Monthly Archives: March 2019

Plant research for a healthier planet

Posted on March 24, 2019

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute are improving global food security e.g. by figuring out how plants can better resist drought and provide higher-quality nutrition. They have also devised a method of killing a parasitic weed that was destroying corn crops … Continue reading →

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Preserve those photos

Posted on March 24, 2019

Israel’s Photomyne won the Top 100 award at the Red Herring Top 100 Europe conference.  Photomyne aims to use its photo scanning app, with Machine Learning / AI technology, to produce the largest indexed photo collection of the pre-digital era. … Continue reading →

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Help for siblings of children with disabilities

Posted on March 24, 2019

Israel has many charities helping children with disabilities. However, only one – “Siblings in the Field” – supports siblings of those children, who might not get as much attention because parents’ focus is elsewhere.  It currently helps kids aged 9 … Continue reading →

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Aid to Mozambique

Posted on March 24, 2019

Israeli humanitarian NGO IsraAID has dispatched an emergency response team to Mozambique, to help victims of the cyclone that devastated the country. IsraAID will distribute relief supplies, deliver psychological first aid and restore access to safe drinking water to affected … Continue reading →

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Global State Comptrollers meet in Jerusalem

Posted on March 24, 2019

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with a delegation of 21 State Comptrollers, representing 42 countries in Europe and Asia. They were in Israel attending Israel’s State Comptroller’s conference on global issues and best practices in state auditing. https://baltimorejewishlife.com/news/news-detail.php?SECTION_ID=37&ARTICLE_ID=115728

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US to follow Israeli model for army “specials”

Posted on March 24, 2019

The IDF’s Special in Uniform program integrates young people with autism and other disabilities into the Israel Defense Forces and, in turn, into Israeli society. US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that the US wants to implement a similar … Continue reading →

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Teaching Hebrew to asylum seekers

Posted on March 24, 2019

Josie taught Hebrew to migrants to Israel from Eritrea and Sudan between Sept 2018 and Jan 2019.  Here is an account of her experiences. https://www.momentmag.com/what-i-learned-by-teaching-hebrew-to-asylum-seekers-in-israel/

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World Down Syndrome Day

Posted on March 24, 2019

21st March is World Down Syndrome Day and coincided with Purim this year.  Israel together with Singapore initiated World Down Syndrome Day in 2006 (see here). Israel’s Yated Association provides parents with reliable information about raising children with DS. Please … Continue reading →

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Controlling the genome guardian

Posted on March 24, 2019

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have been able to silence the gene controlling the p53 protein known as “the guardian of the genome”. The p53 protein is mutated or dysfunctional in over two-thirds of all cancers. Korean biotech BioLeaders is … Continue reading →

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Israeli AI in Indian hospitals

Posted on March 24, 2019

The India-Israel Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund (I4F) has given $4.3 million to Israel’s Zebra Medical to deploy its Artificially Intelligent screening system across India. Zebra’s AI medical imaging technology can early-diagnose some of the 3.6 million new TB … Continue reading →

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