Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer Could Eliminate Hemophilia Disease with Revolutionary Gene Therapy World Hemophilia Day is today, April 17 and Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer is making significant progress in the global battle to cure this bleeding disorder. More than 400,000 individuals suffer from hemophilia worldwide. Sheba is one of the first…
Photo: Just in time for Passover, Birthday Cake Macaroons! The Manischewitz Company, the largest marketer of kosher foods in North America, has unveiled a fresh new look for its iconic brand. For over 130 years, The Manischewitz Company’s mission has been to bring families to the table and reconnect with tradition through food. The brand’s…
Photo: Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix NowGen Giving Circle members Merin Stoneman, Sydney Siivils, Sivan Shahmoon, Adina Knell, Sasha Ellis, Bryce Schotz, Ian Sachs, Sam Levine, Blaine Light and Ben Ellis raised and awarded more than $14,000 to local and Israeli programs that impact young adults in 2018 The Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix NowGen Giving…
Just in time for Passover, the Six13 a capella group have released a parody medley of songs from the original animated film “The Lion King.” To celebrate the Israelites freedom from slavery, the boys use the nothing but the human voice to create “A Lion King Passover.” The group was inspired to create the video…
Airbnb announced the cancellation of their planned anti-Israel boycott with a press release on their website. The decision came as a result of the various lawsuits against Airbnb. The statement from Airbnb on April 9 reads as follows: Today, Airbnb is announcing that we have settled all lawsuits that were brought by hosts and potential…
Photo: Students in an engineering class at Technion. Photo courtesy Technion International. The Council for Higher Education (CHE) updated the multi-year forecast of the number of first-year students expected to study high-tech subjects. The original plan, which was formulated in 2016, set 2017 as the base year of the five-year plan. However, since the plan…
SpaceIL’s engineering team and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) this evening at 5:17 pm Israel time conducted the most critical manveuver to date of Beresheet’s journey to the moon – the Lunar Capture. This maneuver enabled the spacecraft to be captured by the moon’s gravity and begin orbiting the moon – and with the moon, orbiting…
Lost Ground, a solo exhibit of paintings by Daniel Friedman will open Friday, April 5 with a reception from 6-10 pm. There will also be a third Friday reception on April 19 from 6-10 pm. For more than a decade, Five15 Arts has been a collective, artist-run, contemporary art space committed to providing support and…
Photo: Soldiers receiving personal care packages from FIDF (Courtesy of FIDF). Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) distributed personal care supplies earlier this week to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers mobilized to serve on the Gaza Strip border following rocket attacks on Israel, as riots and violence intensify. The personal care packages include hygiene…
Photo: Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem. Photo courtesy Yad Vashem Five well-known German companies, including the country’s only publicly traded soccer club, are donating 1 million euros ($1.1 million) each to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial for the development of a facility to preserve, catalog and store Holocaust-related artifacts. Borussia Dortmund managing director Carsten Cramer…
