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Tomato Florentine Soup

4 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups chopped onions
2 tsp. minced garlic
1 bay leaf
2 cans (28 oz. each) plum
tomatoes with juice
2 roasted red peppers
(jarred is fine)
2 cups water
2 cups white wine, any kind
1 Tbsp. hot pepper sauce
(such as Tabasco)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. dried thyme
1 package frozen chopped
spinach, thawed and drained
1/2 cup half-and-half
Combine oil, onions and garlic in a
large pot over high heat. Cook, stirring
often, until onions are softened. Add
the bay leaf, tomatoes, red peppers,
water, wine, salt, pepper and thyme.
Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to
simmer and cook for one hour. Allow
the soup to cool for 15 minutes before
blending or processing (in batches)
until soup is nearly smooth. Return
soup to the pot and season to taste
with salt and pepper. Stir in the spin-
ach. Remove bay leaf and heat before

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yellow split peas, rinsed and
any pebbles removed
8 cups vegetable broth or water
3 Tbsp. olive oil
3 cups chopped onions
2 cups chopped carrots
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. dried thyme
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Combine peas and broth in a large
pot over high heat. Bring to a boil,
cover, reduce heat and simmer for 1 1/2
hours, until peas are tender.
In a separate large saucepan, heat
oil, onions, carrots and garlic over
medium-high heat. Cook, stirring
frequently, until the onions are begin-
ning to color, about 10 minutes. Add
the turmeric, thyme, salt and pepper
and cook for 5 minutes more. Add the
cooking split peas. Season the soup to
taste with additional salt and pepper.
Serve hot. Makes 8 servings.

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Medical Organization have
discovered that it is possible
to remove stem cells from a patient's
bone marrow, to isolate these cells
under special conditions and to gen-
erate new cells. This treatment, still
in the research stage, has been tested
on 25 neurological patients suffering
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tion in the patient's body.
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neurologist at Hadassah and the
director of the new Multiple Sclerosis
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the University of Athens, and Professor
Shimon Slavin, the former director
of the Department of Bone Marrow
Transplantation (BMT) and the BMT
Laboratory at Hadassah.
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research included studying the effec-
tiveness of stem cells in laboratory
animals. We found that stem cells from
bone marrow can reduce cerebral
damage and improve the animal's
functioning:' Karussis said. "Most of
the patients who underwent this pro-
cess report an improvement in their
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