Anglicans for Israel

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by Judy Lash Balint
In the early 1990s I spent quite a bit of time in Sderot, one of Israel’s southern development towns that sits just at the northeastern tip of the Gaza Strip. At that time, I was coordinator of the Operation Exodus campaign of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and Sderot was our […]

One of our advisers, Dr Irene Lancaster, gave Sunday’s ‘Thought for the Week’ radio broadcast on the BBC. Dr Lancaster is Research Fellow in the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester, has recently been appointed to the Council of Lord Carey’s Foundation for Reconciliation in the Middle East and has […]

With the whole world attacking Israel at the moment, it may be interesting to see some of Israel achievements at the moment (with thanks to Canon Andrew White). Did you know…
An Israeli ornithologist is utilising barn owls to rid large cities of rodent problems.
An Israeli company has developed a device that helps nurses locate […]

by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Israel21c
A revolutionary approach developed in Israel which uses the body’s own cells as a vaccine for treating autoimmune diseases is showing tremendous potential in human trials.
The most recent trials are taking place at Sheba Hospital and Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where multiple sclerosis patients are being vaccinated in hope that […]

by Shoshana Kordova, Israel 21c
Two-year-old Mahmoud Rasmi developed an immediate rapport with one of the first nurses he encountered at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel - even though she couldn’t understand Mahmoud’s request in Arabic for a present, his father said as the toddler recovered from a cardiac operation.
Mahmoud was being treated for […]