By Haim Silberstein 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 as the Day of Atonement, it’s the holiest day in the Jewish calendar when religious Israelis…
Photo: One way or another, the holidays are all about food. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90 By Naama Barak You’d think that with summer finally being over and the kids firmly placed back in school, life would be back on track here in Israel. If only. This is because we’re gearing up toward one of…
Shavuot begins the evening of May 16, 2021 Shavuot is a one-day holiday (two in the Diaspora) with many names, dozens of traditions and recipes galore. The hype surrounding the holiday – agricultural festivals at kibbutz and moshav communities, special lectures at synagogues and community centers, sales on everything white at shopping malls, cheaper…
By Abigail Klein Leichman Photo: Dr. Nadir Arber in his lab where EXO-CD24 was developed. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Even with Israel’s world-leading rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations, drugs to treat Covid patients are in desperate need across the world. Two such drugs developed in Israel show great promise in clinical…
Caption: Concenter BioPharma cofounder and CSO Prof. Mottie Chevion, left, receiving his award from Dr. Zachary Bloomgarden at the World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases in Los Angeles, December 2019. American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day is on March 24. Observed annually on the fourth Tuesday in March, Diabetes Alert Day is…
Purim is March 10 and the traditional treat for the holiday is baked hamantaschen, or “oznay Haman” (Haman’s ears). Follow along as ISRAEL21c’s Jessica Halfin shows you how to make Nutella-filled hamantaschen cookies from scratch, in an edition of their cooking series Tayim. Nutella Hamantaschen recipe Dough ingredients: 1 cup butter ½ cup sugar 1…
Impress everyone with a brilliant home-made shakshuka. It’s not hard to make one of Israel’s favorite breakfast foods in your own kitchen. Follow along as ISRAEL21c’s Jessica Halfin shows you how as part of their Tayim recipe series. CLASSIC SHAKSHUKA Ingredients 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced 1/2 green bell pepper,…
PHOTOS: Above, Oregon students, most from the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, gather for a group photo at the top of Masada after watching the sun rise over Jordan and illuminate the Dead Sea. Right, front, University of Portland Senior Alexa Levinson and University of Oregon Senior Julia Granet enjoy a camel ride….
ISRAEL21c’s Tayim cooking series shows you how to put a Middle Eastern taste on your table with a cool bulgur-and-herb salad, no cooking required. Tabbouleh is a classic Mideast salad based on bulgur wheat, parsley and mint. Here we show you how to whip up this refreshing and satisfying dish for your summer table with…
By Naama Barak No summer is complete without a bit (fine, a lot) of ice cream. And in a country as scorching hot as Israel, it’s really an absolute must. So ahead of the upcoming summer season, ISRAEL21c paid a visit to Ben & Jerry’s Israeli factory to hear all about blue-and-white ice cream, learn…
