Category Archives: Everything else

When Activism Kills

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON BLOG by Bruce S. Thornton September 16, 2014 For four decades genetically modified organisms (GMO) have been vilified and caricatured as “Frankenfoods,” the abominations of mad scientists meddling with nature and putting the human race at risk. … Continue reading

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Innovative Israeli Brain Procedure Broadcast Live

UNITED WITH ISRAEL by Aryeh Savir September 16, 2014 An Israeli medical team performed an innovative life-saving procedure while 12,000 American doctors watched via live broadcast.  A cutting-edge brain catheterization procedure was performed at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem while … Continue reading

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Looks like a Segway, acts like a wheelchair

ISRAEL 21C by Abigail Klein Leichman August 14, 2014 The robotic ReWalk exoskeleton from Israel’s Argo Medical Technologies, featured on primetime’s Glee, Time magazine’s list of greatest inventions of 2013 and at the London Marathon, will be a hard act … Continue reading

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New wound-closure tech helping to heal soldiers [CLICK FOR VIDEO]

ISRAEL 21C by Abigail Klein Leichman July 27, 2014 TopClosure, invented by an Israeli plastic surgeon, allows for quickly and temporarily closing skin over an open wound in an emergency setting. Some of the soldiers wounded in Operation Protective Edge … Continue reading

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Technion’s NaNose catches lung cancer 90% of the time

TIMES OF ISRAEL by David Shamah June 19, 2014 The nanotech-based detection system is ready for the market, based on the results of a study by researchers A cancer-detection technology that “sniffs out” malignant tumors is set to be commercialized, after … Continue reading

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A two-inch computer for $55 from an Arab-Israeli company

ISRAEL 21C by Abigail Klein Leichman June 18, 2014 CuBox, the smallest computer ever, is made in Israel by an Arab-Israeli company aiming to power the Internet of Things. The 2x2x2-inch CuBox-i is the smallest computer in the world. It sells for … Continue reading

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Israelis develop first blood test for breast cancer

ISRAEL 21c by Ruthie Blum June 2, 2014 After eight years of painstaking research, Israeli life-sciences company Eventus Diagnostics (EventusDx) has produced a blood test for the early detection of breast cancer. The Octava Pink test is now available in Israel … Continue reading

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Inside the Presidents’ Conference and the J Street Vote

JEWISH PRESS by Edwin Black May 30, 2014 This vote was about J Street, and the proportion of the vote, I think, speaks to the fact that this was not one extreme or another. This was the expression of the … Continue reading

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Greater Chicago Jewish Festival

Greater Chicago Jewish Festival Sunday June 8, 2014, 11am to 6pm St Paul Woods, Morton Grove, IL More than 20,000 people celebrated Jewish culture at the last Festival The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival expresses the heart and soul of Jewish … Continue reading

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Adm. McRaven Urges Graduates to Find Courage to Change the World

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS COMMENCEMENT Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, BJ ’77, Ninth commander of U.S.Special Operations Command May 17, 2014 President Powers, Provost Fenves, Deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and most importantly, the class of 2014.  Congratulations … Continue reading

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