Monthly Archives: January 2015

Don’t judge Israel before you’ve seen it

Posted on January 25, 2015

Irish Catholic Belinda Hickey visited Israel for the first time in 2006, when love for Israel was kindled in her heart.  Now she is a role model in courage as she promotes Israel in the face of anti-Semitism in Ireland. … Continue reading →

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US ex-Army amputee volunteers for Israel

Posted on January 25, 2015

US Christian Brian Mast, who lost both legs from a bomb-blast in Afghanistan, has joined the IDF’s Sar El volunteer program.  He puts his pro-Israel attitude down to his upbringing, military contacts with IDF personnel and warm relations with his … Continue reading →

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Historic plane rescued from scrap yard

Posted on January 25, 2015

A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft, used to rescue 100 Iraqi Jews in 1947, will soon return to Israel after being saved from a metal scrap yard in Argentina.  Operation Michaelberg was launched when the British denied persecuted Iraqi Jews … Continue reading →

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The Modern Day Miracle of Israel

Posted on January 25, 2015

Armstrong Williams writes an inspiring account of his journey across Israel and the PA territories. His key sentence is, “When you pause to consider what Israel has managed to give to the world, despite being under constant fire from its … Continue reading →

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Safed – one of Israel’s holiest cities

Posted on January 25, 2015

Surrounded by the mountains and forests of the green Upper Galilee, Safed (Tzfat) is world-famous for its winding alleyways and old majestic synagogues, its Artists Quarter, its musicians, its history of kabbalah and spirituality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhX_qCyjoc

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Cambridge University funds Israeli scientists

Posted on January 25, 2015

The Blavatnik Family Foundation has set up a new multi-million pound investment fund for Israeli scientists to pursue post-doctorate research at Cambridge University.  Three Israeli scientists are now furthering their research in engineering, genetics and physics at Cambridge. http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/128506/millions-given-cambridge-israeli-research-posts

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Israel’s water graduates are on a crest of a wave

Posted on January 25, 2015

Delegates at Kinneret College’s first water conference learnt about the work of its BSc graduates in Water Industry Engineering.  One breakthrough project is the extension of a wastewater system under Israel’s main Tel Aviv highway, undertaken without disrupting traffic. http://israelnewtech.com/2015/01/creating-hub-water-engineers-first-water-technology-event-takes-place-kinneret-college/

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Biotech incubator opens

Posted on January 25, 2015

Johnson and Johnson, together with Takeda and OrbiMed have launched FutuRx in Rehovot’s Weizmann Science Park.  Its first start-up is Hepy Biosciences, which is developing a tumor enzyme inhibitor. The second, XoNovo, is developing a treatment that targets a protein … Continue reading →

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Another Israeli R&D center

Posted on January 25, 2015

(Thanks to Michelle) Teradata – the US giant data analytics company, has bought Appoxee – an Israeli startup aimed at publishers and developers that want to send out messages to increase user engagement in their apps.  Appoxee will become Teradata’s … Continue reading →

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Horizon 2020

Posted on January 25, 2015

Ben Gurion University’s Dr. Natalie Elia and Dr. Eyal Arbely were awarded a European Horizon 2020 ERC Starting Grant for their project, “Quantitative Nanoscale Visualization of Macromolecular Complexes in Live Cells using Genetic Code Expansion and High-Resolution Imaging”.  (Don’t ask!) … Continue reading →

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