Monthly Archives: May 2025

132,000 lives saved

Posted on May 25, 2025

Norman Rosenbaum (see here previously), a retired surgeon and newsletter subscriber living in North London, passed away aged 90. Over two decades, he crowdfunded 16 ambulances for Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom, which helped save some 132,000 lives and … Continue reading →

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Deciphering the Microbiome

Posted on May 25, 2025

Israel’s Alphabiome uses AI and and analytics to identify previously uncharacterized microbial DNA patterns that are scattered across different chromosomes, microbes, and biological kingdoms in the human microbiome. It could lead to new therapies for huge numbers of diseases. https://www.alphabiome.ai/ … Continue reading →

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$10 billion for nursing center

Posted on May 25, 2025

On International Nurses Day, the University of Haifa received $10 million from the Azrieli Foundation to establish the “Azrieli Advanced Nursing Center” (ADVANCE). This donation, one of the largest ever given to an academic institution in Israel for the field … Continue reading →

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Cancer charity expands to USA

Posted on May 25, 2025

17 years after its founding, Israeli non-profit Jeremy’s Circle (see here previously) connects 1,100 families across Israel. Its aim is the same – give children suffering cancer the tools to process, connect, and thrive. It has teamed up with Lev … Continue reading →

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An Israeli health outpost in Boston

Posted on May 25, 2025

Sheba Medical Center, the largest hospital in Israel, has announced that it will open its first U.S.-based health-care startup accelerator in Massachusetts in 2026. It will join existing hubs in London, Berlin, Singapore, Melbourne and New Zealand as part of … Continue reading →

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AstraZeneca R&D center in Tel Aviv

Posted on May 25, 2025

UK giant AstraZeneca is teaming up with Tel Aviv University and the Meuhedet and Leumit health funds to launch “Beam” – Illuminating Healthcare Through Data Center. Anonymized data will help AstraZeneca understand disease mechanisms and more. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-astrazeneca-sets-up-tel-vviv-center-to-study-israeli-health-data-1001509035

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Allergy-blocking nasal spray is safe

Posted on May 25, 2025

Israel’s Polyrizon (see here previously) announced the successful preliminary safety study for a formulation of its PL-14 Allergy Blocker, marking a significant advancement in the product’s development path. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/polyrizon-ltd-announces-successful-preliminary-safety-study-pl-14-allergy-blocker

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Saving lives on the battlefield

Posted on May 25, 2025

A tragic fact of war is the number of casualties. But even here, Israel is setting global standards. We already know about the record low ratio of civilian to combatant ratios. But the IDF Medical Corps is also achieving the … Continue reading →

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From Cochin to Jerusalem

Posted on May 25, 2025

Shmuel Ranganathan’s journey to Judaism began on Jew Street, Cochin, India. Then in Montreal friends invited him to Bar Mitzvah celebrations and Shabbat dinners. He converted in 1983 and made Aliyah. He returned to Canada, but retired to Israel and … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Jerusalem Day

Posted on May 25, 2025

Jacob Richman has updated his Jerusalem pages in time for Jerusalem Day on Sunday evening / Monday. https://jr.co.il/hotsites/jerusalem.htm

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