Monthly Archives: November 2024

Personal park guide for the visually impaired

The audio orientation and guiding system Israel’s RightHear (see here previously) has now been installed at 2,500+ global locations from Angola to the UAE. In August, Natural Bridge State Park in Virginia became the first US state park to offer … Continue reading

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500 successful transplants

The partnership between the Gift of Life Marrow Registry and Taglit-Birthright Israel has just celebrated its 500th successful transplant of blood stem cell and bone marrow from Birthright donors to patients. They have saved hundreds of sufferers with leukemia, lymphoma … Continue reading

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Reducing phantom pain

Israel’s 6Degrees (see here previously) is now using its MyMove virtual reality games to enable dozens of new war amputees to have independent physical therapy sessions while decreasing their phantom pain and dependence on pain medications. “Exercising” an amputated limb … Continue reading

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Life-saving blood cancer analysis

Israel’s Scopio Labs (see here previously) has launched its groundbreaking Full-Field Bone Marrow Aspirate™ (FF-BMA) Application for effective, digital imaging and AI analysis of blood cells. It replaces previous slow, manual, expert-only, error-prone, analysis methods. https://scopiolabs.com/news/scopio-labs-receives-groundbreaking-fda-clearance-for-first-ever-digital-bone-marrow-aspirate-application/ https://www.ourcrowd.com/startup-news/beckman-coulter-and-scopio-labs-add-worlds-first-digital-bone-marrow-imaging-and-analysis-to-long-term-partnership https://scopiolabs.com/ff-bma/

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US Christians donate armored ambulances

Samaritan’s Purse, founded by Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, has donated two more armored ambulances to Magen David Adom. They previously donated 14 ambulances and have committed to donate 28 more. They have also donated 1,000 … Continue reading

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Simchat Torah in Jerusalem

Despite the war and the anniversary of the events on Simchat Torah last year, Jews joyously celebrated the festivals of Simchat Torah and Sukkot in Jerusalem in defiance of the evil plans of our enemies. https://rjstreets.com/2024/10/27/15-simchat-torah-highlights-in-jerusalem/

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Netanya welcomes new immigrants

My home city of Netanya was the destination that took most Olim (immigrants) this year with over 4,700 new Olim becoming residents here. It surpassed Tel Aviv (4,480), Haifa (3,870) and Jerusalem (2,260). https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/396906

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First Birthright trip for autistic volunteers

Birthright Israel brought 12 adult volunteers to Israel, all either on the autistic spectrum and/or with other non-physical disabilities. In addition to agricultural work, the group’s 10-day visit included volunteer activities where they helped pack up food and supplies. https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-rocket-fire-birthright-launches-1st-volunteer-mission-for-adults-with-disabilities/

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A model to indigenous peoples

Native American couple Chief Joseph and Amb. Dr. Laralyn RiverWind understand that Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel. They say the Jews are an example to them for how a people should stay strong and defend their land. … Continue reading

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Ancient city discovered

A 5,000-year-old settlement, providing a view of the beginning of the urbanization process in the Land of Israel, was discovered in the Israel Antiquities Authority excavations near Beit Shemesh at the site of Hurvat Husham. https://www.timesofisrael.com/5000-year-old-site-near-beit-shemesh-offers-clues-to-how-cities-developed-in-israel/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398264

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