Monthly Archives: January 2024

Medicare pays for ReWalk exoskeleton

Posted on January 15, 2024

Medicare Administrative Contractor Noridian Healthcare Solutions has paid the first ever claim by an eligible Medicare patient for a personal exoskeleton from Israel’s ReWalk. ReWalk is now an authorized medically necessary device when prescribed for a patient with spinal cord … Continue reading →

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Battlefield medic simulation training

Posted on January 15, 2024

IDF medics have been receiving training using computer-controlled, anatomically correct, mannequins to learn key lifesaving procedures for use on the front lines. The Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR) based at Sheba Medical Center also trains civilian and overseas medics. … Continue reading →

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A new way to treat Sleeping Sickness

Posted on January 15, 2024

Scientists at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University have been able to destroy the genetic code of the trypanosome parasite that the tsetse fly infects with, to cause trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). It opens the way for development of RNA-based therapies to prevent transmission … Continue reading →

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Book of Psalms found in Gaza

Posted on January 15, 2024

IDF soldiers have found a Book of Psalms dated 1986 in the home of a Hamas terrorist in Jabalia, Gaza. It contains a personal dedication to an Israeli Shmuel Goldring. The sender has been identified but at the time of … Continue reading →

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The first baby of 2024

Posted on January 15, 2024

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek medical center had a record 1,856 babies delivered in Dec due to many expectant mothers evacuated to Jerusalem. Shira ben Yitzhak was born at Shaare Zedek 26 years ago. She also worked there during her national service … Continue reading →

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Prayer for the IDF

Posted on January 15, 2024

A beautiful rendition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL-yEVU18Cc

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Send a teen to Israel

Posted on January 15, 2024

The Alexander Muss High School in Israel has information on its Spring and Fall semesters. Spend four exciting months digging deep into the history, culture, language, and geology of Israel, while keeping up with your coursework from home. Also learn … Continue reading →

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I’m not religious, but

Posted on January 15, 2024

Secular Israeli actor Guri Alfi says he is not becoming religious, but since Oct 7 he wants “to go to synagogue, to learn Talmud, to put on tefillin”.  In the Jewish State, that’s not a problem! https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383158

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Volunteer tours

Posted on January 15, 2024

Here is one company that organizes packages for those wanting to combine a visit to Israel with a couple of days experiencing what it is like to help those in need.   And one US couple made good on a 50-year … Continue reading →

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IDF soldier finds reporter’s house sign in Gaza

Posted on January 15, 2024

19 years after Amiel Yarchi was evacuated from his home in Netzarim during the 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers in Gaza retrieved the name plaque that was on his house. Amiel reported the find on the Kipa … Continue reading →

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