Monthly Archives: August 2026

Air Haifa’s first female Druze flight attendant

Nasreen Hadid from Daliat al-Carmel, was working for Turkish Airlines which stopped flights to Israel after Oct 7 2023. Nasreen joined Air Haifa and eventually became a flight attendant. Air Haifa is a model of Jewish-Arab coexistence. See the article. … Continue reading

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Helping heal Golan Druze in Majdal Shams

The David and Meredith Kaplan Foundation, via the Birthright Israel Foundation, are to establish 8 therapeutic educational gardens across four local educational institutions, creating spaces of healing, growth, and hope for the Druze community devastated by Hezbollah in July 2024. … Continue reading

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Huge enlistment rate of Bnei Menashe community

An astonishing 99% of eligible Bnei Menashe men volunteer to enlist in the IDF- the highest rate in Israel. In addition, 90% of Bnei Menashe women do National Service (Sherut Leumi) and the remaining 10% enlist in the IDF. https://idfclub.org/bnei-menashe-the-community-with-the-highest-idf-enlistment-rate-in-the-country/

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Ultra-Orthodox enlistment up 43%.

4,000+ ultra-Orthodox men enlisted in the IDF over the past year, including some 1,000 who entered combat roles. It is 43% more than the 2,800 in the year ending in July 2025. 537 soldiers joined the IDF’s recent specialized ultra-Orthodox … Continue reading

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Haredi reserve battalion is operational

The “Shimon Battalion” 1200, the IDF’s first reserve battalion in the ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade, has completed its establishment and been declared ready for operational activity following a battalion-level exercise in the Golan Heights. https://idfclub.org/first-reserve-battalion-in-idfs-haredi-hasmonean-brigade-declared-operational/

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Ovarian cancer treatment breakthrough

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have paved the way for a vaccine against ovarian cancer. It utilizes “memory B cells”, rather than T cells, to tag the cancer as a target and produce antibodies that specifically recognize and target ovarian … Continue reading

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Israel’s largest rehabilitation hospital

Mexico’s Jusidman is donating NIS 200 million toward a new $390 million rehabilitation center in Sde Dov. It will include some 540 inpatient beds, a trauma clinic, an imaging institute, a hydrotherapy pool, advanced rehabilitation, an R&D incubator, and a … Continue reading

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Where will the next medical emergency be

United Hatzalah is the biggest volunteer emergency medical organization in Israel, responding to over 2,000 calls each day. Now, they are rolling out an AI system in 20 new ambulances to save lives. (See here previously) https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-new-ai-tool-allows-united-hatzalah-to-predict-emergency-locations/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuhUbybRswE

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Preventing birth defects

A Hebrew University / Portuguese-led team of international researchers has discovered why taking folic acid during pregnancy protects the fetus from birth defects. Folic acid activates the ALDH1L1 gene, which impacts how the nervous system develops, especially the brain and … Continue reading

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Mind over matter (again)

Remember (see here) the Tel Aviv University study that showed positive thinking helped increase antibodies from vaccination? Now Bar-Ilan University scientists have found that 90% of people heal faster from skin inflammation injury by focusing on their pain. It increases … Continue reading

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