Monthly Archives: April 2013

Israel gives Turkey safe passage

Posted on April 14, 2013

Transportation of Turkish exports has been severely hampered by the Syrian crisis and riots in Egypt’s Port Said. So the Israeli government is allowing Turkish trucks to enter Israel from Haifa and then travel over the ElKhalil Bridge to Jordan. … Continue reading →

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Muslim heads Hadassah’s emergency medicine

Posted on April 14, 2013

57-year-old cardiologist Dr. Aziz Darawshe is the new director of the emergency department at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, and chairman of the Israel Society for Urgent Medicine. Dr Darawshe lives in the Arab village of Iksal, near Nazareth. … Continue reading →

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Israeli hospitals treat hundreds of Gazans

Posted on April 14, 2013

Siblings Ahmad and Hadil Hamdan from Gaza both suffer from chronic kidney disease. For a few days each month, they receive dialysis treatment at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel. “Before I came here, I couldn’t breathe or walk. … Continue reading →

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“Hope” for Yom Haatzmaut

Posted on April 14, 2013

Here it is – the Fountainheads new video and song for Israel’s 65th birthday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsE1cAKM4Yc&feature=player_embedded

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Sonic Vision hits Tel Aviv

Posted on April 14, 2013

Sonic Vision is an amazing light show, transferring visitors from Tel Aviv into a 360-degree party, through sound, light, and music. It takes place at the Planetarium at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv until April 27. The show … Continue reading →

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“What the world needs now is love”

Posted on April 14, 2013

It sure does – and the composer of that song, Burt Bacharach, is coming to Israel to perform some of his 70 top 40 hits. There will be some “Magic Moments” at the Zappa Shuni Amphitheater in Binyamina on July … Continue reading →

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Reality “check”

Posted on April 14, 2013

(Thanks to Ted Belman) The Israeli Chess Championships 2013 for men and women are taking place in April in Acre. Of the 32 registered players for the men’s event, no less than 16 are Grandmasters. http://www.chessdom.com/israeli-chess-championships-2013/

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Top US award for Israeli cancer specialist

Posted on April 14, 2013

The American Association for Cancer Research has awarded Professor Alexander Levitzki of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem its 2013 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. It recognizes Prof Levitzki’s work on signal transduction therapy and the development … Continue reading →

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Pediatrician delivers baby in elevator

Posted on April 14, 2013

On her way to give a lecture at Kaplan Medical Center Dr. Hanni Olivestone found a woman in labor in a public bathroom. She took the woman in a wheelchair to the delivery room but as they entered the elevator, … Continue reading →

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Sweetner could treat Parkinson’s

Posted on April 14, 2013

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have found that the sugar substitute mannitol protects the brain against the effects of Parkinson’s disease. Laboratory trials are to be completed before human clinical trials can commence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-flies-potential-sweet-treatment-parkinson.html

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