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If I hear any more, I’ll let you know.
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In the last few days those who read my memos has jumped by 50%. I guess more people are staying home, bored and have nothing worse to do. Hope you are finding them of interest.
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Ordman and Israel's varied good news edited:
In the 15th Mar 20 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
- Israeli surgeons perform unique operation on lung cancer patient.
- Microsoft Israel appoints its first female CEO.
- Israeli technology allows businesses and students to work from home.
- Two Israeli innovations produce pure drinking water in deprived areas of the world.
- The Swiss Railway is investing $200,000 in five Israeli startups.
- An Israeli won Tokyo’s women’s marathon in a record time.
- A “super” way to deliver Purim parcels to hospitalized Israeli children.
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Lung cancer transplant patient receives his own lung. (TY David F) In a medical breakthrough, surgeons at Israel’s Beilinson hospital temporarily removed the left lung from a lung cancer patient. They then cut out a tumor from the lung that had been blocking the main airway and finally replaced the lung back into the patient.
https://jewishbusinessnews.
Coronavirus vaccine news. Latest progress on the vaccine being developed by Israeli scientists at the Migal Research Institute in Kiryat Shmona on the border with Lebanon. Also, an article on how the vaccine works.
www.nocamels.com/2020/03/
https://www.financialexpress.
Helping coronavirus patients breathe. (TY UWI) Doctors at Jerusalem’s Alyn hospital developed Coughsync some 10 years ago to help relieve lung congestion in physically challenged and disabled children. Now it is being mass-produced to help clear secretions from the lungs of Chinese coronavirus patients on ventilators.
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-
Breakthrough in generating heart cells. (TY UWI) Researchers led by Professor Lior Gepstein of Israel’s Technion Institute and Rambam Medical Center have generated heart cells from stem cells that can be either atrial (upper) or ventricular (lower) chamber cells. It has significant benefits for testing cardiac treatments.
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-
Sheba is now world’s 9th best hospital. Newsweek magazine listed Israel’s Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer as the world's ninth-best hospital, up one place from last year (see here). Newsweek highlighted Sheba’s groundbreaking research in cancer, cardiology, brain diseases, genetics plus its global collaborations.
http://www.israelnationalnews.
Contact lenses to correct color blindness. (TY Israel21c) Tel Aviv University researchers have developed customizable contact lenses that can correct deuteranomaly, a form of red-green colorblindness. Ultra-thin optical devices were incorporated into off-the-shelf contact lenses.
https://www.geek.com/news/
https://www.osapublishing.org/
ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL
Why five Israeli women became diplomats. To commemorate International Women’s Day, five Israeli female diplomats answered five questions connected with their work, to encourage more women to follow their lead. Plus 16 Israeli women from all walks of life who challenge stereotypes in the most inspiring ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.israel21c.org/
Microsoft Israel’s new CEO is a woman. (TY Janglo) Software giant Microsoft has appointed Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk as CEO of Microsoft Israel R&D. She is the first woman in that role. The second article describes how Israeli women lead the way in Israel’s thriving biotech industry.
https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-
http://nocamels.com/2020/03/
Israeli fashion is for everyone. Four Israeli designers are developing cutting-edge clothing that’s attractive, affordable and accessible for both people with disabilities and those without. They are Shay Senior (Palta Clothes), Einav Besser (Mikita), Miri Albik (Miricle) and Gil Joshua Dreyfus (Abba’le Arba).
https://www.israel21c.org/in-
https://paltaclothes.com/ https://www.mikitafashion.
DRC’s first ambassador to Israel in 20 years. President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced that he will appoint an ambassador to Israel for the first time in 20 years. Although the new Ambassador will be stationed in Tel Aviv, a commercial section of the embassy will be in Jerusalem.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-
Saving lives in Laos. Israeli doctor Gilat Raisch recently volunteered at a hospital in the Asian country of Laos. She was frustrated that there were no blood supplies for patients. So, she contacted the local Chabad Rabbi who arranged in two weeks for nearly 100 Israeli backpackers to donate blood. The project continues to save lives.
https://www.israel21c.org/
Israel protects wildlife. This video was published to mark World Wildlife Day on 3rd March. It features Israel’s Hula Nature Reserve, “Safe Haven for Donkeys”, “4D Wildlife” rehabilitation center, “Freedom Farm” sanctuary for animals with disabilities, and the “Yodfat Monkey Forest” for rescued monkeys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Wave energy startup boss wins UN award. Israel’s Eco Wave Power has been reported here several times. CEO Inna Braverman has just won a United Nations Climate Action Award. Eco Wave Power was described as “A world-leading project generating clean energy from the ocean, co-founded and led by a female CEO.”
https://www.israel21c.org/
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Top food and ag-tech companies. Ten Israeli companies featured in Forbes top 50 global food tech and top 50 ag-tech companies in 2020. They are Douxmatok, InnovoPro, Hinoman, Future Meat, Tastewise, TIPA, Infarm, CropX, Taranis, and Prosera. All except Infarm have been reported previously in this newsletter.
http://nocamels.com/2020/02/
https://www.infarm.com/ http://nocamels.com/2020/02/
Soapy solution for coronavirus. As reported here previously (Feb 2018), Israeli startup Soapy set-up its simple hygiene stations in rural areas and slums where there is no running water. Now Soapy's handwashing micro-station with its Israeli plant-based reagent, is said to kill viruses even more resistant than corona.
https://www.israel21c.org/
Israeli robot assistant for coronavirus patients. The Israeli-developed Temi robot (reported here previously) is now being used in hundreds of hospitals, medical centers, nursing homes, and corporate buildings in Asia to help minimize human-to-human contact during the coronavirus outbreak.
http://nocamels.com/2020/03/
Israeli video tech supports businesses and patients. The video-conferencing technology from Israeli startup Kaltura (see here) enables remote workers to stay linked during the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, Israel’s Uniper Care transforms a TV set into an interactive station for patients at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center.
http://nocamels.com/2020/03/
https://corp.kaltura.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.unipercare.com/en/
Don’t block valid sites. Israeli cybersecurity company CHEQ (reported here previously) is an AI alternative to keyword blacklists that are commonly used to block access to offensive websites. CHEQ estimates that US publishers lost $2.8 billion of potential revenue opportunities in 2019 by subsequent false positives.
http://nocamels.com/2020/03/
Using hi-tech to re-stock the shelves. Israeli retail chain Super-Pharm has implemented shelf organization technologies developed by Israel’s WiseShelf in 14 of its stores. WiseShelf integrates light sensors and cameras to continually monitor shelves and send real-time alerts when re-organization or re-stocking is needed.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
Eilat and Nice partner for smart city solutions. Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat and the French Riviera city of Nice have teamed up. 10 members from each city will seek out technology-based solutions to challenges in the field of smart cities, including issues of infrastructure, transportation, energy, community services and tourism.
https://www.israel21c.org/
A solar-powered water generator. Israel’s Watergen plans to launch a solar-powered version of its water-from-air system later this year. Solar Genny is suitable for remote locations, such as rural villages where electricity access can be unstable and unreliable. It can generate up to 13 liters (3.5 gallons) of water a day.
http://nocamels.com/2020/02/
Catch the rain. Another example of Israeli “out of the box” thinking. Eyal Yassky, CEO of Hilico, was frustrated when Mumbai slum dwellers had to drink dirty water during the monsoon. So, he and his friend Moshe Belilty developed a cheap, light, portable device that can collect a liter of water from 1mm of rain.
https://www.israel21c.org/
https://www.hilico.com/ https://vimeo.com/248004135
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Most innovative. US business magazine Fast Company named at least 14 Israeli companies in its list of 434 “Most innovative firms in 2020”. The magazine wrote that the companies “lead their fields and are transforming the world.”. Israel’s Healthy.io appeared in the overall top 50 “for diagnosing with smartphones.”
http://nocamels.com/2020/03/
https://www.fastcompany.com/
North Rhine-Westphalia opens Israeli culture & trade office. Armin Laschet, minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, has opened an Economy, Science, Education, Youth and Culture office in Tel Aviv. Laschet is known as a staunch supporter of the Jewish state.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Swiss railways partners five Israeli prospects. Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has selected five Israeli startups for a pilot program. They are FSight, HereO, (search for “HereO Israel”) Oriient New Media, SoftRide and TIBA Parking Systems. SBB will invest up to $200,000 in testing their technologies.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
https://hereocore.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.softride.tech/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://tibaparking.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?
VISA expands partnership with Israeli startup. As reported (Sep 2019) previously, payments giant VISA partnered with Israel’s ChargeAfter – provider of software for flexible point-of-sale credit options. VISA has just expanded the partnership, giving ChargeAfter access to 16,000 issuing banks, acquirers and merchants.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Smart move for mobile cashless startups. Israeli startup Nayax develops cashless payment systems for unattended machines. It has just taken over Israeli startup Modularity and its credit card payment clearing technologies for Android devices. Modularity also allows businesses to offer clients cash withdrawal services.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
https://www.nayax.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Intel backs Israeli backup startup. Israeli startup Model9 Ltd. has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital, the venture arm of chipmaker Intel. Model9 develops a cloud-based service to backup, restore, archive, and encrypt mainframe data sets and files to private or public cloud storage.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
How Israeli wine took the world by storm. Over the past two decades, Israeli winemakers have earned a reputation for producing some of the world’s best wines. At the International Kosher Wine Festival in Tel Aviv, Israeli vintners and their fans enjoyed a truly awe-inspiring display of wines from Samaria to the Golan.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT`
Lionel Richie is a hit with Israelis. 15,000 fans sang along with Lionel Richie at Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim Arena on 2nd March. He sang all of his greatest hits, including “Hello,” “Endless Love,” “All Night Long,” plus the Commodores’ “Sail On,” “Easy Like Sunday Morning” and “Brick House.”.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
THE JEWISH STATE
More Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel. (TY Jacques) Israel has just welcomed about 40 new members from Ethiopia. They include nine families from a sect of Jewish descendants called Falash Mura, a community who long ago were forced to convert to Christianity and currently seek to return to Judaism.
http://israelbetweenthelines.
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The Coronavirus could not have come at a better time for Trump haters. They have the opportunity to pile on and blame him for everything that has happened and are hoping the economy will tank, which it probably will, so they can add one more log to the defeat Trump fire.
I have been told he takes no responsibility for anything, he did not know what hit him, is totally unprepared to handle what is happening, blames everyone else for what is happening and the continuing theme remains: he is a total embarrassment.
When I ask them to offer their solution they simply find another fault to rail about.
Trump faces a Hobson Choice. If he closes everything down to get ahead of the statistical incidence curve he will be accused of over-reacting and killing the economy. If he does not close everything down the virus might spread and he will be accused of disregarding the safety and well being of the nation and, worst of all, irresponsible.
Meanwhile, Americans are reacting by staying home, canceling trips and eating out and are hoarding toilet paper as their response. Since America has become a service driven economy, we are very vulnerable because we are restaurant, entertainment, travel, theater etc. oriented and curtailment drastically impacts service employment.
Last night we went to dinner at a restaurant we like with friends and the waitress thanked us profusely for coming.
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Scott Halperin is the son of a long time friend and fellow memo reader and is running for a judgeship in Cobb County. (See attached.)
If anyone who gets my memos lives in that county please give consideration to helping him in the upcoming election. Thanks in advance for any response to this request. Me
I am declaring my candidacy for the State Court of Cobb County, Post 6; the seat currently held by Hon.
Toby Prodgers, who announced his retirement last year.
Toby Prodgers, who announced his retirement last year.
The decision to ask the voters of Cobb County to choose me is not one I make lightly. After speaking
with colleagues, friends in and out of the legal profession and, most importantly, my family, I believe I
am well suited to offer my candidacy for judge.
with colleagues, friends in and out of the legal profession and, most importantly, my family, I believe I
am well suited to offer my candidacy for judge.
In my practice I have served as a public-interest lawyer at Atlanta Legal Aid, I have worked in private,
civil practice, I have worked as a public defender and as a private defense attorney. I have worked in
Juvenile Court as a child advocate, as a Guardian ad Litem, as a parent's advocate, and as a Judge Pro
Tempore. I also serve as an advocate in the Family Treatment Court, the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court
and the Child Court accountability court programs in Cobb Juvenile Court. It is time for me to take this
background to help the people of Cobb County get the Judicial System they want and deserve and that
they have rightly come to expect.
civil practice, I have worked as a public defender and as a private defense attorney. I have worked in
Juvenile Court as a child advocate, as a Guardian ad Litem, as a parent's advocate, and as a Judge Pro
Tempore. I also serve as an advocate in the Family Treatment Court, the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court
and the Child Court accountability court programs in Cobb Juvenile Court. It is time for me to take this
background to help the people of Cobb County get the Judicial System they want and deserve and that
they have rightly come to expect.
I have spent my nearly 20 years as a lawyer and nearly 25 working in the legal profession learning
everything I can. I have done my best to develop an even temperament, which serves me as an
attorney and will as a judge. I will take every case before me seriously and will treat all parties in an
equal manner. I will do my best to assure everyone who appears before me receives "their day in
court." I intend to provide the best results for the taxpayers by running an efficient court. There are
ways the processes of court can be streamlined and made more accessible and efficient and in so
doing the courts will not only provide better service to the parties but also the county as a whole.
everything I can. I have done my best to develop an even temperament, which serves me as an
attorney and will as a judge. I will take every case before me seriously and will treat all parties in an
equal manner. I will do my best to assure everyone who appears before me receives "their day in
court." I intend to provide the best results for the taxpayers by running an efficient court. There are
ways the processes of court can be streamlined and made more accessible and efficient and in so
doing the courts will not only provide better service to the parties but also the county as a whole.
This is my vision.
I look forward to connecting with you in the coming weeks and months and ask for your consideration.
Thank you.
Scott Halperin
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Scott Halperin
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