January 2010

Welcome to the January 2010 issue of Staying Connected with Israel

• CHW Aviv Report by Jennifer Blitz (CHW Toronto): Evgenya Knopov (CHW Calgary), Michelle Dodek (CHW Vancouver), Jennifer Blitz (CHW Toronto) and Marla Goodwin (CHW Montreal) participated as CHW's representatives in the 2009 WIZO Aviv International Seminar - click to read more
  

• VIDEO - At Hadassah, Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef interviewed by Nancy Falchuk: Hadassah National President, Nancy Falchuk, recently interviewed Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Director General of Hadassah Medical Organization - click to view
  

• Bone Repair Breakthrough from Hadassah - A World First: Hadassah Hospital has, for the first time in the world, repaired fractured bones by harnessing adult stem cells and platelets from their patients' blood and bone marrow by injection at the fracture site - click to read more
  

• WIZO - 2009 Awards of Excellence: Each year, World WIZO presents "Awards of Excellence" to its most outstanding employees. Victor Dagan, agricultural counselor at CHW Nahalal Youth Village is a 2009 recipient - click to read more
  

• Babies and Brainstorming - WIZO Aviv International Seminar: 45 delegates from around the world participated in a whirlwind of activities during the 2009 WIZO Aviv International Seminar, which included intensive workshops and visits to a variety of WIZO projects - click to read more
  

• A Proud Moment for Israel: For the first time in history, an Israeli woman receives the Nobel Prize. King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden awards Weizmann Institute Professor Ada Yonath the Nobel Prize in Chemistry - click to read more