Monthly Archives: April 2015

The future with no brain diseases

Posted on April 26, 2015

Professor Marta Weinstock-Rosin – inventor of Exelon for treating Alzheimer’s – says that the end is in sight for the debilitating disease and others like it. Dr Weinstock-Rosin lit one of the ceremonial torches at this year’s Israeli Independence Day … Continue reading →

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Israelis donate kidneys to strangers

Posted on April 19, 2015

Avraham Shapira 32, from Yitzhar in the Shomron, gave his kidney to a 50-year-old man whom he had never met. When persuaded to publicize his act, his brother-in-law donated one of his own kidneys to a 60-year-old woman. Four more … Continue reading →

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The smallest Bible in the world

Posted on April 19, 2015

To mark the Israel Museum’s 50th anniversary, the Shrine of the Book is displaying a gilt nano chip, the size of a sugar grain, on which the entire Bible is inscribed. The bible was produced at Israel’s Technion Institute. The … Continue reading →

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New Israeli stamps

Posted on April 19, 2015

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Israel museum, new stamps include the Cyrus declaration allowing Jews to return to the Land of Israel 60 years after their exile to Babylon 2600 years ago. A replica of the declaration is … Continue reading →

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Israeli flags for Independence Day

Posted on April 19, 2015

Israeli flags distributed free in newspapers by Bank Hapoalim were made in Israel by Hamishkam, which employs thousands of disabled people in 40 communities around the country. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-225625122.html

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New UNESCO World Heritage site

Posted on April 19, 2015

Israel’s Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park has become Israel’s 8th site to join the UNESCO list of the world’s outstanding sites of natural and cultural importance. UNESCO described Beit Guvrin’s man-made caves as a “city under a city”. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israels-Beit-Guvrin-celebrated-as-UNESCO-World-Heritage-site-398074

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Topol wins lifetime achievement award

Posted on April 19, 2015

Veteran Israeli actor Chaim Topol, best known for playing Tevye the milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” will receive the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement on Israel’s upcoming Independence Day. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4642812,00.html

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Kim Kardashian visits Israel

Posted on April 19, 2015

American reality television star Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West met for a meal with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat during her visit to Israel. Kardashian flew in from her ancestral home in Armenia and baptized her daughter at … Continue reading →

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Alcohol-free music club for Jerusalem

Posted on April 19, 2015

On Monday, April 27, Blaze Bar will be hosting a benefit for Sobar – Jerusalem’s first alcohol-free and cigarette-free music bar for teens and young adults. https://sobarjerusalem.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/the-sobars-first-fundraiser-on-april-27th-at-blaze-bar-jerusalem/

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Israeli tennis player wins ATP event in Turkey

Posted on April 19, 2015

Israel’s Dudi Sela won his 17th ATP Challenger Tour title, beating Blaz Kavcic 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Batman tournament in Turkey. Dudi will climb around 20 ranking places as a result, returning to the world’s top … Continue reading →

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