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Forbes: Israel and Canada Both Top 10 Countries for Happiness

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments

By Karin Kloosterman

Happiness is a relative thing, but a new Forbes report shows how Gallop has attempted to rank the world, and Israel has come out on top – sharing rank 8 with Canada, Australia and Switzerland.
We can see why countries like Denmark, Finland and Norway come out on top. I was just in Finland [...]

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A Bridge to the Sighted World

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments

By Lauren Kramer
The Canadian Friends of Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind held their first annual Evening of Miracles in Toronto last month and Guy Simchi, a 39-year-old social worker from Ganei Tikva in Israel, was there as a speaker.
Simchi went blind from diabetes seven years ago, and says it was a cheerful [...]

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Tales from the Womb: Israeli Miracle Baby Saves Mom and Herself

July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off

By Karin Kloosterman

An SOS from the womb? From a land that is familiar with the notion of miracles: Israeli doctors are calling the emergency C-section birth of a new baby girl last week nothing short of a miracle. While undergoing a routine sonogram before her pre-planned C-section, Hindi Gross the mom-to-be received some very unsettling [...]

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Tags: Health & Science · Karin Kloosterman