Monthly Archives: April 2023

Saving billions of plastic bottles

Posted on April 30, 2023

Israel’s SodaStream (now owned by PepsiCo) says it has prevented five billion single-use plastic bottles from being used last year. SodaStream systems use pressurized cylinders to add carbon dioxide to water and create soda at home, thereby not wasting single-use … Continue reading →

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Eurovision contestants plant saplings in Israel

Posted on April 30, 2023

36 participants in the Eurovision Song Contest in May have planted saplings in the KKL Eurovision Forest, halfway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. KKL-JNF’s Karine Bolton complimented the musicians, “Your music is like a seed of hope being planted for … Continue reading →

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Israeli soldiers rescue trapped camel

Posted on April 30, 2023

When a camel got itself stuck in between rocks in the desert, soldiers from an IDF unit helped extricate the distressed animal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XELMqMfZ4M

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Helping to feed the vulnerable

Posted on April 30, 2023

Israeli charity Sayeret Hessed Yihudit – SAHI (see here previously) has grown to 1,500 volunteers ages 13 to 19. Comprising 44 chapters with 80 leaders, they perform voluntary community service in depressed communities. SAHI’s Ofri Butbul lit a Yom Ha’Atzmaut … Continue reading →

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Cancer therapy breakthrough

Posted on April 30, 2023

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed nanoparticles containing RNA that silences the protein CKAP5 – essential to the stability of many types of cancer. The therapy causes the cancer cells to collapse and is 80% effective in lab tests … Continue reading →

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Turning out alright

Posted on April 30, 2023

It took an Israeli – Dr Abraham Yaari – to invent the Yaari Extractor™- a simple device that solves shoulder dystocia – an emergency where a baby’s shoulders are preventing safe delivery. The device allows the obstetrician or gynecologist to … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Remarkable 3

Posted on April 30, 2023

I highly recommend watching this inspiring video of some of the pioneering medical science and researchers at Israel’s Ben Gurion University. It describes BGU’s groundbreaking discoveries and innovations in 3D printed science, cancer research, biomedical engineering, and so much more. … Continue reading →

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Robotic surgery saves Jerusalem doctor

Posted on April 30, 2023

When Dr. Ariel Lipschuetz fractured his back skiing in France, he called Dr Schroeder, Director of Hadassah’s back unit. Amazingly, he was skiing only 26km away and arranged for robotic percutaneous fixation surgery at Hadassah. It saved Dr Lipschuetz from … Continue reading →

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Israeli doctor saves passenger

Posted on April 30, 2023

For the second newsletter in a row, another Israeli doctor saved an airline passenger. This time it was a teenager who suffered a severe anaphylactic attack. United Hatzalah volunteer Dr. Natan Ungar used adrenaline to treat the patient, and the … Continue reading →

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Super-paramedic

Posted on April 30, 2023

Benny, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, treated two victims of a terrorist stabbing.  Before that, however, he helped immobilize the terrorist.  A real life Israeli super-hero. https://israelrescue.org/blog/barehanded-emt-neutralizes-knife-wielding-terrorist-then-treats-two-injured-people-one-in-serious-condition/

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