Monthly Archives: April 2017

Another robot-guided needle

Posted on April 30, 2017

Ben-Gurion University and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have founded Xact Medical, (no relation to XACT Robotics) to commercialize their Fast Intelligent Needle Delivery (FIND) system. Robotics and ultrasound guide the needle into the body – good for children, whose vascular systems … Continue reading →

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The body’s garbage collector

Posted on April 30, 2017

A new video of Israeli Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover, co-discoverer of Ubiquitin – used by cells to re-cycle proteins and prevent them from causing disease and cancer. Ciechanover’s research has saved millions of lives, revolutionizing health, agriculture, and the environment. … Continue reading →

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Israeli calcium can fight cancer

Posted on April 30, 2017

I reported previously (twice) about Israel’s Amorphical which has developed amorphous calcium to treat osteoporosis in patients who have trouble absorbing current (crystalline) calcium supplements.  Amorphous calcium also reduces the acidity that certain enzymes use to generate cancer cells. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SIkxWsDqAM0?rel=0

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New Haifa center for medical research

Posted on April 30, 2017

Haifa University has joined with Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center to launch a project to build a 20-story “Medical Discovery Tower”. It will focus on academic and commercial research of diseases.  Two floors will be assigned to the Technion-Israel Institute of … Continue reading →

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Free program to help Israeli-Arab men stop smoking

Posted on April 16, 2017

Hebrew University / Hadassah, with funding from the Israel Cancer Association and the Health Ministry, has initiated SMS Quit to help Israeli-Arab men quit smoking. Arab men have the highest smoking rate (44%) in Israel and therefore the shortest life … Continue reading →

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Follow the mikveh trail

Posted on April 16, 2017

A newly-opened Jerusalem park takes you past many of the capital’s 200 ritual baths (mikvot), used by pilgrims in the Second Temple era.  Jewish travelers purified themselves by immersion, prior to offering sacrifices in the Temple. 50 baths have been … Continue reading →

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50 years of re-unification of Jerusalem

Posted on April 16, 2017

“Voices of Jerusalem” video, produced by the city for June’s 50th anniversary of the reunification of Israel’s Capital. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YfpwILcri_A?rel=0

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Brazil’s secret Jews renew ties in Israel

Posted on April 16, 2017

During a visit to Israel, with 18 other Brazilian Anousim (secret Jews) Lavor Serbim told her story at the Brazilian Cultural Center in Tel Aviv. She used to cry when she heard stories about Israel or heard Jewish songs, but … Continue reading →

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Prizes for Sephardi and Oriental studies

Posted on April 16, 2017

The first-ever Prime Minister’s Awards for the Study of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry were to the Dahan Center at Bar-Ilan University, Levana Zamir for “The Golden Age of the Jews of Egypt – Uprooting and Revival in Israel” and Dr. … Continue reading →

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Ironic venue for Balfour conference

Posted on April 16, 2017

The venue for the Conference “100 Years since the Balfour Declaration” was the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem.  The hotel is sited on the earlier Palace Hotel – built by the anti-Semitic Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al Husseini. It … Continue reading →

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