Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Medical Smartwatch

Posted on December 11, 2022

Israel’s ChroniSense Medical has developed the Polso FDA-approved medical sensor smartwatch. It accurately monitors vital signs, such as blood oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and respiration rate. It comes with a mobile app for patients, and a cloud-based platform for clinicians. https://nocamels.com/2022/12/smartwatch-monitors-patients-vital-signs/ … Continue reading →

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Stimulating the brain to treat tremors

Posted on December 11, 2022

For the first time, Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center treated a 70-year-old Israeli patient suffering for 20 years from essential tremor, using Deep Brain Stimulation devices from US company Abbott and Israel’s Alpha Omega (see here previously). It made a … Continue reading →

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Micro robots to navigate the body

Posted on December 11, 2022

Almost like the 1966 sci-fi movie Fantastic Voyage, Israel’s Bionaut Labs develops microscale robots for the treatment of brain diseases and disorders. Bionaut uses magnetic propulsion to navigate the human body and deliver medicine locally to avoid side effects and … Continue reading →

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Startup CEO donates kidney to a stranger

Posted on November 29, 2022

Rony Zigler is CEO of Kolhei Golan, managing all the sewage treatment plants in the Golan Heights. His latest treatment plant uses reconditioned kidney dialysis filters from Israel’s NUFiltration (see here previously). It inspired Rony to altruistically donate a kidney … Continue reading →

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The first Bnei Menashe synagogue in Israel

Posted on November 29, 2022

Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, the first-ever house of prayer in Israel for Bnei Menashe immigrants from India, has just been inaugurated in the northern Israeli city of Nof Hagalil. About 150 worshippers attended – most of them members of the community. … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Israel

Posted on November 29, 2022

In 2021, Israel brought 1,755 Ethiopian Jews to settle in Israel. They joined over 90,000 others who were born in Ethiopia, together with another 73,800 with at least one parent born in Ethiopia. Netanya is the city with the largest … Continue reading →

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More kidney donors

Posted on November 29, 2022

The above article about Rony Zigler also mentions that more than a dozen residents of his religious Zionist hometown of Hispin in the Golan have donated kidneys to strangers through the NGO Matnat Chaim (“gift of life”).  Israelis are the … Continue reading →

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An app for Jewish mothers

Posted on November 29, 2022

The global movement for Jewish mothers, Momentum (see here previously) has launched Yomm – the first social networking app designed to bring Jewish women closer together to learn and connect. Yomm was created in partnership with the Mayberg Foundation and … Continue reading →

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Ben Gurion Day in the USA

Posted on November 29, 2022

Each year on 6th Kislev, Israel pays tribute to its founding father, David Ben-Gurion, with a national holiday. This year, on 30 Nov, for the very first time, “Ben-Gurion Day” will come to the USA. Register here, to discover how … Continue reading →

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The stairway to the Temple

Posted on November 29, 2022

Take a virtual walk across Temple Mount in Jerusalem and see the stairs that Jewish pilgrims ascended to reach the Second Temple, even before King Herod expanded the courtyard. https://www.israelunwired.com/discovering-the-temple-mount-the-southern-stairways/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjBltYBcVio

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