Monthly Archives: April 2017

Video of Arab kids learning Hebrew goes viral

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israeli President Rivlin invited Arab teacher Jehan Jaber to his Jerusalem residence, to praise her for teaching Hebrew to Arab elementary school children. She played a darbuka drum and sang the catchy song “Geshem, Geshem Metaftef” (“Rain, rain is dripping”). … Continue reading →

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MDA teaches Arabic to volunteers

Posted on April 30, 2017

In order to better serve Jerusalem’s Arabic-speaking population, Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom is offering Arabic-language instruction to volunteers. 40 volunteers in the Jerusalem district have signed up for the first session of courses. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/magen-david-adom-to-offer-arabic-courses-for-volunteers/2017/03/07/

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Empowering Arab women business leaders

Posted on April 30, 2017

Ola Baker Salameh is an Israeli-Arab woman from Acre and CEO of Sebana Medical. Her company employs Arabs (Christian and Muslim) and Jews. It received 60% of its R&D funding from Israel’s Office of Chief Scientist. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1NovQFasVv8?rel=0

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Israeli cyber firm employs mostly women

Posted on April 30, 2017

60% of the sixty employees at Israeli cybersecurity company EverCompliant are female – about twice that of the average tech company.  CEO Ron Teicher said, “It’s not a deliberate decision, it just happened… in most cases the lady candidate was … Continue reading →

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Strong Israeli women

Posted on April 30, 2017

The Strong Jewish Women’s Summit is a web event which features many successful Israeli women.  They include Dr. Mina Teicher – former Israeli Chief Scientist; Yael Elad – COO of VC Fund Aleph; Beth Steinberg – founder of Non-profit Shutaf … Continue reading →

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Raising the potential of special children

Posted on April 30, 2017

The Master’s Program at Israel’s Chemdat Hadarom college trains students to help special-needs children reach the heights of their abilities. During the long summer holiday, the college loans its campus to Israel’s Ezer Mizion which organizes summer camps for those … Continue reading →

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Pentagon funds Israeli infection test system

Posted on April 30, 2017

The US Department of Defense has awarded a $9.2 million contract to Israel’s MeMed to help it complete its pioneering platform for distinguishing bacterial from viral infections. MeMed (see here) had already received a 2.3 million Euro grant from the … Continue reading →

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Robot-aided surgery fixes severe spinal fracture

Posted on April 30, 2017

In the world’s first procedure of its kind, Israeli surgeons at Hadassah University Medical Center used a Mazor-Israel robot to operate on Aharon Schwartz, whose spine was broken in six places from a work accident. Schwartz is expected to be … Continue reading →

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An MRI machine for babie

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israel’s Aspect Imaging is developing a compact MRI system that can be placed in neonatal units for scanning newborns at the point of care. Aspect has just raised $30 million which will also help fund the development of a stroke-dedicated … Continue reading →

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Fixing hernias

Posted on April 30, 2017

Israel’s Via Surgical has developed FasTouch – a next-generation system for fixing prosthetic material to soft tissues in surgical procedures such as hernia repairs. Less complications, less post-operative pain and faster recovery. FasTouch is to be distributed across the US … Continue reading →

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