Media Icon, Wendy Williams is this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. award recipient. The award was given to Williams by the Consulate General of Israel in New York for her work toward dialogue, understanding and compassion between people of different backgrounds.

Al Gore joins Richard Branson in supporting an innovative Israeli start-up that aims to help save lives, the environment, and money.

Almost overnight, Israeli cuisine has shaped up to be one of 2010′s hottest new trends.

With lobster-like claws, a stinger-capped tail, and the ability to kill a human with its poisonous venom, a scorpion is not exactly nature’s most cuddly little creature. So it’s no surprise to associate scorpions with pain, right?

The University of Haifa has created a three-year “medical clowning” degree to lift spirits in hospitals. Israeli medical clowns really aren’t just clowning around.

Shahar Peer pulled off a magnificent upset Wednesday morning in Dubai, defeating top ranked Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championship.

Israeli archaeologists discover 1,400-year-old wine press 25 miles (40 km) south of Jerusalem.

One of the most common dishes one can find in Israel is the chicken cutlet, aka schnitzel. Although it can be considered an eastern European dish, people from different ethnic backgrounds make it so popularly in Israel, it’s become a nationwide staple.

Few people realize that while alcohol-based hand sanitizers may kill bacteria, they do not deactivate viruses such as the swine flu. An innovative product from Israel changes that.

Omri Casspi makes his triumphant New York debut.