Monthly Archives: November 2015

The best veggie food in the world

Posted on November 29, 2015

Tel Aviv has the world’s best vegetarian restaurants, according to Conde Nast Traveler magazine. It recommends several, including a Georgian vegan restaurant and an Ethiopian vegan cafe. Israel has some 300,000 vegans, the highest per capita anywhere in the world. … Continue reading →

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Druze Arabs promote Israel in US

Posted on November 29, 2015

A delegation of young Druze leaders from medicine, law enforcement and the IDF is visiting Boston, Los Angeles and New York, to spread awareness of their community’s unique place in Israel’s multicultural society. There are 104,000 Druze in Israel. 86% … Continue reading →

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Israeli doctors saving Palestinian Arab babies

Posted on November 29, 2015

A video to accompany my August’s newsletter article from Israel21c about Hadassah Hospital’s “Heart for Peace” that has saved the lives of over 600 Palestinian Arab children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ7ekZ0fAHg

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Israel has saved the lives of many US servicemen

Posted on November 29, 2015

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter praised the Israeli solution to improvised explosive devices (IEDs). “The Israelis were really quite ingenious in this area and we got a lot from them. There’s no question that lives were saved as a consequence … Continue reading →

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Israeli elephant donates money for Thai elephants

Posted on November 29, 2015

The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo donated $1,500 for an elephant hospital in Lampang. The check was delivered to the Thai Ambassador to Israel by a Biblical Zoo elephant named Tamar, who presented it to the Ambassador in her trunk. http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2015/11/6/israeli-zoo-donates-to-thai-elephant-hospital-with-check-in-elephants-trunk#.Vj0RnLerTIU=

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Training Latin American water experts

Posted on November 29, 2015

24 water experts from 10 Latin America countries took part in a water resources management course run by Israel’s Center for International Agricultural Development Cooperation and MASHAV. http://www.israel21c.org/latin-americans-turn-to-israel-for-water-rehabilitation/

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Success in Leukemia treatment trials

Posted on November 15, 2015

Israel’s BiolineRx has reported positive results from Phase II trials of its BL-8040 treatment in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (r/r AML). It had a triple positive effect on the leukemic cells only two days after a single cycle … Continue reading →

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US approval for unique Israeli dialysis device

Posted on November 15, 2015

The US FDA has approved the Chameleon from Israel’s AV Medical Technologies. Chameleon is the world’s first and only angioplasty balloon catheter that allows for simultaneous balloon inflation and intravascular injection of fluids while maintaining guidewire access. Over two million … Continue reading →

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Prize for discovering link from brain to immune system

Posted on November 15, 2015

On the anniversary of Chaim Weizmann’s death, KKL-JNF awarded the Blumberg Outstanding Medical Research Scientist Prize to Weizmann Professor Michal Schwartz for her groundbreaking research into the connection between the brain and the immune system. http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/about-kkl-jnf/green-israel-news/november-2015/blumberg-prize-michal-schwartz/

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Genetic mutation explains how ovaries develop

Posted on November 15, 2015

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have uncovered a key gene responsible for ovary development. Four members of the same family had mutated Nup107 genes causing infertility. The discovery has widespread implications for research in cell biology. http://new.huji.ac.il/en/article/28051

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