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Dr. Gloria Beim, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, will serve as the chief medical officer of the U.S. Olympic team at the Sochi Olympics. An orthopedic surgeon in rural Crested Butte, Colo., she will oversee three clinics and 77 health care practitioners, and work as liaison between the Team USA medical staff and Russian officials. […]

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A new military base in northern Israel received some additional protection last week — some spiritual protection. A Torah scroll donated by the International Young Israel Movement was dedicated at an Iron Dome missile unit, under the Israel Air Force command, which was established last month in the Haifa area. The base was set up […]

Israel is not bringing snow to the Winter Olympics, but one Israeli firm will help guarantee that there will be enough snow for Sochi’s skiing events. Business Week recently reported on the work of Israel Desalination Enterprises, a business founded by Polish-born Holocaust survivor Avraham Ophir, which has incorporated reverse-osmosis techniques to produce snow in […]

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