It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but startup entrepreneurs Hani Sabag and Amira Jabar Qassem have joined forces on a virtual training initiative that seeks to help Haredi Jewish and Arab job applicants overcome cultural obstacles to employment, especially in the high-tech sector.
Shmuel Peleg, the grandfather of Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of the Italian cable car disaster, talks about the bitter custody battle over the boy, the international arrest warrant issued against him for alleged kidnapping, and the heartbreaking possibility of not seeing his grandson until he turns 18.
For the first time, the Jewish families living in Shimon HaTzadik/Sheikh Jarrah, which one resident notes is “seven minutes from the Western Wall,” talk about the riots of this past May.
“The Ratlines” sheds light on the life and crimes of Otto Wachter, who despite being a major Holocaust perpetrator remains relatively unknown among the public.
Regulatory blocks and private funding sources are obstacles, but some climate tech startups breaking through.
Former Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein is no longer willing to sit on the sidelines as his party struggles to come back to power under Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership. "I realized he wasn't going to simply step down. It is time to get the ball rolling," he says of his decision to challenge the longtime Likud chairman.
A new book tells the story of legendary Ethiopian Jewish public figure Yona Bogale, who lobbied on behalf of Ethiopian Jewry when no one else would.
In an exclusive interview, Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg speaks of his country's struggle against antisemitism, the renewal of the nuclear talks in Vienna, and the close strategic relations with Israel.
Noam Arnon's comprehensive doctoral dissertation on the Cave of the Patriarchs proves there is much more to the ancient site than meets the eye.
"It’s 2021. The world is changing and Israel cannot afford to be left behind,” Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg says from the UN Climate Change Convention in Glasgow.
