Monthly Archives: March 2021

Relatively happy

Posted on March 31, 2021

Israel climbed two spots to 12th in the 2021 World Happiness Report which measured GDP, life-expectancy and opinions in 149 countries. Citizens of 100 countries were surveyed on social support, freedom of life choices, society corruption and generosity. Israel ranked … Continue reading →

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World Water Day

Posted on March 31, 2021

To mark World Water Day, this great video summarizes the work of JNF USA in helping Israel conserve its water. The JNF supports hydroponic farms, wastewater recycling and helped fund Israel’s largest artificial lake that has turned Beersheva in the … Continue reading →

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“Nobel Prize” for Math again

Posted on March 31, 2021

For the second year in a row (see here for last year) an Israeli has won a share of the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Abel Prize – the math equivalent of a Nobel Prize. Israel’s Avi Wigderson won the 2021 … Continue reading →

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Leaders of Tomorrow

Posted on March 31, 2021

Discussion on I24 News about the first Abraham Accords Virtual Social Hackathon (reported here 14th Mar). The 3-day Hackathon began on 23rd Mar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKpLCGeHQ4I https://www.uae-isr.online/hackathon/

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Most resilient Middle East country

Posted on March 31, 2021

The Institute of Economics, Society and Peace in the Middle East Studies ranked Israel top of its resilience list of 33 Middle East countries. Military strength was excluded but Israel scored high in economy, social, gender equality, global openness, plus … Continue reading →

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Moshav in Vietnam

Posted on March 31, 2021

Four young Vietnamese men have started an organic farm in Khanh Hoa province after training in Israel. It is based on the Israeli Moshav communal farm system. It grows coconuts, pomelos, guavas, grapes, jackfruits, mangos, and herbal medicine plants, as … Continue reading →

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Huge drop in coronavirus reproduction

Posted on March 31, 2021

Israel’s “R” factor – the average number of people that one person infects with the SARS-Cov-2 virus – has fallen to just over 0.5 and less than 1% of tests are returning positive. Israel has no “red” (high infection rate) … Continue reading →

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Training the brain to see

Posted on March 31, 2021

Israel’s Revitalvision has developed vision training software to improve eyesight in adult amblyopia, eye diseases and vision impairments. The FDA-approved therapy uses Gabor patches with a patented stimulation technique to stimulate the visual cortex and create new neural connections. https://www.revitalvision.com/ … Continue reading →

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Saved twice by the same medic

Posted on March 31, 2021

When United Hatzalah volunteer medic Alan Malka saved a 30-year-old man who suffered a heart attack in Petah Tikva, he recognized that he saved the same man two months previously. Resuscitation was much quicker this time, and he now should … Continue reading →

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Treating diabetics & women in Dubai

Posted on March 31, 2021

Doctors from Israel’s Sheba Medical Centre are flying out to Dubai to treat an initial 350 diabetes patients in the UAE army, police, and firefighting services. Sheba is also sending physicians to train medical staff at Medcare Women & Children … Continue reading →

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