Monthly Archives: July 2015

Analyzing disease at the single-cell level

Posted on July 19, 2015

Israeli scientists are working with those at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to help eradicate diseases at the cellular level. One Israeli scientist at Broad has published a paper of which of the 20,000 genes is essential to … Continue reading →

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A medical wonderland for healing kids

Posted on July 19, 2015

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center has just opened its Wilf Children’s Hospital. It has several facilities to calm young patients, including an animal house, music school, arts and craft therapy, books and games libraries and Israel’s specialty – medical clowns. … Continue reading →

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Israeli vets save tooth of US peacekeeping dog

Posted on July 19, 2015

Veterinary surgeons at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem operated on Belgian Shepherd dog Dano to repair a canine tooth broken during service with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai. Dano broke the same tooth during previous service … Continue reading →

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Eastern Jerusalem as you’ve never seen it

Posted on July 12, 2015

I highly recommend www.keepjerusalem.org for an eye-opening tour of Eastern Jerusalem. Did you know that some 300,000 Jews and 250,000 Arabs now live in the area of Jerusalem that Jordan occupied from 1948 to 1967? http://netanyareflections.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/herzl-day-tour-of-eastern-jerusalem_39.html

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More immigrants employed than sabras

Posted on July 12, 2015

Good news for those needing to work after making Aliya. An OECD study shows that Israeli immigrants have a lower unemployment rate than native-born Israelis. This is the reverse of the situation in similar high immigrant countries such as Australia, … Continue reading →

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Israel’s haredi whiz-kids

Posted on July 12, 2015

CNN reports that devout Jews are joining Israel’s next wave of hi-tech programmers. With no prior computer knowledge, just one year later they can build web and mobile apps. Years of strict religious study is also good training to help … Continue reading →

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The only Roman garrison in the Middle East

Posted on July 12, 2015

Archeologists have discovered at Megiddo the remains of the garrison of the Roman Sixth Legion that kept order following the Jewish Revolt of 66-70 CE and the Bar Kochba Revolt of 132 to 135 CE. The Jews then lost sovereignty … Continue reading →

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Israel thanks Philippines for WW2 rescue

Posted on July 12, 2015

Israel held a ceremony to thank the Philippines for facilitating the 1935-41 escape from Nazi Germany and Austria of 1,301 Jews. It was held at the Holocaust Memorial Park in Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv. (I gave feedback on … Continue reading →

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Israel’s 9th UNESCO Heritage site

Posted on July 12, 2015

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has declared a 2nd century CE Jewish burial complex at Beit She’arim in northern Israel a World Heritage Site. The necropolis contains the tomb of Judah the Prince, who documented the Mishna, … Continue reading →

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Netanya hosts Israeli beach soccer

Posted on July 12, 2015

On July 17 and 31, from 1pm to 6pm Poleg beach, Netanya is hosting the Israel Beach Soccer Games. http://www.netanya.muni.il/liga http://www.netanya.muni.il/Eng/?CategoryID=1802&ArticleID=2679

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