Medical Track Gets Non-Traditional!
Posted in Bat Yam, Medical Track, Photos, Video on 25. Jan, 2011
Shiri Akrish, Section 1 madricha
Last week, the medical track had our most recent adventure, an overnight experience up north designed to get us more in touch with our bodies in a non-traditional way. Around mid-day, we journeyed to Klil, a communal settlement near Nahariya. From a rainy, gloomy day in overcast Bat Yam to the greening north that stood out brightly on the grey day, … Read more
The Weizmann Institute Makes Science Interesting!
Posted in Bat Yam, Medical Track, Section 1 on 11. Jan, 2011
Shiri Akrish, Section 1 madricha
The medical track had their latest siyur on Sunday, this one to Machon Weizmann (the Weizmann Institute of Science). Machon Weizmann is one of the world’s leading multidisciplinary research centers, ranked this past year as the second best place in the world to work in academia among non-US institutions, according to The Scientist.
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Located in Rechovot, less than 30 minutes
Getting Healthy with Yoga
Posted in Bat Yam, Medical Track, Section 1 on 05. Jan, 2011
Shiri Akrish, madricha
It’s a new year and the medical track is back at it, learning about health and well-being. Monday morning, the group met at the Ulpan in the morning and took a mini-bus to a health center located in the port of Tel Aviv. Called the Derech Chaim (“way of life”) center, this health institute is affiliated with Clalit, one of the Israeli … Read more
Pediatrics, X-rays, and the Neonatal Unit
Posted in Jerusalem, Medical Track, Participant Stories, Section 1 on 18. Nov, 2010
Ariella Axler, Atlanta, Georgia
Dabbling in new fields of health care, the medical track recently took a trip to Hadassah Hospital … Read more on Mt. Scopus to tour various wards of the facility. We began our trip in the pediatric metabolic disease unit, where we met with Dr. Ariel Tennenbaum. He showed us the warm, child-friendly atmosphere, designed to create a comfortable environment for children with chronic
Medical Track Investigates Metabolic Disorders
Posted in Jerusalem, Medical Track, Participant Stories, Photos, Section 1 on 10. Nov, 2010
By Andrew Yolleck, Section 1 chanich, Monroe Township, NJ
Once again, the medical track’s participants paid a visit to the Hadassah University Medical Center. This time we were meeting with Dr. Stanley Korman, an endocrinologist from the Metabolic Disease department.
Instead of giving his originally planned lecture, he took us down a different path as he intrigued us with one of his patient’s stories from … Read more
The Medical Track Gets Healthy! (123…123…)
Posted in Jerusalem, Medical Track, Section 1 on 04. Oct, 2010
Last week, the Medical Track attended an interactive Sports Medicine lecture. The class took place at the Lerner HU (Hebrew University) Sport Facility and Hadassah Sport Medicine Center, a state-of-the-art gym facility used by professional Israeli athletes. Dr. Naama Constantini, the director of the Sport Medicine Center of Hadassah-Hebrew University, warmly welcomed our chanichim.
As we munched on energy bars and drank glasses of cold water in … Read more
A Sweet New Year at Hadassah Ein Karem
Posted in Medical Track on 19. Sep, 2010
Last week, the medical track went to Hadassah Hospital (Ein Karem), touring the various wards. It was an exciting first glance for those of us who will be volunteering at the hospital next month. One of the first reactions one has upon entering Hadassah Ein Karem is how little it actually resembles a hospital at all. The entrance is speckled with kiosks with smiling friendly salesmen and the sweet smells … Read more
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