Monthly Archives: June 2013

A long White Night

Posted on June 30, 2013

(Thanks to Israel21c) Tel Aviv’s 10th annual White Night featured theater, dance, public sing-alongs, operatic arias, classical music, jazz, rock, alternative music, video displays, artists, art sales, storytellers, literature, philosophy, beach volleyball, yoga, folk dancing, ballroom dancing, fashion events, an … Continue reading →

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Four prizes for Jerusalem film school

Posted on June 30, 2013

Filmmakers from Jerusalem’s Ma’aleh School of Television, Film & the Arts won 4 prizes at the International Student Film Festival in Tel Aviv. http://www.maale.co.il/default.asp?PageID=69&ItemID=1705&ItemName=Prizes%20at%20the%20Student%20Film%20Festival%20in%20Tel%20Aviv&Status=

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Russia’s Bolshoi Opera makes first visit to Israel

Posted on June 30, 2013

For the first time, the Israeli Opera is hosting the Bolshoi Opera House from Moscow, one of the world’s leading opera houses and the biggest in Russia. It will be performing Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, “Yevgeny Onegin,” perhaps the most “Russian” opera … Continue reading →

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Old house / new house

Posted on June 30, 2013

Before David Cohen demolished his house, his daughter invited 85 Israeli artists to transform it, and raise money for children’s charities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5x871mNVQw&feature=em-uploademail

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More medical research for children

Posted on June 30, 2013

The Hebrew University is to establish a center for pharmaceutical research and treatment of children. Its focus includes incurable genetic diseases, building new models for testing drugs for children and synthesizing new molecules suited for children, despite being unprofitable. http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/HU-getting-unique-nano-lab-317581

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Israel’s Brain exhibition

Posted on June 30, 2013

One of the exhibits at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem spotlighted on Israel’s top research into the human brain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUuIUpPzmkw&feature=player_embedded

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This is how Israeli doctors save Syrian lives

Posted on June 30, 2013

(Thanks to Israel21c) Over the past few weeks I have been reporting only headline stories of wounded Syrians being treated in Israeli hospitals. Here is an amazing in-depth feature about what happens on the front lines (at the border and … Continue reading →

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Seeing Israel in a new light

Posted on June 30, 2013

(Thanks to Israel21c) Field of Vision, a new series by photographer Vardi Kahana, documents the people touched by Eye from Zion, an Israeli organization that provides free ocular medical treatment to needy populations around the world. http://israel21c.org/israel-in-pictures/a-vision-for-eye-from-zion/

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Safer bone augmentation

Posted on June 30, 2013

Israel’s RegeneCure has developed an innovative synthetic membrane for those needing dental implants. Alternative animal-tissue-derived collagen membranes risk being contaminated from pathogens. RegeneCure’s membrane also degrades slowly, giving the natural bone more time to regenerate. http://www.bioisrael.com/regenecure-bone-stimulating-aid-for-dental-implant

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Aiming for the Moon

Posted on June 30, 2013

Kfir Damari of Israel’s SpaceIL came to the downtown Jerusalem Startup Hub to make a presentation on his lunar exploration startup, Israel’s sole entrant in Google’s Lunar X competition, which offers a $30 million prize to whichever team’s craft can … Continue reading →

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