Editorial:
About
This
Page
An Appeal
to Reason
Relating to
U.S.-Israel's
Compelling
Friendship
Israel's creative role must be given emphasis. Israel is in the limelight
so much, incessantly, and always in a state of conflict with neighbors
seeking the state's destruction, that in the process the creative role of the
democratic and progressive nation is ignored.
Israel's universities and research centers devote their efforts so dili-
gently to research, in the quest of higher standards in science and educa-
tion, that the hitherto routine methods of treating news from and about
Israel need re-evaluation.
There is the urgent need to deflate the accepted view that Israel is
only a military state, that its only aim is the defensive and therefore only
the war-like.
This is an incorrect approach to Israel, her needs and aspirations.
Therefore the present form adopted for the first page of The Jewish
News in the issue inaugurating another year on the civic calendar.
Let the facts be known, and let them be fully respected!
Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University, Technion, Bar-Ilan Univer-
sity, Tel Aviv University. Ben-Gurion University, Haifa University, ORT
research laboratories — all are devoted to the dedicated labors of seeking
cures for illnesses, especially cancer; exploring the means of improving
the agricultural aspects of all nations, aiming at tasks of reducing hunger
and privation. The dedication is towards the social as well as the economic
ills of mankind, the sicknesses for which there is a quest for healing, the
retardations that affect the mind.
In these fields of endeavor, Israel is a leader in the scientific and
cultural spheres. of the entire world. -
These are the achievements that are emphasized on this page, and it
need not be judged as unique. Its aim is to assist in the elevation of human
standards and to disprove that Israel is only a military state.
THE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly' Review
Commentary, Page 2
of Jeluish Events
New Year
Commences with
Admonition
to Expect
Repetition
of Old Errors
Editorial, Page 4
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Gifts to Mankind in A Year of Tensions
The Israel Academic Community
Registers Notable Achievements
Notable advances in the fields of medicine, in the search for cures for many
ailments, in the advancement of agricultural progress, in scientific research and
in many,other spheres, all for the betterment of mankind, were recorded in the
activities of Israel's universities and research centers in the just concluded year.
Despite the tensions which filled the year's political aspects, the univer-
sities in the Jewish state — Hebrew University, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv
University, The Techion — Israel Institute of Technology, Weizmann Institute
of Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Haifa University, the ORT
research centers — to the credit of all there is a record of memorable accom-
plishments.
The year 1981, in Israel's records, is filled with searches for cures of the
dreaded cancer, heart ailments, ear and eye diseases and many more areas
requiring improvement in human needs.
Low-Cost Orange
Drink at Hebrew U.
A team of scientists at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem has developed a method of making food emul-
sifiers to facilitate the production of drinks with a delicious
orange taste which will cost less than half the price of
natural juice. Its nutritional value is similar to that of
orange juice.
The research was conducted at the Casali Institute of
Applied Chemistry which is part of the Hebrew
University's School of Applied Science and
Technology.
Heading the research team studying emul-
sifiers and emulsion is Dr. Nissim Garti.
Dr. Garti started off with the essential oil of
the orange peel, which has many of the aroma-
tic properties of orange juice. However, as this
oil does not mix with water, he needed an emul-
sifier to form a stable and homogeneous liquid.
Miss Vered Kaufman, a doctoral student at the
Casali Institute and member of Dr. Garti's team, conducted
research to find such a blend of emulsifiers. The end result
after many trials was a liquid which is similar to natural
orange juice in its opacity, stability, color and taste, as well
as in its nutritional value.
Professors Nissim Garti, left, Tom Kovary and
Hans Feilchenfeld are shown in Hebrew University's
Casali Institute.
Technion Develops
Ear Surgery Device
A student with impaired vision is shown using a
Visualtek machine at Bar - Ilan University. The device
magnifies lines from the open book on the table onto
its display screen.
Bar-Ilan U. Aiding
Weather Forecasts
HAIFA — A new instrument that aids doctors in oper-
ations of chronic ear infections has been developed by Dr.
H.Z. Joachims, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine
of the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology.
In some operations, plastic tubes are inserted into the
ears in order to make possible the draining of liquids that
have built up in the ear because of infections and colds. The
new instrument will greatly aid doctors in operating.
The new device consists of an arched exter-
nal metal tube, held by a grasping handle.
Inside the tube an internal silicon pin can
move freely forward and backward by gentle
pressure of the thumb on the knob.
The construction of this inserter is simple, inexpensive
and it is maintenance free, says Dr. Joachims. The proce-
dure is quick and easy. The Technion — Rambam team has
used it in over 100 operations, with no complications.
RAMAT GAN — A new rain forecasting method, de-
veloped by Dr. Leonard M. Druyan of the Department of
Geography at Bar-Ilan University, is being tried by the
Israel Meteorological Service at Beit Dagan. The com-
pletely automatic procedure is implemented by computer
technology. Twice in 24 hours the computer, on command,
provides an index indicating whether rain can be expected
within the next 12 hours and how much.
The forecast is based on a statistical relationship
which was found between rainfall and
upper-air observations of key meteorologi-
calparameters using the technique of step-
wise multiple regression. The variables ex-
press the extent of saturation and the ther-
mal structure of the air as well as the thickness of the moist
layer. The primary innovation lay in the use of only locally
observed data. This allows for automation and rapid evalu-
ation.
The new method is not a substitute for the
weather forecaster. Rather, it places at his disposal
Dr. Joachims of the Technion uses his new device
objective guidance which he can consider according
to his professional judgment.
(see insert) during ear surgery.