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Yearly Archives: 2021

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Dr. Ben Corn: Radiation Specialist Bringing Hope to Cancer Patients and Cancer Treatments

MEDICINEBy Lenny GiteckNovember 5, 2021

Dr. Ben Corn is a professor of oncology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the deputy director of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Cancer Center, where he is preparing…

Prominent Iraqis Call for Peace With Israel, Are Threatened with Arrest or Death

COEXISTENCEBy Lenny GiteckOctober 18, 2021

Last month, more than 300 Iraqi leaders and activists publicly called for full normalization of relations between their country and Israel.

Dr. Marian Khatib: First Arab-Israeli Breast Surgeon Is Appointed to High Post at Sourasky Medical Center

UncategorizedBy Lenny GiteckOctober 18, 2021

The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain.   Quote: “I was fascinated by general surgery and decided that a surgeon is what I wanted to be when I grew up,” Dr. Khatib said. “There is something very interesting about surgery that does not exist in internal medicine. You feel you can help the…

Sheba Medical Center: Hospital’s New Innovation Hub Opens in Arab-Israeli Village

UncategorizedBy Lenny GiteckOctober 18, 2021

The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain.   Quote: “ ‘Sheba is proud to serve as a model of coexistence and hope by making the best medicine accessible and available to anyone,’ ” said Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, founder and director of ARC and Sheba’s chief medical and innovation officer. The entire ceremony was…

Jerusalem: Israel’s Capital Is Undergoing Massive Urban Renewal and New Development

DEVELOPMENTBy Lenny GiteckOctober 17, 2021

Central to the city’s development plan is construction of additional light rail lines, a major high-rise project at the entrance to the city…

Technion: Researchers Explore Hematite to Solve a Major Problem with Solar Energy

ENVIRONMENTBy Lenny GiteckOctober 17, 2021

The research team, headed by Professor Avner Rothschild and doctoral student Yifat Piekner, is looking at hematite, an iron oxide chemically similar to rust…

Laser Weapons: Lockheed Martin and Rafael Weapons Systems Agree to Joint Project

DEFENSEBy Lenny GiteckOctober 14, 2021

Laser weapons targeting a variety of incoming aerial threats could be a game-changer in warfare, in part because of the low cost of…

Israeli Archeologists Unearth Ancient Private Toilet in Jerusalem

HISTORYBy Lenny GiteckOctober 13, 2021

Israeli archeologists have discovered a rudimentary private toilet in Jerusalem believed to come from…

Ben & Jerry’s West Bank Boycott: Looming Legal Battle Over Trademark Infringement

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckJuly 28, 2021

The recently announced decision by ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s to boycott the West Bank and East Jerusalem…

Beresheet 2: Israel’s Second Attempt to Land on the Moon Scheduled for 2024

SCIENCEBy Lenny GiteckJuly 27, 2021

On Feb. 22, 2019, the Israeli SpaceIL lunar lander Beresheet (named after the first book of the Torah) was launched…

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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. Which were the first and second countries to recognize Israel in 1948?
    c. USA and USSR
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  3. 2. Out of the 193 United Nations member countries, who recognize Israel? At least          .
    b. 167
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  5. 3. In what year were the Abraham Accords signed?
    c. 2020
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  7. 4. Under the late Shah, Iran recognized Israel in 1950.
    a. True
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  9. 5. Which of these countries does not currently recognize Israel?
    d. Venezuela
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  11. 6. March 2021 saw the Israeli and UAE national                 teams play their first-ever match, in honor of the Abraham Accords.
    c. Rugby

NAME THAT ISRAELI! ANSWER

 
Daliah Lavi

Find out more about Daliah Lavi from Wikipedia by clicking here.

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WOW! FACTS

Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution?

We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews!

To learn about these and many more AmazingJews, watch a compilation put together by JewOfTheWeek.net in 2015 and posted on YouTube. >>
 

Nobel Prizes
Although Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. Source: Google

Polio Vaccine
Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis — including paralysis and even death — thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and his team. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. in 1955. Source: Wikipedia

Miss Liberty
The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. Source: BuzzFeed

Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. Source: BuzzFeed

Start-Up Nation
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world. Source: BuzzFeed

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