Israel's Medical Achievements

Lupus treatment is right on target

Current treatments for lupus nephritis shut down much of the immune system, with many adverse side effects. A new therapy developed by researchers, including Israel's Professor Chaim Putterman, tar...

New cancer treatment center

Construction has begun on a $265 million cancer treatment center at Tel Aviv Sourasky (Ichilov) Medical Center. Philanthropist Sheldon Adelson donated $40 million towards the project prior to his d...

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Science & Technology

8 satellites launched into space

See the excitement of the Israeli students as they watch their eight tiny satellites launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Students from schools across Israel gat...

12th-gen Intel-Israel chip launched

Intel launched the Israeli-developed Core i9 12900HK 12th generation mobile processor for laptops at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Intel also is to install the versatile sy...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

Israeli women win EU research grants

Two Hebrew University of Jerusalem female researchers have won EUR1.5 million European Research Council Starting Grants. Dr. Yonit Hochberg (Project: Light Dark Matter: New Directions) and Dr. Mor ...

Israeli female doctors fly out to help Indian women

A group of female Israeli doctors spent 8 days in India helping women with health issues, as part of a special delegation organized by Israel's Foreign Ministry. They examined approximately 1,000 w...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

The best guitar

Guitar Magazine has chosen an Israeli-manufactured guitar as their "Best Electric Guitar of the Year". The Stinger is made by Macmull Custom Guitars in Ma'aleh Adumim, near Jerusalem.

Film archive of Israeli history

The digitized archive of the Jerusalem Cinematheque now contains two sections. A pay-on-demand, "Artistic View," contains 300 Israeli feature films. The free "Historical View" has every newsreel cr...

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Economy & Business

Japanese investment triples

According to consulting firm Harel-Hertz, Japanese firms invested some $2.9 billion across 85 deals in Israeli companies last year, almost triple that in 2020. Japan accounts for 15.8% of all forei...

Israel’s latest Unicorns

(cybersecurity) raised $150 million ($1 billion valuation). (analytics) raised $100 million ($1 billion valuation). (Israeli R&D AI Ops) ra...

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The Jewish State

The seal of the Temple treasurer

Dozens of clay seal impressions (bullae) excavated near Temple Mount show evidence of the Jerusalem Temple treasury in the late 8th century BCE. Some have patterns of woven bags that would have con...

Educational resources for Tu Bishvat

Despite it being a Shmitta year in Israel (e.g., no tree planting in the Biblical borders of Israel) there are many activities that can be conducted to celebrate Tu Bishvat - the New Year for Trees...

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