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…
The global financial crisis is now also reaching a place where many thought it would never, the Israeli hi-tech industry. Numerous companies have laid off a large part of their workforce, some even saying goodbye to up to 15 percent. In addition to layoffs in the Israeli branches of large international companies such as Intel…
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…
The school year is only five weeks away, yet there are still a reported 5,600 teaching positions that need to be filled for this academic year. Most of these positions are in the critical subjects of math, science and English. There are many possible reasons for this shortage, one being the still pending agreement between…
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…
