Monthly Archives: February 2016

Teaching water conservation in California

Posted on February 21, 2016

The rainwater catchment systems from Israel’s Rain Harvest serve over 140 schools in Israel. Now students at three California elementary schools will use Rain Harvest’s barrels to recycle rainwater. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Local-Students-Learn-Water-Conservation-With-Rain-Barrels-366623781.html http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2016/02/01/67062/ http://israelnewtech.com/2016/02/israeli-invention-teaches-water-conservation-to-california-school-children/

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Odisha, India seeks Israeli investment

Posted on February 21, 2016

A large business delegation led by the Minister of Industries Indian state’s Debi Prasad Mishra reached out to leading Israeli businesses seeking collaboration in areas of joint interest during the three-day visit to the country. http://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/odisha-seeks-cooperation-investment-from-israel-116020100685_1.html

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How to avoid employee burn-out

Posted on February 21, 2016

The Wisdom 2.0 Conference in Tel Aviv gave employees ideas for protection against the onslaught of technology forcing people to be connected to work 24/7. The organization’s first Israel conference had speakers from Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Israel’s Glide and ex-Israeli … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough leukemia cure is “Israeli”

Posted on February 21, 2016

I was suspicious of the BBC’s report on the “innovative” US immunotherapy that cured 27 of 29 “no-hope” leukemia patients. Sure enough, the genetic modification of T-cells was developed by Weizmann Institute Professor Zelig Eshhar, and the US researchers accredited … Continue reading →

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Watching memory at work

Posted on February 21, 2016

Tel Aviv University Professor Itzhak Fried has completed his study of how memory neurons behave in real time when they are “remembering.” He will present his findings at an upcoming Jerusalem symposium. These have important implications for understanding dementia such … Continue reading →

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ReWalk is medically necessary

Posted on February 21, 2016

A US surgeon, confined to a wheelchair following a spinal cord injury, has successfully won his case to be reimbursed by his health plan for a ReWalk exoskeleton. The ruling will help make ReWalk available to all eligible patients. http://rewalk.com/rewalk-robotics-exoskeleton-deemed-medically-necessary-by-independent-medical-review-organization/

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Hospital search engine wows Russia

Posted on February 21, 2016

Russia’s most dominant email service Mail.Ru is integrating the database of Archimedicx. Health Mail.Ru is one of the most popular health portals in Russia. Israeli Moni Milchman (see here) developed ArchimedicX, the world’s first search engine for information about hospitals. … Continue reading →

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Israel-California biotech agreement

Posted on February 21, 2016

Israeli Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis signed a biotechnology agreement with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Its focus is stem cell research and breakthroughs in treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and HIV-AIDS.   http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2016/2/10/israel-and-california-sign-biotech-deal-with-emphasis-on-stem-cell-research

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Oldest bible is a world treasure

Posted on February 14, 2016

The Aleppo Codex in Jerusalem’s Israel Museum has been recognized by UNESCO as a unique world treasure. It was written in Tiberias around 930 CE and is believed to be the world’s oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible. The Codex … Continue reading →

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Israelis pass the “Blind Man” test

Posted on February 14, 2016

An Australian test of honesty was repeated in Israel. A blind Israeli asked strangers to change a 10 or 20-shekel note, but held out a 100 or 200-shekel note to see if anyone exploited his disability. 100 per cent of … Continue reading →

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