RFID Chips in Humans: Forbidden By Torah, Preventing Redemption
Blurring the boundaries separating man from machine, a technology growing in popularity allows computer chips to be implanted under the skin. This may be prohibited by the Bible but one rabbi warns of a greater danger: the chips could be used as a Nazi-like tool to control the populace.
Lifesavers Up in Arms Over Rising Death Toll from Drowning
Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah rescue teams treated almost 250 cases of near drowning or death by drowning– most of them off the Mediterranean coast – since the beginning of the swimming season in the middle of March; of these, 53 people, including 30 young children, have died.
Can Medicine Bring Israelis and Palestinians Together?
It is an irony of the Middle East. At the same time that Gaza terrorists send burning balloons and kites and have – for now – stopped hurling rockets and missiles at southern Israel, Israeli and Palestinian physicians are collaborating at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center. Medicine and caring for the sick it seems, can bring enemies together.
Heal O’Israel
Our six-year-old son – our first child – is starting first grade in September. He enjoyed his preschool kindergarten, but we worry if he will fit in easily at school, where everything is more regimented. How can we help him prepare for this big change? B.N., Trenton, New Jersey, US
Be Fruitful and Multiply: Israeli Women Comply
The divine promise to increase the number of Jews is coming to fruition, as maternity departments in numerous medical centers are overflowing. Three hospitals in particular – Emek Medical Center in Afula, Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba and Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv – have just reported a record number of births in the […]
It Takes a Village: Doctors and Social Workers Team Up at Israel’s Sha’are Zedek Hospital
Non-profit Just One Life and Israeli medical center Sha’are Zedek have teamed up to expedite medical testing on fetuses to help couples make quick and well-informed decisions regarding pregnancy.  After immigrating to Israel from New York, social worker Chaya Katzin began working for Just One Life, a boutique non-profit based in Jerusalem that serves […]
AIDS Prevention Solution Comes Forth From Zion
Trials of voluntary medical male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa are paying dividends in the prevention of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Did Isaac Newton Study Solomon’s Temple to Learn About Physics?
Saul Kullok has discovered clues in the construction of Solomon’s Temple that describe scientific principles with remarkable accuracy.
Israeli Non-Profit Wins UN Population Award
Save A Child’s Heart (SACH) was recently awarded the UN Population Award for saving the lives of more than 5,000 Third-World children born with congenital heart defects.
Israeli ‘Smart Probe’ That Excels at Detecting Cancer Cells May Improve Survival Rates
Many cancer patients die not from the localized malignant tumor that is removed in surgery but when lingering cancer cells from the tumor spread by metastasis.
