Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Phage therapy combats antibiotic resistance

The Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC), led by two Hebrew University of Jerusalem professors, has used a bacteriophage PASA16 on compassionate basis to treat tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in 16 patients. It has shown promising results with an 86.6% success … Continue reading

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500 doctors to make Aliyah

Nefesh b’Nefesh’s Medex event held in Teaneck, NJ was a huge success. Nearly 500 medical professionals attended from 30 states and provinces in the US and Canada, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, dental hygienists, and many more. A European event … Continue reading

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How do some viruses get nasty

Tel Aviv University researchers discovered a mechanism used by viruses to decide whether to kill their bacterial host. These phages monitor the health of the cell they are occupying. They also check that there are no viruses residing in nearby … Continue reading

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You need it, Ariel 3D-prints it

Ariel Harush is an engineering student at Israel’s Ben Gurion University. He 3D-printed a radio connector for a friend in the IDF and suddenly army commanders were asking for 1,000 of them. He and 400 volunteers have since printed 43,000 … Continue reading

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Firstborn son at 88

Rabbi Tzvi Kushlefsky, a Rosh Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, has just fathered a firstborn son at the age of 88 years old. He became a widower at the age of 82 and remarried a 50-year-old woman who had several children previously. … Continue reading

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Soldiers receive new Torah scroll

Soldiers from the Hakotel and Yaffo Hesder Yeshivas, together with their peers from the Nachal Brigade, welcomed a new Torah scroll at the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386532

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Rave survivors & rescuers pray at Western Wall

Five months after the devastating Hamas massacre at the Nova Music Festival, survivors gathered to pray at the Western Wall. Notes from survivors were carried from Reim and placed in the cracks of the Kotel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWo2_cUN6Ss https://unitedwithisrael.org/watch-oct-7-music-festival-survivors-pray-at-the-western-wall/

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Sderot supermarket re-opens

The first supermarket in Sderot has reopened more than five months after the Israeli city was mostly evacuated due to the war with Hamas. Its owner, Prosper Peretz, said, “I worked throughout the war, even though my house was hit … Continue reading

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IFCJ funds 123 bomb shelters

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (FCJ) is funding more than one and a half million dollars to place 123 shelters alongside bus stops serving 42 northern Israeli communities, amid Israel’s ongoing conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah. https://www.jns.org/ifcj-funding-123-shelters-for-bus-stops-near-lebanon-border/

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Latin America solidarity mission

A delegation of governors and mayors from Panama, Uruguay, Honduras, Chile, and Guatemala, traveled to southern Israeli cities targeted on Oct 7 and met with family members of Israeli hostages during their four-day trip. https://www.jns.org/latin-american-local-leaders-pay-solidarity-visit-to-israel/

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