crowdfunding

Research for medical rarities — done with a kickstart

2015-03-13

By: Federation

On: March 13, 2015

In: Israel: To Your Health

By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Columnist This latest research study from Tel Aviv University is pioneering because it’s one of a handful of studies in the world to have successfully used crowdfunding to finance the research. The study is also counter-intuitive and atypical because TAU scientist, Dr. Noam Shomron, theContinue Reading

Helping people survive and helping people sleep

2014-10-13

By: Federation

On: October 13, 2014

In: M.O.T.: Member of the Tribe

By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Steve Schwartz initially emailed me to say he’s “a Member of the Tribe who has found himself living and working with plenty of different tribes.” He might be referring to moving around a lot in the Midwest as a child before his family settled inContinue Reading