Yair Blumenfeld

Appreciate advances in fetal medicine, healthcare technologies, politics, economics, and a good cappuccino.

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

@StanfordNeo @StanfordChild The greatest fetal center team ever! And it’s not even close.

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

A transformative gift from a transformative innovator! https://t.co/o9uoEX4K3q

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

@adityaag Better than what kind of doctor? What specialty? What specialty would you get rid of and move to ChatGPT/Claude?

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

Despite these types of studies more than 90% of the Silicon Valley executives working on AI that I personally know are choosing concierge doctors for themselves and their family. They are paying thousands out of pocket for access and personal attention.

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

AI vs. doctors for diagnosis of >300 complex cases.

AI had 4x higher accuracy with 20% lower cost.

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

Many of us have colleagues at Soroka hospital or at the @WeizmannScience who were struck by ballistic missiles in the last 24 hours. If you want to help and don’t know how here’s a great way to support those helping folks on the ground. Thanks @benblumenrose for setting this up!

[Ben Blumenrose @benblumenrose]

Aid for Israeli families in crisis
A number of folks have asked me about what orgs are on the ground helping Israeli families repair homes, get food/supplies, etc. We're fundraising for 3 orgs doing the hard/thankless work.
I'll match up to the first $18,000. Link in comments.

[Columbia Jewish & Israeli Students ✡️🇮🇱 @CUJewsIsraelis]

🚨BREAKING: @Columbia has released its third Antisemitism Task Force Report, with the results of Summer 2024 campus climate survey. The report finds that in 2023-2024, "a majority of our Jewish students felt they were not accepted here because of their religious identity.”

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

A lot of folks want to help Israeli families dealing with the fallout of ballistic missile attacks but don’t know how. Strong work @benblumenrose in leading the way! Any little bit helps!

[Ben Blumenrose @benblumenrose]

Aid for Israeli families in crisis
A number of folks have asked me about what orgs are on the ground helping Israeli families repair homes, get food/supplies, etc. We're fundraising for 3 orgs doing the hard/thankless work.
I'll match up to the first $18,000. Link in comments.

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

And I can’t imagine being a Jewish faculty there either…

[StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites]

Imagine being a Jewish student at Princeton University and walking around campus seeing this …

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

The more Jewish academics hear “zionists go home!” on university campuses the more they will

[Michael Eisenberg @mikeeisenberg]

💥 IF YOU ARE AN ACADEMIC RESEARCHER, COME TO ISRAEL! 🇮🇱🇮🇱

700+MM NIS PLAN TO BRING ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS TO ISRAEL. DETAILS BELOW:

Today, Israel announced two critical programs to increase scientific research in Israel:

· OR (Light or Energy) - Targets star researchers at the peak of their careers who will come do research in Israel.
· Bereshit (Genesis) - Invites Young and promising researchers after their postdoctoral studies to do research in Israel

Structure and application:
a. The programs will be implemented by the Israel Science Foundation, headed by Professor Daniel Zajfman (former president of the Weizmann Institute). This is important. This will not be run by the government but rather an independent body with a world renowned academic at the helm.
b. Researchers will selected in a competitive process by an international selection committee.
c. A total of 23 new researchers will be selected annually in the two programs (as detailed below).
d. Total investment in the program is NIS 730 million over seven years.

OR (Outstanding Research) Program Details
The program is designed to bring back outstanding researchers at the peak of their careers.
1. 8 winners per year
2. Each winner receives a total of approximately NIS 1.5 million per year for 7 years. In the humanities, the award is slightly smaller.
3.Distribution of funds for each year: NIS 1.25 million will be granted through the Council for Higher Education as a research grant won by the researcher; NIS 250,000 will be granted as a personal absorption grant.
4. In total, the researcher receives approximately NIS 10.5 million during his entire period, which will be used for research and living stipend. The researcher can receive other grants as well.

Structure of the Bereshit (Genesis) Program:
The program is designed to bring back leading postdoctoral fellows who have completed their studies abroad to research institutions in Israel.
1. 15 winners per year.
2. Each winner receives NIS 800,000 per year for five years. Of this, a research grant of NIS 700,000 per year and a personal grant of NIS 100,000 per year.
3. In addition, the winners receive (according to research needs and approval of the selection committee) a one-time equipment grant of an average of NIS 1.3 million (total budget of NIS 20 million in a given year).
4. In total, on average, a researcher receives NIS 5.3 million over five years.

Kudos to Noam Dan of the Finance Ministry and Finance Minister @bezalelsm for pushing this through. Well done.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

A powerful letter from Jewish students at @Columbia which provides helpful perspective on how it is to be a Jewish student on campus today.

[Bianna Golodryga @biannagolodryga]

Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), begins tomorrow night.
“The same Israeli restaurateur whose kosher Upper East Side cafe was subjected to back-to-back antisemitic attacks saw another one of his eateries defaced with swastikas this week.” https://t.co/1EXq3Gh5Ft

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

Look at the pure joy of these @penn faculty. What do you think they do when they encounter Jewish applicant files when they sit in faculty recruitment and student admissions committees?

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Nothing to see here. Other than @penn professors smiling at the same encampment with a PFLP flag…

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

This is what happens out in the open. Imagine what happens behind closed doors when these faculty and students sitting on university admissions and faculty recruitment committees encounter Jewish applicants.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

US College Campuses in 2024:

Not parody:

‘Sorry, Jews aren’t welcome here”

[Yair Blumenfeld @yblumenfeld]

In 2013 @sherylsandberg published “Lean In” and everyone invited her for a talk. She now launched “Screams Before Silence” detailing the atrocities committed against hundreds of women on Oct 7th. Not a single invitation or screening by any OB dept, women’s group, @acog @MySMFM 🦗

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“To watch ‘Screams Before Silence’ is to be disabused of any lingering doubts about what Hamas did,” Bret Stephens writes about a new documentary about sexual violence on and after Oct. 7.

Read: https://t.co/B669BG1bF9

[@jason @Jason]

Watch, as hard as it might be.

Just watch.

https://t.co/4L9j2kIr9Z

[Theo Baker @tab_delete]

.@Stanford’s encampment hosted the founder of SJP today, a man who has repeatedly promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories and supported violence. These tweets in 2017 were the subject of a dispute with his employer, @UCBerkeley.

[ימית מלול ינאי @YAMITYANAI1]

"הם אנסו ילדות"......

[Noam Blum @neontaster]

Have they considered arm bands?