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Israel Alert Newsletter
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22 Tevet 5773
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January 4, 2013
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Forest in Beersheva to Memorialize Newtown Massacre
Over 2,000 people
have donated money to plant a forest of over 3,000 trees in Be'ersheva in order
to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre. The trees
will be part of the Be'ersheva River Park, a 1,700 acre environmental area
being constructed by the Jewish National Fund in the Negev's provincial capital
city.
The idea
to plant trees in Israel in order to commemorate the young victims of
the Newtown Massacre came from Veronique Pozner, the mother of the
youngest and only Jewish victim, Noah. Marcie Natan of Hadassah declared,
"Everybody was so affected by the massacre and wanted to do something to
express their solidarity with the families.
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Enlivex Innovation Leads to Effective New Cancer
Treatment
Previously, graft-versus-host disease was a main concern in receiving
bone marrow transplants for cancer patients. The disease develops when
the immune system of the grafted bone marrow causes an attack against the
recipient's organs, including primarily the liver, intestines, and skin.
Estimates claim that as many as 70 percent of patients develop graft verses
host disease, which can be fatal if it reaches high grades, upon receiving bone
marrow transplants.
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Israeli Medical Clown Brings Smiles to Kids in Nepal!
A 36-year-old Israeli named David Barashi is a professional medical clown who
travels around the world cheering up ill children. He previously worked with
orphans in Ethiopia and tsunami survivors in Asia. He holds a degree in medical
clowning from Haifa University.
Presently, Barashi is in Nepal working with doctors and nurses there to
help cheer up sick Nepalese children before they head into surgery as
part of a program run by the Israeli Embassy, Arutz Sheva reported.
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Nearly 18,000 Jews Moved to Israel in 2012
Within the past year, almost 18,000 Jews made aliyah to
Israel. Out of this number, twenty percent were from Russia; seventeen
percent were from the United States; and fourteen percent were from Ethiopia.
Some 2,030 Jews also made aliyah from the Ukraine, while 1,853 Jews made aliyah
from France. Jews also made aliyah from smaller countries, such as Honduras,
Madagascar, the Dominican Republic, Monaco, and Andorra.
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