Monthly Archives: September 2024

18,000 volunteers

MAKOM is Israel’s largest national organization that unites Jews, Muslims, Druze, Right, Left, secular, and religious to work together to promote society as a whole. Its 18,000 volunteers work together in education, arts, social services, and more, empowering and revitalizing … Continue reading

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Global admiration

Much worldwide acclaim for the unspecified purveyors of the largest successful synchronized attack on a terrorist organization. No further comment but some interesting articles here. https://worldisraelnews.com/report-19-iranian-soldiers-killed-150-injured-in-pager-bombings/ https://substack.com/@melaniephillips/p-149072823 https://x.com/TimesRadio/status/1836357147774402664 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/18/israel-hezbollah-exploding-beepers-devices-war-hamas/

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What have the Jews done for us?

This brief history of Jewish scientific contributions to the world includes (at 8 mins 50 seconds) a glimpse of Israeli achievements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ceRZ-YiwY

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IDF rescues deer from barbed wire

IDF soldiers from the Golani brigade maybe under fire from Hezbollah rockets, but they don’t ignore an animal in distress.  Here they can be seen releasing a wild deer that had been caught in a barbed wire fence. https://unitedwithisrael.org/watch-idf-troops-rescue-wounded-deer/

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Critical US military tech support

Datapath, the wholly owned US-based subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks (see here previously) has received additional contracts from the US Department of Defense worth $5 million. The main work is to perform technical upgrades to critical US military communications … Continue reading

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Israel’s inclusive medical system

Professor Stephen Malnick has just retired as Director of Internal Medicine at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. He and his multi-ethnic team treat Muslims, Druze, Jews, Christians, Bedouin, Bahai, Hindu, Buddhist and all who live and work alongside each other … Continue reading

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Positive thoughts can heal the heart

At least it can in heart-diseased mice.  Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute induced positive emotion and motivation, resulting in an immune response that helped heal cardiac scarring, increased blood vessel formation, and improved cardiac performance. So pass on my positive … Continue reading

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Even smarter

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center was ranked 10th in Newsweek’s latest list of the world’s smartest hospitals, having risen from 13th (see here previously). Sheba’s standout categories were Robotics and Telemedicine. https://www.jewishpress.com/news/health-and-medicine/sheba-medical-center-ranked-10th-smartest-hospital-worldwide/2024/09/18/ https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-smart-hospitals-2025

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Life-saving deliveries

Israel’s Magen David Adom is training some 1,000 Wolt delivery drivers in CPR, treating injuries, how to stop bleeding, etc., and giving them life-saving first aid tools. Wolt drivers often encounter emergencies all over Israel, in which first aid training … Continue reading

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Shape-shifting pill gets US approval

Israel’s Epitomee (see here previously) has received US-FDA  marketing approval for its pill that expands in the stomach, making it feel full and discourage overeating. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/qmnwnpw1b

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