Monthly Archives: March 2021

Israeli-Arab social hackathon

Posted on March 14, 2021

Tel Aviv non-profit “Israel-Is” is co-sponsoring the first Abraham Accords Virtual Social Hackathon to be held March 23-25.  25 mixed teams of four, each from Israel, Bahrain, Morocco and the UAE, will develop social products focusing on peacebuilding at a … Continue reading →

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Vaccine rollout to Palestinian Arab workers

Posted on March 14, 2021

Israel’s vaccination program was successfully trialed last week by 700 grateful Palestinian Arab workers. The program will now be rolled out to the 87,000 PA Arabs with Israeli work permits, plus another 35,000 that work for Israelis in Judea and … Continue reading →

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Giving back to their communities

Posted on March 14, 2021

Former Vogue cover model Israel’s Michaela Bercu helped develop the app Tribu to optimize the world of volunteering. The App matches 800,000+ Israelis with hundreds of local projects all over Israel on days and hours that are convenient for each … Continue reading →

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The women that harvest the land

Posted on March 14, 2021

This article highlights some of Israel’s female agricultural pioneers, plus those that currently grow vegetables, milk cows and make artisanal olive oil, cheese and wine. https://www.israel21c.org/meet-the-women-breaking-barriers-and-harvesting-the-land/

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Helping Israeli women get technology jobs

Posted on March 14, 2021

“AI for Women” is a project set up by Bella Abrahams, director at Intel Israel. It uses artificial intelligence tools to analyze and group career advice. A vital resource to help Israeli women launch or boost their tech career and … Continue reading →

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5 million vaccinated

Posted on March 14, 2021

Israel’s five millionth recipient of the Covid-19 vaccine was a pregnant 34-year-old from the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva, Restaurants, cafes, attractions, hotels, event venues, places of worship, most school grades 7-10, and more, have opened. Only 3% of … Continue reading →

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Eliminating animal testing

Posted on March 14, 2021

Hebrew University researchers have developed a chip containing human tissue with microscopic sensors to precisely monitor the response of the kidney, liver and heart to specific treatments. It is believed to be the first treatment to be submitted to the … Continue reading →

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Ask me anything

Posted on March 14, 2021

Tel Aviv University Professor Neta Erez made the unusual offer on Reddit.com to answer any questions in one day, about her specialty of cancer research. She answered 61 tough questions. https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/lws8ge/askscience_ama_series_hi_i_am_tel_aviv_university/

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Israeli women saving lives

Posted on March 14, 2021

Four women from Israel’s diverse, inclusive society enthusiastically speak about their life-saving work as volunteer paramedics with Israeli emergency service United Hatzalah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQyaVKKgUFE

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Minimally invasive hysterectomies

Posted on March 14, 2021

Some 600,000 hysterectomies are performed annually in the US. The US FDA has just approved the Hominis Surgical System, developed by Israel’s Memic. The surgeon operates using the Robotically Assisted Surgical Device (RASD) via tiny incisions in the patient’s body. … Continue reading →

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