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Rebecca Araten

Born and raised in New York City, Rebecca Araten is now an undergraduate at Harvard, where she is planning to major in the liberal arts. She writes for the Harvard Crimson, sings for the Radcliffe Choral Society, and hosts a classical music radio show for WHRB.
ANAT FRIEDMAN presenting her designs.

Fashion is ‘in the air’ in Jerusalem

Walking through the bustling crowds and shouting shopkeepers of the Mahaneh Yehuda shuk, one would never imagine that in the heart of it all lies a serene, spacious artists’ studio.

AUGUST 14, 2019
Are Israel’s plastic bottles being recycled?

Are Israel’s plastic bottles being recycled?

The retirement of the plastic-bottle cages doesn’t mean plastic bottles aren’t being recycled.

AUGUST 9, 2019
THE RELIGIOUS ladies bringing the laughs.

Presenting comedy religiously Jewish women take the stage

“When you become religious, you don’t have as much of a stage,” he said. He hoped that the show would enable the women “to have their expression.”

AUGUST 8, 2019

The triumph of art through autism

Since then, Sukman has met with Leizarov’s father every week for two or three hours, to discuss his son and his artwork.

AUGUST 5, 2019
One of artist SHLOMI LEIZAROV's paintings. ‘His artistic expression is like there is more than one artist living in him.’

Five years later, the fight for Hadar Goldin's body lives on

Tel Aviv art exhibit opens with the late Hadar Goldin’s cartoons and sketches

JULY 31, 2019
Cartoons and sketches by Hadar Goldin at the “Smile with Hadar” exhibit

Israeli researchers discover how to boost Natural cancer-kiling cells

These membrane proteins could provide a target for new treatments.

JULY 31, 2019
Cancer cells [illustrative]

A tour of the Old City of Jerusalem with MK Uzi Dayan

Dayan, the nephew of the lase defense minister, Moshe Dayan, says his tours are"open to people of all political stripes."

JULY 30, 2019
Uzi Dayan stands outside the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City, reading passages from a Tanach

Israeli researchers discover how to disable Natural Killer cancer cells

These membrane proteins could provide a target for new treatments.

JULY 30, 2019
A scientist prepares protein samples for analysis in a lab at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, Britain, July 15, 2013

Israeli scientist figures out how to stop cows from killing the planet

Studies have shown that dairy cows contribute large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, caused by the organisms living in their microbiomes.

JULY 28, 2019
Cows wearing digital collars eat at dairy farm in Kibbutz Yad Mordechai

Medical marijuana research could make drug more effective

Cannabis oil has become a staple of medical marijuana products, vape pens, edibles and topicals, but it leaves out terpenes, which interact with neurotransmitters to relieve pain.

JULY 25, 2019
An employee inspects the leaf of a cannabis plant at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel.

OUTstanding Travel

Peretz organizes private and group tours of countries around the Mediterranean, all in the service of providing an experience that is comfortable and supportive for gay tourists.

JULY 25, 2019
Nadav Peretz crouches in front of an OUTstanding tour group, as they bring pride to the Dead Sea

JLo hits the stage in Israel for the first time

You’re all invited to my concert in Tel Aviv,” JLo (as she is known around the world) informed Israeli fans last week in a video backed by the strains of her 2011 hit song “On the Floor.”

JULY 24, 2019
JENNIFER LOPEZ brings her Vegas-like extravaganza to Tel Aviv.

Petah Tikva mayor rolls out plan to regulate preschools

“We will continue to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the children of the city and the peace of mind of the parents," he said.

JULY 23, 2019
Parents gather to protest Carmel Mauda, the daycare owner's abuse of children in her care.