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“All Aboard!” – on Jerusalem’s New Light Rail

{image_1}On August 19, an estimated 40,000 passengers rode the new light rail for the first time.

A Roll Call of the Nations

{image_1}“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.” Joel 3:14

Why Israel Matters to the World

{image_1}Israel played a role in developing the cell phone; it has an important research location for the Intel computer processor; it’s one of the first nations to help disaster-struck Haiti; and it’s a world-leader in defense technologies. Yet, it’s a tiny country consisting of roughly 7 million people and a territory about the same as Wales, the state of New Jersey, or Kruger National Park in South Africa. Prior to recent natural gas discoveries, it was generally considered devoid of natural resources.

The Jewishness of Jesus

{image_1}One of the main reasons for Christians to be interested in the Hebraic Roots of Christianity is the fact that we serve a Jewish Savior. As Christians, we often talk about our love for Yeshua (Jesus). If we really love Him, then it seems obvious to me that we will want to know everything we can about Him.

Mobile Phone Keeps Tabs on Malaria

{image_1}A simple mobile-phone imaging system developed in Israel for diagnosing and monitoring malaria has won its developers a [US] $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This new inexpensive weapon against Africa's second-leading cause of death will be tested in the field in 2012 where the disease causes an estimated 1,900 deaths every day in children under the age of five. Using a mobile phone camera with a [US] $15 specialized lens, the system can detect malaria by imaging the eye or the skin to look for hemozoin, a pigment generated by the malaria parasite.

Saving the Galilee: Turning Gray Water Green

{image_1}The facts on the ground are stark: Israel has a serious water shortage. The Sea of Galilee is shrinking, as are its underground aquifers, yet water needs are increasing. One answer to this crisis may be found in “gray water,” the water sent down the sink and bathtub drains. Much of this can be treated and reused to flush toilets and water gardens.

Advanced Cell Therapy for Chronic Wounds

{image_1}The physical deterioration of old age and illness is often manifested in what doctors call chronic wounds, wounds that just will not repair themselves. An Israeli biotechnology company has developed a product that aims to do what the body can’t—heal wounds that have festered for months, if not years. CEO of MacroCure Dr. Michael Shirvan said, “Our product CureXcell is on the market in Israel. It has already been administered by physicians to more than 4,500 patients with severe chronic wounds that would probably have remained with them for years.”

Courage—Amatz

{image_1}Fear seems to grip the hearts of modern-day men and women. Certainly the headlines give much cause for fear and trembling. Everywhere we turn, we hear predictions of disaster. Some say that a double dip recession is inevitable. Others draw our attention to the dangers of globalism.

Saving Little Hearts in Tanzania

{image_1}A medical team from Israel's Save a Child's Heart has successfully performed the first ever pediatric open heart surgery in Mwanza, Tanzania. Laurencia Simon is four years old, the daughter of two farmers, and lives in a mud hut without electricity or running water. Two years ago, she was diagnosed with congenital heart disease.

What’s Blooming in Jerusalem?

{image_1}Hop aboard the jolly red locomotive that winds around the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, and you're likely to see blooming and budding everywhere you look. But it's not just the 10,000 species of plants that are blossoming at this 30-acre oasis at the southeast corner of the Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus. The gardens are also alive with the sounds of some 180,000 visitors per year, up from 80,000 in 2008.

Israel Sends Aid to South Sudan

{image_1}After the new Republic of South Sudan was given statehood [July 9], Israel recognized the new republic the following day. Later, the Israel Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that the two countries “wished to promote and strengthen ties of friendship and cooperation between their countries and peoples on the basis of equality, mutual respect, and non-interference in the internal affairs of one another.” This statement was followed up by the fact that new ambassadors would be accredited in each country.

Israel Readies for Rocket Barrage

{image_1}No one can say when the next war will come, but when it does, Israel’s main cities will almost certainly come under sustained bombardment by thousands of tons of warheads. That scenario has the military commanders responsible for protecting its citizens in a frenzy of preparedness. Across the country this summer, Israelis were subject to home front drills, sending people scurrying into shelters, sirens blaring and gas masks distributed. Defense planners want to use underground parking garages and road tunnels as massive bomb shelters.

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