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Abigail Klein Leichman

Abigail Klein Leichman is a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c. Prior to moving to Israel in 2007, she was a specialty writer and copy editor at a daily newspaper in New Jersey and has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.

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Ukraine / International Conflicts / Russia / Jewish / Israel

Ukrainian, Russian Birthright Groups Sheltering in Israel

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Unable to return home due to the war, three groups of Birthright Israel participants are being put up in Israel until the situation improves.

Science and Tech / Business and Economy / News Briefs / Israel

Intel to Buy Israel’s Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 Billion

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Based in northern Israel, Tower is a foundry for analog semiconductors in global high-growth markets such as mobile, automotive and power.

Chessed and Tzedaka / Featured

The Israeli Supermarket Where You Can Shop for Free

By Abigail Klein Leichman

A young couple’s project brings free food to thousands of needy families, in a respectful and normative setting.

Op-Eds / Headline

Hearing Sights and Feeling Sounds

By Abigail Klein Leichman

No, Mt. Sinai is not having a sequel-but there is a lab in Israel...

Business and Economy / Israel

Shuk Produce Vendors Offer Better Prices to Beautiful Women

By Abigail Klein Leichman

A field experiment in 23 Israeli fruit-and-vegetable markets finds blatant price discrimination based on gender and attractiveness.

Op-Eds / Headline

Cyber-attacks on Hospitals are the New Pandemic; What's the Cure?

By Abigail Klein Leichman

With more hackers targeting health care, technology helps safeguard patients and their records from ransomware and other money-making attacks.

Coronavirus / Israel

Israeli Vaccines May Be the Solution to the New Coronavirus Variants

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Injectable and oral vaccines under development in Israel may prove significant in protecting people from mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Op-Eds

Nine ‘FIRSTS’ About Israel’s New Government

By Abigail Klein Leichman

The coalition headed by Naftali Bennett includes a spectrum of lawmakers—Orthodox, Arab, female, gay and even Israel’s first deaf Knesset member

Israeli Arabs / Health and Medicine

Arab Woman Receives Kidney from Jew Killed in Lod Pogrom

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Yigal Yehoshua died after being struck in the head with a brick during Arab pogroms in the city. One of his kidneys went to a Christian Arab woman and other organs to three other Israelis.

Arts and Entertainment / Israel

Simon Cowell to Serve as Judge on ‘The X Factor Israel’

By Abigail Klein Leichman

The creator of the reality music TV competition has never before hosted a version of the show outside Britain and the United States.

Business and Economy / Israel

Guess What Nation has the Most Unicorns per Capita?

By Abigail Klein Leichman

With 41 Israeli-founded private companies worth $1 billion or more, the startup nation has finally entered the scale-up nation era.

Kosher Food News / Israel / From The Wine Cellar

65 Israeli Wines Win Medals in Decanter World Wine Awards

By Abigail Klein Leichman

The “Oscars of wine” recognizes the products of 18 Israeli wineries, bestowing six gold medals, 31 silvers and 28 bronzes.

Analysis

Fresh 2600 Year Old Dates

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Grown from ancient seeds found at Masada and Qumran, the dates symbolize the remarkable resilience of nature.

Analysis

13 Ways Israel is Helping Fight Forest Fires Around the World

By Abigail Klein Leichman

As wildfires burn more fiercely across the globe, Israeli experts work with other countries to implement prevention, detection, firefighting and rehab strategies.

Science and Tech / Health and Medicine / Israel

Contact Lenses for the Nose that May Help You Lose Weight

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Revolutionary drug-free, soft silicone device called NozNoz mechanically diverts smells from olfactory receptors in the nose, which can help curb appetite and change metabolism.

Archaeology

Secrets of a Lost Village of Ancient Israel Come to Light

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Technology such as LiDAR and a drone-mounted 4K camera have led to significant finds among layers of settlement spanning about 2,600 years.

Weather / South America / Health and Medicine / News Briefs / Politics / Israel

Israel Sends Donations to Flood Victims in Paraguay, Uruguay

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Israel’s embassies in each country are contributing supplies worth $10,000 to help hundreds of displaced citizens.

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