Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Warning – your medication may harm you

Posted on December 25, 2022

Israel’s MDI Health Technologies (see here previously) is now up and running in the USA and Israel with its AI-based system to detect adverse interactions of medication. 20% of patients 65+ take dangerous combinations of medicines, causing 12 million hospitalizations … Continue reading →

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Warning – impending heart failure

Posted on December 25, 2022

A new tool developed at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center and the US’ Mayo Clinic is saving the lives of patients with myositis (weak, painful, and inflamed heart muscle). Using 20 years of ECG data, the AI system has an 80% … Continue reading →

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Cystic fibrosis treatment begins trials

Posted on December 25, 2022

Israel’s SpliSense (see here previously) has begun a first Phase 1/2 human trial of its SPL84 treatment for a specific genetic mutation that causes cystic fibrosis. SpliSense utilizes proprietary RNA therapies called ASOs (antisense oligonucleotides) to correct mutations. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/splisense-initiates-phase-12-study-of-spl84-rna-based-therapy-for-the-treatment-of-cystic-fibrosis-301702837.html

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From shepherd boy to Knesset Member

Posted on December 18, 2022

Here is a translated part of Moshe Solomon’s maiden Knesset speech, “The young boy who was once a shepherd in Shira, Ethiopia, stands here today in the Knesset of Israel, one of the 120 members of the Great Assembly of … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah Gelt

Posted on December 18, 2022

During Hanukkah, the Hasmonean Museum in Modi’in will display a box of 15 silver coins from the Maccabean revolt 2,200 years ago. They were discovered in May this year in caves in the Judean desert, probably the property of one … Continue reading →

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A long walk to Jerusalem

Posted on December 18, 2022

29-year-old Carlota Valenzuela began a 6,000 km pilgrimage from Finisterre, Spain to Jerusalem, Israel on 2nd Jan 2022. 10 months later she was greeted at the Jaffa Gate by Israel’s Noga Sher-Greco, Director of Religious Tourism. On the way, Carlota … Continue reading →

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Bar / Bat Mitzva for 30 deaf children

Posted on December 18, 2022

To celebrate their coming of age, 21 boys and nine girls came from all over Israel for a guided tour and Bat / Bar Mitzva ceremony at the Kotel. It was organized by Young Israel in Israel’s Judaic Heritage Program … Continue reading →

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Irish-Jewish genealogy records make Aliya

Posted on December 18, 2022

Stuart Rosenblatt, head of the Irish Jewish Genealogical Society, is donating his treasure trove of records on Irish-Jewish families, spanning centuries, to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. The records comprise over 70,000 names, including that of this newsletter … Continue reading →

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Look what we found on our school trip

Posted on December 18, 2022

8th-grade pupils from the Rabin Middle School were on an Israel Antiquities Authority field tour in Azor, about 7 km southeast of Tel Aviv when they discovered a 3,000-year-old scarab. It likely depicts a local Canaanite receiving authority from an … Continue reading →

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Giant Hanukkiah at the Kotel

Posted on December 18, 2022

As part of preparations for Hanukkah, the Western Wall Plaza is again to feature a giant Menorah for the public candle-lighting ceremonies. It is some two meters high and wide, made entirely of cast bronze, and weighs approximately one ton. … Continue reading →

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