A new immigrant from Brazil has now performed the first robotic lumbar spine fusion in Israel. The 36-year-old Dr. Cezar J. Mizrahi works at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. During an internship in the intensive care unit in a hospital in Brazil, he realized that he was more fascinated by neuroscience: “I wanted…
In our new series “More Swissness in Israel” we write monthly about current topics that show the presence and activities of Switzerland in Israel in all of its diversity. A bit of Swiss attitude towards life in Israel. “Swiss banks in Israel?” Philippe Weil frowns and considers, “I can think of ten Swiss banks here…
From plant-based salmon and lab-grown cultured tuna, to real sugar that is 50% sweeter, the innovation happening in the Israeli food-tech system is astounding and changing the very definition of food. The story of DouxMatok follows the life of Prof. Avraham Baniel (recently celebrated 102). Beginning with just an idea in 1944 during WWII when…
In our new series “More Swissness in Israel” we will write monthly on topics highlighting the presence and activities of Switzerland in Israel in all its diversity. A little bit of Swissness, in Israel, so to speak. First, we’ll introduce a topic that should be getting more attention, female leadership. Women have been changing the…
Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton this week unveiled further planned reforms for Israeli schools. Since she already gave the debt directors more financial opportunities and decision-making power at the beginning of the year (the Israeli school system is extremely centralized, so that debt directors have hardly any room for flexibility), she has now planned further changes…
