For Dr. Eyal Gur, small things bring great rewards. Really small things, because Gur is a microsurgeon, operating at the level of blood vessels (1mm wide), which enables him to transfer tissue from one part of the body to another, …
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Gin Lee launches her label in Israeli boutiques
Singaporean fashion designer credits Israel’s ‘why not’ attitude for her success in starting an eponymous line of pure silk women’s wear.
An Israeli entrepreneur for life
Avi Kremer – ‘What’s so inspirational and what really attracts people to him is his selflessness,’ says Nate Boaz, a Harvard classmate who co-founded Prize4Life.Avichai “Avi” Kremer arrived at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Mass. three years ago ready to …
Israeli researcher wins prize for epilepsy breakthrough
For Prof. Alon Friedman research begins and ends at the bedside. The Ben-Gurion University (BGU) professor, who just won the prestigious 2007 Michael prize for epilepsy research from the Michael Foundation of Germany, first began exploring the field after a …
Disabled Israeli athlete takes on Paris-Dakar rally
It’s been a long, winding road that has taken 39-year-old Israeli extreme athlete Dror Cohen from combat planes to a wheelchair to the 2008 Paris-Dakar Rally, the world’s toughest off-road race. By his own admission, Cohen has been a daredevil …
Israeli-American mother finds strength in Sderot
Mechi Fendel and her family: A miracle is that a Kassam fell at 11pm. on a Thursday at a shopping center and damaged 20 store fronts but no one was there. I see the miracles.Mechi Fendel may seem like an …
Israeli founder of simulation center changing the nature of medical training
Amitai Ziv: I wanted to change the whole concept of patient safety and the way we do medical education.He learned how to eject from an airplane, land without an engine, and pilot calmly as smoke and flames threatened to engulf …
Photographer Adi Nes connects ancient and modern Israel
Adi Nes’s portrait of Abraham and Isaac – ‘Many fathers sacrifice their sons for the army – this process is recycled over and over again for the ideals of this country.’Adi Nes stares ahead, his thick eyebrows pensive and drooping, …
An Israeli flower among the ‘Weeds’
‘I loved bringing a character to life that wasn’t an Israeli cliche’ – Meital Dohan. (Photo: Randy Tepper/Showtime)When the hit American cable show Weeds introduced the character of Yael Hoffman – a sexy, provocative Israeli rabbinic school administrator – the …
Bush honors Israeli professor who died saving lives in Virginia Tech massacre
Liviu Librescu – According to his daugher, ‘had our father chosen a way to die, he would certainly have chosen to die in a classroom.’An elderly Israeli professor at Virginia Tech has emerged as an unlikely hero in this week’s …
Israeli post-war expert helping to treat US military trauma victims
An Israeli professor who is studying the long term effects of war on the soldiers who fight it, is now sharing her knowledge with US counterparts in an attempt to provide better therapy for American servicemen and women returning home …