American Friends of Rabin Medical Center’s monthly Zoom Leadership Forum series captures unfiltered conversations moderated by preeminent host Robert Siegel with an august group of guest speakers. November’s Global Connections Forum spotlighted issues related to America and The Middle East After the November 2020 Election. The conversation highlighted three prominent speakers, former Ambassador Dennis Ross,…
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Combating antiscience: Are we preparing for the 2020s? by Dr. Peter Hotez
In the last half of the 2010s, we saw an upswing in antiscience movements and unprecedented attacks on scientists in the United States and elsewhere. All indications suggest that this trend will not slow or reverse anytime soon, and it is now increasingly apparent that it will fall to the scientists themselves to respond, engage…
Remembering Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by Dr. Ron Kronish
November 5 is the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a Jewish terrorist by the name of Yigal Amir. It was one of the darkest days in Israeli history, if not the worst, since it halted the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, which was becoming Rabin’s legacy for future…
Yitzhak Rabin was always a realist. How would he have handled the 2020 Mideast? by Ambassador Dennis Ross
It is hard to believe that it is the 25th anniversary of the loss of Yitzhak Rabin. He was the embodiment of modern Israel. He was the first Israeli leader who was native-born. He fought its wars and built the Israeli military from the time he was a young commander in the Palmach, defending Jerusalem in…
Dr. Kenneth Offit Speaks on BRCA Gene Mutations @ AFRMC Gala
Dr. Kenneth Offit (Chief, Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering) addresses the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center 2019 Annual Gala upon reception of the Yitzhak Rabin Cancer Care & Research Award for BRCA Genetics. Don’t miss Global Connections with Robert Siegel on October 28, 4 pm ET: COVID and CANCER: Breast, Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Treatment…
American Society of Human Genetics Honors Dr. Mary-Claire King with 2020 William Allan Award
ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, as the 2020 recipient of the annual William Allan Award. The William Allan Award, which carries a $25,000 prize, recognizes substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human…
Dr. Stanley Fischer Addresses AFRMC Gala
Dr. Stanley Fischer (Senior Advisor, BlackRock; former Vice Chair US Federal Reserve; former Governor, Bank of Israel) addresses the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center 2019 Annual Gala upon reception of the Yitzhak Rabin Global Financial Leadership Award. Don’t miss Dr. Fischer’s interview with Robert Siegel: American Friends of Rabin Medical Center’s September 23 Global…
New breath test sniffs out Covid-19 in 30 seconds
Breath test from Technion scientist shows promising early results in sniffing out Covid-19 within 30 seconds. Could uncomfortable nasal swabs be swapped for a contactless two-second breathalyzer puff to check for Covid-19 infection? Prof. Hossam Haick thinks so. Haick, a professor of chemical engineering and nanotechnology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, first…
‘I’m Only One Human Being’: Parents Brace for a Go-It-Alone School Year by NYTimes’ Claire Cain Miller
Just one in five families will have any sort of in-person help, a new survey finds, and parents are feeling stressed and stranded. Parents across America are facing the pandemic school year feeling overwhelmed, anxious and abandoned. With few good options for support, the vast majority have resigned themselves to going it alone, a new…
‘I Was a Little Scared’: Inside America’s Reopening Schools by Adam Wren and Dan Levin
INDIANAPOLIS — It was the purple Powerade that convinced her. Kennedy Heim’s first day of high school was last Thursday. By the weekend, her school in central Indiana had already closed its doors, after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus and other employees were required to quarantine. Kennedy’s mother got a call from…
