Monthly Archives: June 2013

Obama and the Technion

Posted on June 9, 2013

Here is a new video of US President Obama seeing a selection of Israel Technion’s innovations during his recent visit to Israel. It features robots, ReWalk and nano-technology. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApKFEfneNN8&feature=youtu.be

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WIZO’s agricultural high school

Posted on June 9, 2013

Teenagers from the WIZO Nachlat Yehuda School and Youth Village in Rishon Lezion, an agricultural high school that specializes in life sciences, took their agriculture matriculation exam last week. The curriculum covers animal care and dairy cow production http://www.jpost.com/National-News/WIZO-teens-take-agriculture-matriculation-exam-315282

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Using personal smartphones for work

Posted on June 9, 2013

Israeli hi-tech Red Bend’s systems allow employees to use their own mobile devices to check company emails and do other work while protecting the company from exposing sensitive information. In the video, my cousin Roger describes Red Bend’s TRUE (TRUsted) … Continue reading →

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Israeli glasses allow the blind to read

Posted on June 9, 2013

Israeli start-up OrCam has developed a camera-based system that will “read” to the visually impaired whilst on the move. So OrCam employee Liat Negrin, visually impaired since childhood, can pick up a can of vegetables in a grocery store and … Continue reading →

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Safely deleted

Posted on June 9, 2013

(Thanks to NoCamels) When old computers are disposed of, sensitive personal information recorded in them may still be readable by malicious individuals and organizations. Israeli start-up Sure Erasure removes the data completely, allowing equipment and parts to be recycled without … Continue reading →

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Israeli schoolchildren develop Apple apps

Posted on June 9, 2013

Apple Inc. will inaugurate the first entrepreneurship development center of its kind at the interdisciplinary arts and sciences Amal High School in Hadera next week. The students will develop iOS-based apps for iPads and iPhones. Sixty 9th and 10th grade … Continue reading →

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Born on the way to Israel

Posted on June 2, 2013

The family of Zehava Elias set out from Ethiopia in 1989 to walk to Israel, carrying only a little bit of food, money and their Torah scroll. Zehava was born on route. Lieutenant Zehava Elias is now an officer in … Continue reading →

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Special celebration

Posted on June 2, 2013

Thirteen years after discovering his Jewish roots, 64-year-old Moshe Lederman Cohen celebrated his bar mitzvah at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Born Mariusz Robert Aoflko in Poland, his mother told him he was Jewish just before she died. Israeli organization Shavei Israel … Continue reading →

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Adelson donates another $40 million to Birthright

Posted on June 2, 2013

Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated another $40 million to the Birthright Israel Foundation. Their overall donation to the program is now $180 million. Birthright brings Jews aged 18 to 26 to Israel to help broaden their awareness and … Continue reading →

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Turks pleased to do business with Israel

Posted on June 2, 2013

Zvi Oren, president of the Manufacturers Association of Israel, and Muharrem Yilmaz, president of the Turkish Industry and Business Association met to discuss strengthening business ties and tourism. “It’s amazing to see how relieved they are that they can do … Continue reading →

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