Advancements
Israeli Healthcare
Jewish Values
Global Impact
100
This Israeli invention, the "MobileOCT," helps detect early signs of this cancer through a smartphone attachment.
What is cervical cancer?
100
The Hadassah Medical Center is located in this city and is a leading healthcare institution in the region.
What is Jerusalem?
100
Jewish laws prohibit the consumption of certain types of animals. This is the term for these animals.
What is Kosher Animals?
100
This organization, founded in 1914, has supported Jewish people living in Israel and throughout the world. The organization is active in more than 70 countries and is the leading global Jewish humanitarian organization.
What is the "American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)"?
200
This Israeli startup is known for its pill camera technology used in endoscopy procedures.
What is Given Imaging?
200
This Israeli hospital is renowned for its pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery department.
What is Sheba Medical Center (Tel Hashomer)?
consistently ranked in the top 10th best hospitals in the world
200
This is a central Jewish concept that encourages individuals to engage in social justice and other aspects related to global health and well-being.
What is "Tikun Olam?" (repairing the world)
200
Israel is a leader in telemedicine technologies. What does telemedicine allow patients to do?
What is "consult with healthcare providers remotely"?
300
This Jewish pediatrician is known for developing a polio vaccine. In 1969–72, he served as the president of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Who is Albert Sabin?
In the 1950s Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin developed separate vaccines—one from killed virus and the other from live virus—to combat the dreaded polio disease.
300
Israel's national emergency hotline, similar to 911 in the United States, is known by this number.
What is 100?
101 - Magen David Adom: report injuries and receive first aid.
102 - Israel Fire and Rescue Services: report fires and people who are trapped.
103 - Electric Corporation: information about power outages.
104 - Home Front Command: information, guidelines and alerts during emergencies.
300
This Jewish ethic emphasizes the concept of giving to those in need.
What does "Tzedakah?"
300
This Jewish and Israeli movement aims to address the complex challenges of global poverty in order to make the world a more just and beautiful home for humanity.
What is Tevel B'Tzedek?
400
This Jewish physician and researcher won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 for his discovery of monoclonal antibodies.
Who is César Milstein?
400
This Israeli city is home to the world-renowned Weizmann Institute of Science, which conducts extensive research in the field of health and life sciences.
What is Rehovot?
400
This is the Hebrew term for visiting the sick, which is considered a mitzvah in our tradition.
What is Bikur Cholim?
400
Founded in 2001, this Israel-based NGO responds to emergencies all over the world with targeted humanitarian help, including disaster relief, search and rescue, rebuilding communities and schools, providing aid packages, medical assistance, and post-psychotrauma care.
What is IsraAID?
500
This Jewish-American is considered a founder of the field of medical genetics.
Who is Arno Motulsky?
Known for his contributions to the field of human genetics, particularly in the study of genetic disorders.
500
This organization collects surplus food and distributes it to those in need, addressing food security and nutrition issues.
What is Leket Israel?
The National Food Bank, a registered nonprofit Israel-based charity, is the leading food rescue organization in Israel, serving 175,000+ needy people weekly
500
In our tradition, this value emphasizes saving a life and preserving human life, even above other religious observances.
What is "Pikuach Nefesh?"
500
Since 1995, Israeli doctors with this org. have been giving kids from around the world free life-saving heart operations.
What is Save a Child's Heart?
Since the organization first started 2,300 children have been treated, and almost half are from the PA, Jordan and Iraq.