Israel Active

Tahunia Rubel became the fifth Ethiopian-born Israeli woman to snag major headlines over the previous 12 months. The 25-year-old model won Israel’s Big Brother contest in its fifth season. Tahunia won just over $250,000 in prize money.

Private Or Meidan’s decided to follow in her Israeli stepfather’s footsteps and has joined the IDF after immigrating to Israel in 2011. She now operates the Iron Dome missile defense system and is joining the IDF’s Nativ program to convert to Judaism.

Dr Adam Stabholz, ex-dean of the Hebrew University dental school joined with Dr. Musa Bajali, head of the dental school at Al-Quds University to form the Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders. They share the ambitious goal of promoting peace globally through oral health.

Israeli researcher Shalva Weil has brought delegates from 26 countries to the Hebrew University in order to initiate European action against the widespread murder of women. Up to now, little has been done to jointly address increasing numbers of “honor” killings in Europe.

The IDF brought another victim of the Syrian civil war to the Ziv (Sieff) Medical Center in the central Galilee city of Tzfat for treatment.

Nevada governor, Brian Sandoval, is visiting Israel’s Negev in October to learn more about indoor farming, and how using Israeli technology could rejuvenate Nevada’s lackluster farming industry. Nevada is already in contact with Israel’s national water company, Mekorot.

A Syrian man who was wounded by shrapnel and gunfire in the ongoing civil war in his country was transferred on Monday evening to the Ziv Hospital in Tzfat. The man had suffered moderate wounds to his waist and was expected to undergo surgery.

Israel’s beauty queen, 22-year-old Ethiopian-born Yityish Aynaw, was in Los Angeles as a guest of Christian preacher Rev. Ronald V. Myers. He said that everyone should know what Israel did to rescue Ethiopian Jews.

(Thanks to Elaine) The Christian organization Shevet Achim works in places like Jordan, Iraq and the Gaza strip. It funds and transports children requiring heart surgery to Israeli hospitals such as Save A Child’s Heart’s Wolfson and at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.

Egyptian doctor Mohamed Helmy is the first Arab to be designated “Righteous Among the Nations” by Israel’s holocaust center Yad Vashem. Dr Helmy hid a Jewish family in Berlin from 1942 to 1944. Dr Helmy died in Berlin in 1982.