This year Israel’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest Harel Skaat is daring to dream about winning the competition. The young singer could be set to walk in the footsteps of Dana International with his song ‘Words’. Skaat is confident that he can pass the semi final stages and is praying [...]

The original full manuscript of Albert Einstein’s groundbreaking theory of relativity has gone on display in its entirety for the first time. The 46-page handwritten manuscript was bequeathed by Einstein to the Hebrew University – which he was a founder of, when it was founded in 1925.  The University is lending it [...]

What were Einstein’s breakthroughs? Who developed cherry tomatoes? Can a spinning top rotate in the air?
To mark National Science Day (and Einstein’s Birthday) on March 14, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israel Railways are organizing a ‘Science Train’ traversing Israel from Beer Sheva to Haifa, as part of the monthly ‘Scientists on the Trains’ [...]

Solid evidence that the Hebrew University is the leading research institution of higher learning – not only in Israel but in the world, leading the way ahead of some of the most most outstanding international universities.

Nine weeks ago I moved back to Jerusalem after spending over three years in Vancouver. I cannot remember any decision being as agonizing as that to move back home. Considering the fact that it was such a big decision to leave Israel to begin with, it’s interesting that the decision to move back was even [...]

I’m very impressed that Deb Singer (I don’t know you but kudos to you) had the courage to write an honest post about spirituality – or lack there of – in her Israel experience. She had certain expectations which, from what I understand, were not exactly fulfilled.
I think that first of all the honesty in [...]

Some interesting facts from Iraelpedia! Bet you didn’t know some of this stuff:
* In 2004, Raleb Magadla, a Muslim Arab, became Israel’s Minister of Culture.
* The technology used by NASA to transmit videos to earth from the moon was developed by two Israeli scientists.
* The Israeli start-up company TransChip (subsequently purchased by Samsung) developed the [...]

You know those negative things you hear about living in Israel? Like, for example, that it’s harder to get by financially here than in North America? Or that it can be hard getting used to the cultural differences here? Well, there is truth in those statements. There are certain aspects of life here that are [...]

A group of HU students have decided to fix Israels PR and alleviate medias misinformation by launching a facebook tool – Israelpedia to promote Israel from a more realistic perspective.   The students, currently StandWithUs Fellows, have already signed up 3,000 Facebook friends using the application.
When you think that the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only [...]

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem celebrated the founding of its Institute for Drug Research – the only one of its kind in Israel.
If you are interested in drug research and development this is where some of the new generation of leading scientists in the field of drug research will be flocking.  The IDR will encourages [...]