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Issue #394  |  Week of January 26, 2009		  
 

Pulling out the pistons for 100 miles to the gallon
TODAY’S VIDEO-ONLY NEWS FEATURE
 
Agam Energy Systems' new piston-less turbine engine could revolutionize the automotive industry. All the company needs is a strategic partner to shift it into high gear. An Israeli company has received FDA approval to market a revolutionary new non-invasive radiation free lung imaging system, which some see as the biggest breakthrough since ultrasound.

Israeli second opinion can save US lives
Natural gas find could transform Israel's economy
Getting a second opinion on a medical scan is vital, but in the US waits are too long. Now a Tel Aviv company is offering an alternative - second opinions from Israeli experts while America sleeps. Significant reserves of natural gas have been discovered off the coast of Israel. The find could answer Israel's energy needs for the next 15 years and provide a boost to the country's economy.

Acting out against the rockets in Sderot
Engineering is what counts, even in society
A new theater therapy project has been set up in Sderot to enable teen girls in the rocket-hit town to tell their stories to the world, and through this find healing. Whether it's designing an efficient security check for crowds, a better hinge for a car door, or getting a school to deliver better education, top Israeli engineer Dr. Amir Ziv-Av has the answer.
 
Also new this week on ISRAEL21c:

Creating a beacon of green on Israel's busiest highway
Environmental architect Joseph Cory plans to construct Israel's greenest building in Tel Aviv. The goal: to create a lighthouse for green architecture that will inspire designers and the public alike.

Volunteers keep teaching Bedouin kids in time of war
Despite missile fire and school closures during the Gaza conflict, volunteer tutors from the after-school program Perach kept on teaching kids from Israel's Bedouin towns.

Cinderella and the soldier
Relations between Jewish and Arab Israelis aren't always what you imagine.

 
 

     


Victims donating to victims
Throughout the recent Gaza war and its ongoing aftermath, Israelis and Palestinians have been trying to paint themselves as "the real victims" and the other side as "the real perpetrators."

A TV volleyball star in Israel
While we used to only have one TV station here, now media options are almost as diffused in Israel as they are in the US. HOT, YES, satellite TV, we've got it all - and you can watch a lot of the same crap that's on American TV any time you want.

Giving till it hurts
They expected a large number of people - maybe 20,000 potential donors. But Ezer Mizion got far more than it bargained for on Wednesday, when it held a mass national campaign to add Israelis to its bone marrow registry; over 60,000 people crowded the 80 testing stations, with long lines outside many of them as people waited patiently for their turn to be tested.

Obama's inauguration enraptures Israelis
With the Gaza ceasefire apparently taking hold, Israelis have been happy to have something new upon which to fixate our attention in the news. Something hopeful. US President Barack Obama's inauguration yesterday and the festivities surrounding it this whole week have kept Israelis enraptured.

An Israeli soldier's story
I know… the war is over, and we're supposed to be getting back to our own unique brand of Israelity. But I ran across one more story which I hope is worthwhile to share in the hopes of providing a glimpse into what a young Israeli kid turned soldier has to cope with on his lightning journey from boy to man.

A tragedy of the Gaza war
One of the most heartbreaking tragedies of the recently completed Operation Cast Lead is the story of Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian gynecologist from Gaza City who works at Israel’s Sheba Hospital near Tel Aviv.
 
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