Monthly Archives: February 2022

Growing Israeli talent in the lab

Posted on February 27, 2022

Four times a year, Israel’s AION Labs (see here previously) invites teams of scientists to Rehovot to solve a treatment development challenge. The winning team gets 4 years of funding to set up a startup, plus mentoring. Israelis living abroad … Continue reading →

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$1 million for IDF cyber training for women

Posted on February 27, 2022

The Friends of the IDF and the Zalik Foundation have raised $1 million to fund a new program that integrates young women into IDF cyber units. The IDF Mamriot (taking off) program aims to increase the number of women in … Continue reading →

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Israel’s talented scientists

Posted on February 27, 2022

The winners of the 2022 Blavatnik Awards for Israel’s top young scientists are Noam Stern-Ginossar (Weizmann – viral gene profiling), Menny Shalom (BGU – alternative energy sources), and Ronen Eldan (Weizmann – math probability & machine learning).  Each laureate also … Continue reading →

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More democratic than 143 countries

Posted on February 27, 2022

The prestigious Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Democracy Index ranked Israel at 23 out of 167 countries, ahead of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the United States. Last year, Israel was ranked 27 and it has improved steadily since 2006.  The next … Continue reading →

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More aid to the Philippines

Posted on February 27, 2022

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, until recently only three local IsraAID workers were able to help Philippine victims of Typhoon Odette (see here previously). Now five more experts from the Israeli NGO have arrived to help with relief work. Some … Continue reading →

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El Al pilot lands in UK storm

Posted on February 27, 2022

Plane spotters at London’s Heathrow airport were impressed with the skill of the Israeli pilot who landed his El Al plane during Storm Eunice.  Other planes had more difficulty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghv6xOOjD88

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Minorities champion Israeli co-existence

Posted on February 27, 2022

Israeli-Arab Yoseph Haddad (see here previously) is preparing to present the truth about Israeli minorities at the Parliament of Ireland. Another social activist, Israeli Druze Lorena Khateeb describes how Muslims, Christians, Druze, and Jews enjoy equal rights. https://worldisraelnews.com/irish-lawmakers-opposed-to-hosting-arab-israeli-who-denies-apartheid-myth/

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Diversity in the Supreme Court

Posted on February 27, 2022

Israel has appointed four new Supreme Court justices, among them the court’s first Muslim (Khaled Kabub) and first Mizrahi (West Asian) Jewish woman (Gila Kanfi-Steinitz). https://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-man-mizrahi-woman-picked-to-serve-as-supreme-court-justices-both-firsts/

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Front & Center – Arabs & Muslims in Israel

Posted on February 27, 2022

New video on Israeli Arabs who include 14 members of Parliament, 9% of judges (one in the Supreme Court), 26% of undergraduates, 1,500 Muslim IDF volunteers, and the captain of the Israeli soccer team. NIS 30 billion is budgeted for … Continue reading →

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Helping minorities enter the hi-tech market

Posted on February 27, 2022

The mission of Israeli NGO itworks (see here previously) is to fill some of the 18,500 vacancies in Israeli hi-tech with talented single mothers, Arabs, ultra-Orthodox Jews, people with disabilities and citizens in Israel’s periphery. https://www.israel21c.org/helping-israels-minorities-find-jobs-in-high-tech/

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