Monthly Archives: December 2016

1,000 new defibrillators

Posted on December 18, 2016

In what may be the largest purchase of defibrillators ever made in Israel, volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization United Hatzalah recently purchased 1,000 defibrillators – one for each of its volunteers.  The aim is that no one in Israel … Continue reading →

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Israeli wins $25,000 neuroscience award

Posted on December 18, 2016

Israel’s Dr. Gilad Evrony was awarded the Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology by Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Dr Evrony sequences and analyzes the genomes of individual brain cells to detect mutations. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-american-researcher-wins-25000-prize-for-young-scientists/ … Continue reading →

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First US medical center to use Israeli hi-tech scanner

Posted on December 18, 2016

I reported previously (Dec 4) that the US FDA approved the P-ARTIS innovative upright CT proton scanner from Israel’s P-Cure. Now the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center will be the first in the US to use the P-Cure scanner for … Continue reading →

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Facebook screens live brain surgeries from Israeli hospital

Posted on December 18, 2016

More than half a million viewers have been watching live broadcasts on Facebook of Israeli brain surgeons at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba removing a benign tumor. The purpose was to promote the work at the new brain center. http://www.jta.org/2016/12/13/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/facebook-screens-live-brain-surgery-from-israeli-hospital

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First child after 30-year wait

Posted on December 11, 2016

For the past 27 years, Rabbi Yitzhak and Sima Peretz prepared food for patients and their families who had to stay in Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital over the Sabbath. The whole hospital then celebrated when Sima Peretz gave birth to … Continue reading →

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Donut burgers for Hanukkah

Posted on December 11, 2016

All Burger King chains in Israel will be serving donut burgers specially for the holiday of Hanukkah. The burger will be called “SufganiKing,” a play on the Hebrew word for donut, “sufganiyah.” http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4889021,00.html

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IDF orphans celebrate bat/bar mitzvot

Posted on December 11, 2016

There are 3000 IDF orphans – children of a parent killed whilst serving in the IDF or Israeli police.  The non-profit organization IDF Widows and Orphans is present at important junctions in their lives. They make sure they have a … Continue reading →

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Over a million participate in global Shabbat

Posted on December 11, 2016

The global Shabbat Project connected over 1 million Jews in 1160 cities spread over 94 countries. In Israel alone, 163 cities and towns took part in special events. These included pre-Shabbat challah baking activities, as well as post-Shabbat Havdalah and … Continue reading →

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Latest Israeli stamps

Posted on December 11, 2016

Israel has issued some beautiful, culturally-enhancing postage stamps depicting mosaics, King Solomon’s ships, tourism in Jerusalem and ex-President Yitzhak Navon. http://www.history-of-israel.co.il/stamps/index-2016.html

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Israel hosts MMA world title fight

Posted on December 11, 2016

Tel Aviv was the venue for a Bellator Mixed Martial Arts World Welterweight clash – the first time that an MMA world title has been fought in the Middle East.  Douglas Lima from Brazil beat Russia’s Andrey Koreshkov. The fight … Continue reading →

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