A unique business venture is giving Israeli and American at-risk youth the chance to express their creativity and take charge of their own lives. Tees at Risk is an innovative blends social welfare and business acumen that earned the first B corporation designation for an apparel product in 2011. As a B corporation designee, Tees at Risk promises to give back a portion of its profits and reinvest the money in the communities it serves. Tees at Risk goes one step further, by allowing at-risk teens to design their …More

Israel remains on track to become one of the first countries to receive the new highly advanced stealth F-35 fighter jets manufactured by Lockheed Martin, a vice president from the American defense company has confirmed. At the recent Paris Air Show, Steve O’Bryan of Lockheed Martin said the state-of-the-art fighter jets would be delivered to Israel by the end of 2016, Israel Hayom reported. The news that Israel will receive the fighter jets was first reported last December. O’Bryan also said that …More

British musical duo the Pet Shop Boys has dismissed pressure from pro-Palestinian groups to cancel its show in Tel Aviv this week. Anti-Israel and BDS activist group Innovative Minds instigated a protest against an event the electric pop duo is scheduled to attend. With posters featuring the two musicians’ faces and taglines reading, “Open your eyes to the ugly reality of apartheid Israel,” the anti-Zionist group is begging PSB to cancel its concert and “Stand with the …More

Team Israel surprised the world by taking the bronze medal at the 2013 World Ball Hockey Championships. This was Israel’s first ever appearance in the tournament in Newfoundland, Canada. The Israelis competed in Division B, and beat Hong Kong 3-2 for the win. Assistant captain Darren Winkler spoke about the surprise win, and the excitement of wearing a jersey with a Star of David: “To wear the Star of David on your jersey and represent Israel is an amazing honor on its own but to win bronze when …More

Arab-Israeli teenagers took to the lacrosse field last week, eager to win the first full-length game they had ever competed in. But the game had loftier goals than athleticism and sportsmanship, with 24 teenagers from opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought face to face to foster cultural respect and understanding. The Lacrosse Arab-Jewish Cooperation Project, created by Ian Cohen, is in its first year in Jaffa, Israel. Cohen, currently volunteering in Israel with Jewish service learning …More

Aya Ephrati, NoCamels - Israel Innovation News Two women living in Even Yehuda have come up with a creative solution to the Israeli housing crisis: They transformed an out-of-use public bus into a luxury living space. Tali Shaul, a psychotherapist, and Hagit Morevski, an ecological pond water treatment specialist, in an interview with Xnet.co.il, explained that they became friends when their sons befriended each other. For a long time the pair looked for a creative project and joint business idea--and they found …More

Binyamin Kagedan, JNS.org It is a testament to the amazing variability of Jewish synagogue life in America that the summertime fast of Tisha B’Av is for some a time of momentous communal mourning, and for others a normal and unremarkable day. In contrast to Yom Kippur, which sees widespread observance in one fashion or another across the denominational spectrum, Tisha B’Av and its ritual restrictions (which are nearly identical to those of Yom Kippur) are unfamiliar to a sizable contingent of American …More

Israel has a new basketball champion, after Maccabi Haifa beat Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final of the BSL last week. Despite a playoff series leading up to the final, the title was dependent on the results of just one game. The BSL adopted this structure a few years ago to allow teams other than Maccabi Tel Aviv, which has dominated Israeli basketball for five decades, a shot at wining the title. Maccabi coach David Blatt lost the local title for the first time in his many seasons with the team, as Brad Greenberg …More

There’s a new Jewish heroine on the block, a tough but tender Israeli who does undercover work for the United Nations and stars in a new series of thrillers by the British author and journalist Adam LeBor. The first installment, “The Geneva Option,” was released in the United Kingdom in April and recently hit US booksellers. It spins a tale of corporate greed, international corruption and insidious plans for mass murder, with intrigue spanning the globe from New York to central Africa to …More

Periel Aschenbrand isn’t one to hold back. The New York memoirist uses her unique brand of wit and brazenness in her latest work, “On My Knees,” her sophomore follow up to 2006’s “The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own.” “Knees” picks up where “Bush” left off, taking readers on Aschenbrand’s journey as she nurses a broken heart, embarks on hilariously disastrous one-night stands, and finally finds fulfillment in unlikely places. The new work is …More

Barbra Streisand landed in Israel Sunday evening, using her first hours in the Jewish state to meet with children facing life-threatening illnesses. Streisand joined Israeli President Shimon Peres to visit with children from Make A Wish, a foundation that helps sick children fulfill their wildest dreams. One young girl, Koral Vedder, 17, wanted to sing for Streisand, her idol. She got the chance Monday, performing a rendition of “People” for the Jewish icon. "That was so beautiful. That was such a …More

For Sergeant Galia Tzuker, a 21-year-old photographer in the IDF’s Medical Corps, photography is only part of her military service. It was a different part of her training--a first aid course course offered by the IDF--that recently allowed her to save her young neighbor’s life. On June 11, while at home in Yehud, she heard screaming outside. Running to see what the matter was, she found her neighbor, Itzik Cohen, holding his unconscious 18-month-old daughter, Roni. Sgt. Tzuker knew she had to act …More