Weekly News Round-Up~ Welcome to our first News Round-Up of news from Israel, about Israel and how it will affect the rest of us. We value your opinions and questions, so feel free to comment and let us know what you think. 86-year old guide helps discover section of Incense Route lost for millennia Yehoshua […]
Israeli Healthcare Technologies are not only creating breakthroughs in medical science but opening the doors to diversity.
Tatas, boobies, knockers, bazooms or whatever you like to call them, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. A whole month has been dedicated to raising awareness but this is something that we should be aware of everyday. Did you know that one in eight women will develop this and it is the most common type […]
South Africans Find Solutions at water conference in Israel “Israel has successfully managed to turn a sandpit into a modern city and there is so much to learn”. This is just one of the many positive comments that South African delegates had to say after seeing some of the life changing innovations and hearing from […]
It was all blue and white at the listing of Ethernity Networks Limited, an Israeli company in London. The Israeli flag alongside the flag of the United Kingdom colourfully graced the upper landing of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), attracting for this special listing, the presence of the Israeli ambassador to the Court of St. […]
by Jonathan Danilowitz Welcome to 2017, a year of inclusion. Around 1980, someone at the Netherlands Embassy in Israel (perhaps the Cultural Attaché?) hosted a friendly dinner for several of the leaders of the then still-very-closeted local LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community. The gesture, with the Embassy’s approval, surprised us all. That attaché moved […]
*Courtesy of the South Africa Israel Chamber of Commerce. By Yonatan Sredni, NoCamels March 27, 2017 The sun is a powerful source of renewable energy. In fact, it is currently the only energy source capable of supplying the energy needs of the human race, so it’s no wonder that the use of solar energy is increasing. […]
*Courtesy of the South Africa Israel Chamber of Commerce. By Abigail Klein Leichman Israel’s outsized prominence in the fields of optics and electro-optics is no optical illusion. This photo shows the coating stage of creating the Lumus LOE (Lightguide Optical Element), which makes wearable computer eyewear more natural-looking and lightweight. Photo: courtesy In the early […]
By Rod Mazinter Water, or rather the lack of it, is an issue that looks set to affect the lives of every person on earth. Governments and the media quite rightly give high priority to the consequences of the devastating droughts being encountered throughout the world, more recently in South Africa. Reliance on natural and […]
Howard Dembovsky, a former police officer, and chairman of South Africa’s Justice Project – a non-profit that monitors the country’s traffic system and its implementation of road laws – scoffs, “More people are dying on our roads than die in the Middle East in war-torn countries, per day!” He says that the injuries and deaths […]
“Sitting here today are some of the talented young people who will make an incredible mark on the future of South Africa,” declared then South African Ambassador to Israel, Johann Marx at the graduation ceremony on Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael in June 2001. Sponsored by South Africa Mizrachi, HEATID offered four-week intense leadership and entrepreneurship courses […]
Medical Marijuana – Israel’s growing “high-tech” leader Israelis are renowned for being high on life. In fact, Israelis rank very high on the UN’s happiness index, coming in at number 11, far higher than our US and British friends. Could it be that there is a secret to being happy and chill in the most […]
*Courtesy of the South Africa Israel Chamber of Commerce. By Andrew Zaleski, special to CNBC.com David Furst | AFP | Getty Images Israeli soldiers march in front a Merkava tank More than $680 million was invested in cybersecurity companies in 2016. But it wasn’t in Silicon Valley. It was Israel. Some of the biggest investment […]