Good News Israel

Good News Israel

Israel among highest in education expenditure as measured against GDP

Israel’s expenditure on education as compared to GDP is among the highest in the OECD, according to the annual OECD Education at a Glance 2024 report, released on Tuesday. The report also found that Israel’s population of youth, by percentage, is the highest among OECD countries.

In 202…

Israeli researchers find Alzheimer’s markers 20 years before onset

In a world first, researchers at the Hebrew University have discovered a distinct cellular pathway in the brain that indicates markers for future onset of Alzheimer’s disease, some 20 years before symptoms would be exhibited. This early detection could eventually lead to a treatment to pre…

US couple makes Aliyah with a pony and a dream

After serving in US military, Robert Shurtleff says he is no longer afraid of wars but was moved to tears upon arrival in Israel with his wife Jennifer and their therapy horse from Colorado; they plan to start a small farm in Kfar Tavor.

Robert and Jennifer Shurtleff landed in Israel know…

Israel’s high-tech investment picture unexpectedly rosy

Israel is fighting wars on two fronts, tens of thousands citizens are displaced, and businesses are hurting because employees have been killed, injured or serving in the military reserves.

And yet the IVC Research Center & LeumiTech “Israeli Tech Review Q2/2024” reveals that in the …

Study finds eating Israeli Bamba cuts peanut allergy risk in kids

Eating Bamba, Israel’s quintessential peanut-butter-flavored snack, is proven to reduce peanut allergies in children by 75 percent, according to a recent study in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, bearing out what many Israelis already know.

The longitudinal study began in…