the Worst Mom in the World”. It was a response to

By Rabbi Avi Shafran © 2011 AMI MAGAZINE JERUSALEM — The latest Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded last month to Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of “quasicrystals.” In the 1980s, the Israeli chemist noticed something peculiar as he examined a glowing hot metal he had cooled. The diffraction pattern that formed in

By Ohr Adani PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — When I was a little girl, my mother used to take me to the doctor regularly, just to make sure everything was all right. The standard procedure involved a simple blood test. Simple for the doctor but for me, it was a nightmare. I was terrified by syringes

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The desert is the subject and dessert will be the repast at a reception planned for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 29, for Prof. Pedro Berliner, director of Ben-Gurion University’s Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, at the home of Dr. Sergio and Ariela Berkstein. Berliner will be joined at the

By Abigail Klein Leichman JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Coming to pet shops in 2012: An Israeli pooper-scooper that turns droppings into harmless, odorless ash within seconds. If you have a dog, then you know that no matter how fancy a pooper-scooper you’ve got, after Rover’s walk you are still left with a messy, smelly nuisance that pollutes