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Doctors at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center have cured 51 year-old Palestinian Arab accountant Tarik Sadek Abu Baker of severe Parkinson’s disease using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy. Having been barely able to move or talk, he now has no visible symptoms.

This Janglo advert offers two individuals the opportunity to work at the Arab Jewish Community Centre in Jaffa (Yaffo). The American Corner Yaffo (ACY) program includes tutoring services, and After School Clubs that bring American sports, culture, games, etc to the local children.

The Israel Medical Association’s Scientific Council and the Health Ministry are piloting a program to enable physicians to complete their hospital residencies in part-time hospital work. It aims to enable young women to both have families and specialize, thereby reducing doctor shortages.

(Thanks to Israel21c) Please read this new feature article on the work of non-profit organisation Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS). It contains a description of the BIS Friendship Park (Park Chaverim), Israel’s first accessible and inclusive playground.

Sgt Rachel Shir presents the second part of the series of how to use the IDF’s home-developed self-defence martial art Krav Maga to protect yourself from a violent attack. If you missed the first episode, I’ve also included the link beneath the latest one.

4300 Israeli high-school graduates have chosen to start an extra year of community volunteering prior to their three-year military service. They will work primarily with schools, youth movements and with at-risk youth.

No problem with freedom of movement for Palestinian Arabs during the Muslim holidays. Their leaders may be furious, but 300,000 “normal” Arabs from Ramallah, Balata, Shchem (Nablus) and Bethlehem are in Israel, with many enjoying the sun, sea and sand of Tel Aviv’s beaches.

Nice photo of Israeli Arab children enjoying themselves during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr at a swimming pool amusement park in Acre (Akko). The headline jokingly suggests what some foreign anti-Israel press might print.

The Magen David Adom "Wish Ambulance" fulfilled the wish of a 6-year old girl from Gaza. Following three months treatment for leukaemia at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, MDA took the Palestinian Arab girl to the Mediterranean Sea at Yaffo, followed by pizza.

Women outnumber men in biology and related sciences in higher education in Israel. While most high-tech employees are male, women comprise 60 percent to 70 percent of the biotechnology workforce. And Israeli biotech start-ups have an edge because women work harder than men.