Monthly Archives: February 2025

Huge rise in Arabs employed in Israeli healthcare

Posted on February 9, 2025

Since 2010 there has been a massive increase in Israeli Arab medical professionals. Current (vs 2010): 25% of Israeli doctors are Arab (was 8%), Nurses 27% (17%), dentists 27% (19%), Pharmacists 49% (28%). Arabs constitute some 20% of Israel’s population. … Continue reading →

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What a hoot!

Posted on February 9, 2025

The Israeli initiative to use barn owls for natural rodent pest control (see here previously) is now global. Experts from 12 countries held their annual conference in Greece including new attendees from Germany, Georgia, and Ukraine. They plan to replicate … Continue reading →

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Are we asking the wrong questions?

Posted on February 9, 2025

Jerusalem’s Rabbi Daniel Rowe (whom I knew in the UK before making Aliyah) makes a good point here. Instead of lamenting why the Jewish State isn’t treated the same as other countries, why not focus less on fitting in and … Continue reading →

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Educational Travel Summit

Posted on February 9, 2025

The Israel Educational Travel Alliance held its first-ever Leaders’ Summit in Israel. Some 140 representatives from 100+ member organizations reviewed educational Israel travel programs post Oct 7. The pledged to bring over 53,000 participants to Israel in 2025 (up from … Continue reading →

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Briefing Portuguese MPs

Posted on February 9, 2025

The Israeli non-profit ELNET (European Leadership Network) hosted a delegation of Members of the Portuguese Parliament. They visited Oct 7 sites and met a survivor and a hostage family member. They also visited Yad Vashem, the Holy Sepulchre, and the … Continue reading →

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A great year for donated shares

Posted on February 9, 2025

The shares that startups donated to Israel’s Tmura (see here previously) resulted in more than NIS 10 million being given to worthy causes in 2024 – the second highest since it was founded in 2002. Most went to groups involved … Continue reading →

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Therapies bypass the liver

Posted on February 9, 2025

Tel Aviv University researchers are able to encode cell therapy to target specific diseases without causing toxic side effects on the liver. Their first example encapsulates mRNA nanoparticles in lipids that are only absorbed in the intestine, telling it to … Continue reading →

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Targeting autoimmune diseases

Posted on February 9, 2025

Israel’s Pepticom (see here previously) is to accelerate the development of its oral IL-17 inhibitor program, targeting improved treatments for autoimmune diseases. https://www.afhu.org/2025/01/09/revolutionizing-ai-driven-peptide-therapeutics-strengthening-pipeline-for-next-generation-drug-discovery-based-on-research-at-the-hebrew-university/

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Can you smell the coffee?

Posted on February 9, 2025

Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute found that lack of a sense of smell often leads to depression, anxiety and other health issues which link to a reduced lifespan. They also discovered that sighing every 5 minutes or so helps prevent the … Continue reading →

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I chose faith

Posted on February 9, 2025

In footage of her helicopter flight from Gaza to hospital, released hostage Agam Berger wrote and displayed a message to the world. It said, “I chose a path of faith and I returned through a path of faith.” Agam observed … Continue reading →

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