Israel has inaugurated The EasTech high-tech campus on Saleh al-Din Street in eastern Jerusalem (see here previously). It is part of the Israeli government’s effort to create jobs for Arab hi-tech professionals.  Twenty local programmers are already working there. https://www.jns.org/startup-nation/eastern-jerusalem/23/7/18/303470/

Israel sent two ‘Elad’ firefighting aircraft from its aerial firefighting squadron to help Greece and Cyprus extinguish their raging forest fires. They included four pilots, forest fire experts, and essential equipment. Logistic support was provided by an IAF transport plane. … Continue reading →

Israel’s Watergen provided five water generators to the Ukrainian city of Kherson after a dam in nearby Nova Kakhovka collapsed, leaving some 700,000 without clean drinking water. Each generator can provide 900 liters of drinkable water per day. https://www.jns.org/israel-news/innovation/23/7/13/302130/

A 7-year-old girl from Amman, Jordan, born with a congenital deformed dislocated hip, was in constant pain following multiple unsuccessful surgeries in Jordan. Pediatric orthopedic surgeons at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center lengthened her femur (thigh bone) and she can now … Continue reading →

Project Locate at Kibbutz Ashdot Yakov trains domestic dogs to locate individuals amid the rubble left behind by natural disasters – particularly earthquakes. Head dog trainer Nitzan Tal has experience from building collapses in Israel to the aftermath of the … Continue reading →

Israeli accessibility startup RightHear (see here previously) won the Connect AI: Social Impact award for its guidance system for the visually impaired. RightHear is deployed at McDonald’s, Aroma coffee shops, Azrieli Group malls, the Open University campus, and Ramat Gan … Continue reading →

Only three profound Intellectually Disabled (ID) students in the world have previously graduated with university bachelor’s degrees. Now, thanks to a unique Empowerment Project by Prof. Hefziba Lifshitz of Bar-Ilan University, six “special” Israelis have just obtained their BA qualifications. … Continue reading →

Israel’s Capitolis (see here previously) donated part of its June revenue to social projects in each of the company’s locations. In Tel Aviv, it was Notnim BeAhavah, helping families at risk. In New York, Coalition for the Homeless; in London, … Continue reading →