Monthly Archives: June 2025

How paracetamol works

For decades, scientists believed that paracetamol relieved discomfort by working only in the brain and spinal cord. Now, Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists show that the AM404 active metabolite which it releases, shuts off sodium channels to stop pain signals while … Continue reading

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Doctors return on cargo ship

Dozens of doctors, who were at a European medical conference, have boarded a merchant ship on a special rescue voyage back to Israel. Among them are doctors from Sourasky (Ichilov) Medical Center, Rambam Health Care Campus, and Sheba Medical Center. … Continue reading

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BGU trains more doctors

Israel’s Ben-Gurion University has partnered with the Sagol Network to launch the Sagol Medical School for International Health. Its 4-year MD program, open to all Israeli citizens, uses hi-tech, global health, and AI to train Israel’s medical leaders. Currently, some … Continue reading

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Cutting off the head of the snake

By now most readers will have read how Israel caught Iran by surprise with the most audacious and successful preemptive strike since the six-day-war.  The awesome events of Fri 13 June 2025 will be written down in many future history … Continue reading

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Hospital unit evacuated hours before missile hits

An Iranian missile destroyed a surgical ward at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva. Miraculously, Health Ministry Director General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov ordered the entire floor to be evacuated of patients the previous evening, as he said it was not safe. … Continue reading

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Mazal Tov

Rabbi Leo Dee who has retained his positivity even after his wife and two daughters were murdered by terrorists in Apr 2023 has now announced his engagement to Aliza Teplitsky. Rabbi Dee wrote in a message in Hebrew: “For everything, … Continue reading

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World’s largest Torah ark

A Jewish-American philanthropist, a follower of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty, has funded the construction of the largest (and most expensive) Torah Ark (Aron HaKodesh). Inaugurated in Rishon LeZion, it is crafted from 2.5 tons of pure silver, with gold-plated sections … Continue reading

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5 more armored ambulances

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews donated five new armored ambulances at a cost of nearly 6 million shekels to Israeli emergency services Magen David Adom. The ambulances will be assigned to communities still facing ongoing threats, including Gaza … Continue reading

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What happens when a missile strikes

All that was left of the Rothstein family home were two sets of tefillin (phylacteries) and their family of 10. Kind strangers invited them home to bathe, launder and change their filthy clothes. Men on motorbikes went to get baby … Continue reading

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Look what was untouched

Rescued unscathed from Iranian missiles were Torah scrolls from a Holon synagogue, several babies, pets, and at least three sets of Tefillin (phylacteries). https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2414596/watch-sifrei-torah-are-evacuated-from-holon-shul-damaged-in-missile-strike.html https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410336 https://unitedwithisrael.org/baby-and-young-boy-from-miraculously-rescued-from-collapsed-building-in-ramat-gan/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/06/19/my-boy-is-fine-infant-found-in-rubble-after-missile-barrage/

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