Earlier today we published the chapter from Avi Jorisch’s recently published book Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World about Simcha Blass, Kibbutz Chatzerim,  Rafi Mehoudar, and Netafim and the water revolution they sparked. Jorisch agreed to a brief interview with The Tower to provide further insight into this technology that could spare millions from thirst...

The Tower is privileged to publish this chapter from Avi Jorisch’s recently published book Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World, a fascinating telling of how many Israeli inventions have made the world a better place. No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no...

Rail transport is undergoing a huge transformation thanks to automated, wireless and connected technologies that whoosh passengers down the tracks faster and more efficiently than ever before possible. However, these same technologies have opened a door to new types of cyber-attacks that can threaten passenger safety, disrupt service and cause...

A pregnant Syrian woman was facing an impossible decision- her own death or the death of her unborn child.  She decided to save both by entering Israel to be treated at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.  The decision paid off when she returned home on Tuesday with a new healthy...

For decades, scientists have been asking questions about Jupiter’s famous stripes. Are the colorful bands, caused by belts of strong winds circling the planet, just a pretty surface phenomenon, or are they a significant stratum of the planet? New findings suggest that the stripes extend to a depth much deeper...

American and Israeli forces launched operation “Juniper Cobra” on Tuesday, a two-week joint military training exercise bringing together more than 4,500 service personnel from the IDF and the United States military’s European Command (USEUCOM). The Marine Corps Times reported that the U.S. dispatched over 2,500 service members to the training,...