Along with physical improvements to ease access, a smartphone app allows anyone with a stroller or wheelchair to map out an accessible route within the Old City.

Lavi Furniture Industries is rolling out custom arks, bimahs and mechitzahs that can be operated by congregants in wheelchairs.

Scientists worked with beermakers to determine if yeast cells from ancient pottery could be used to recreate the beer people were drinking during the time of the Bible.

ArmorMe backpacks unfurl in a matter of seconds and come lined with double-panel kevlar plates to protect against bullets from handguns.

Aliyah from Russia rose by 72 percent to 7,884 arrivals this year. The number of Ukrainian Jews making aliyah was likewise up.

Representatives of the Miss Universe Organization have met with Israeli producers in New York and have secretly visited Israel to look into staging a pageant there.

Izak hummus cafe is co-owned by Samir Kanwane, who is Arab, and Gal Itach, who is Jewish.

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