By Karin Kloosterman

Feed Me Seymour, All Night Long is the famous Little Shop of Horrors line sung by Audrey II, the man-eating –– and singing plant. Now we all know that plants can’t talk. They can’t tell us when they’re not getting enough sunlight, minerals or water.
But not so fast –– I had the pleasure [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman

Showing up unannounced, I’d met Beverly Goodman in Eilat, the southernmost city in Israel where she is working as a marine researcher, doing something akin to underwater archeology. She was eager to accept me and my mom, who’d just come to Israel from Canada for a short holiday. Thinking I could merge travel [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Israel is known for its medical advances and expertise in agriculture. A new combination of the two, may give rise to a revolutionary new therapy to repair diseased hearts. The therapy, reports the UK’s Telegraph, has the potential to save thousands of lives –– a heart-warming solution for the thousands of Canadians at [...]

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by Adam Michael Segal
I have written countless articles about Canadians doing their part to support Israel.  From walkathons and galas, to concerts and candlelight vigils, there has certainly been a bevy of tales to tell and I have been more than happy to share them.
But this time, rather than simply reporting the story, I have [...]

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by Lauren Kramer
When she attended a conference in Israel in 2006, Julie Schneiderman, 32, a Vancouver native who works at the Canadian HIV Trials Network, did not have work on her mind. So when a colleague suggested she meet AIDS researchers in Israel, Schneiderman was hesitant. But she went anyway, and her meeting with Shlomo [...]

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