Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren is in Israel to host the Genesis Prize, an award known as 'the Jewish Nobel.' Mirren has visited Israel several times, and has been a vocal critic of anti-Israel activists who have called for a cultural boycott of Israel.

Ben-Gurion University’s student Formula One racing team is the first ever Israeli team to place in the top 10 at the Formula SAE, and a new documentary in the US will tell the remarkable story of the medical device industry in Israel and will list life-saving tools Israel has invented.