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Robot-assisted Lumbar Spine Surgery Performed for the First Time

in Economy & Innovation/Health & Science

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…

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Rising Sea Levels: Is Israel Losing Its Coast?

in Health & Science

By Katharina Hoeftmann Ciobotaru According to research by Haaretz newspaper, some experts at the Environment Ministry believe that sea levels in the country will rise by up to one meter by 2050 due to climate change. So far, the Israeli government has largely ignored this issue. Researchers at the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institution…

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Israel’s Only Cement Company Fined for Breaking the Clean Air Law

in Health & Science/Life, Culture & Sports

No one likes a bully. When it comes to big corporations around the world, it feels almost as if they are all unregulated, free to do as they please. Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises (Clal Industries) has been fined NIS 6m (US$1.9m) for breaking the Clean Air Law. The Clean Air Law, according to the Ministry…

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“Switzerland Has Known About Money for 200 Years”

in Economy & Innovation/Monthly Report/Uncategorized

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…

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How Israel’s Food-tech Industry is Changing Food as We Know it

in Economy & Innovation/Health & Science/Life, Culture & Sports

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…

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