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September 13, 2025, 10:33 pm
Ride for a cause: Support ALYN Hospital’s Wheels of Love this November
How a global community of cyclists turns every mile into life-changing care at Jerusalem’s world-renowned pediatric rehab center – ALYN Hospital
By Marcela Homsany of American Friends of ALYN Hospital
Participants in the 2024 Wheels of Love charity bicycle ride. (courtesy ALYN Hospital)
November 19, 2024, 8:35 am
Dedicated to fallen soldier, Wheels of Love charity bike ride crosses finish line again
24th Annual benefit event for ALYN Hospital in Jerusalem, canceled last year in wake of October 7, held in honor of Sgt. First Class Yakir Hexter, a devoted volunteer
By Gavriel Fiske
The Grumpy Roadsters, a group of New York City bike riders doing their Alyn hospital fundraising ride for 2020 in the Berkshires of Massachusetts this year, rather than in Israel (Courtesy Alyn)
October 30, 2020, 8:40 am
Alyn riders keep wheels close to home as rehab hospital renovates for COVID-19
This year’s Wheels of Love fundraising ride takes place worldwide rather than in Israel, still helping kids’ rehab center raise funds
By Jessica Steinberg
Microsoft's Yaron Galitzky, right to left, with 12-year old Lina, Dr. Maurit Beeri, Director General of ALYN Hospital, and Arie Yekel-Melamed, who manages the hospital’s innovation initiatives (Courtesy)
July 19, 2020, 3:20 pm
Microsoft, Israel’s Alyn adapt Xbox to help kids with disabilities get treatment
Yaron Galitzky, general manager of Microsoft Accessories, spends a day tweaking the Xbox Adaptive Controller to suit the needs of rehab hospital kids
By Shoshanna Solomon
Dr. Eliezer Be'eri of the ALYN Hospital in Jerusalem treating a baby (Courtesy of ALYN Hospital)
February 19, 2020, 2:45 pm
Israeli device could help treat coronavirus patients in China
Developer from Jerusalem’s ALYN hospital says CoughSync shortens patients’ time on a respirator by automatically simulating a cough; manufacturer has asked for Beijing’s approval
By ToI Staff
Meital Weiss, a paraplegic and regular rider in the annual Alyn bike ride, November 10-14, 2019 (Courtesy Atara Weiss)
November 12, 2019, 1:45 pm
With sparkly crown atop helmet, biking bat mitzvah girl goes all in for Alyn
Handbike rider Meital Weiss, paralyzed from the waist down, marks her upcoming 12th birthday by joining 500 other riders in the 20th annual Wheels of Love fundraiser
By Jessica Steinberg
Children working on a prototypte with their team at the ALYN Hospital make-a-thon held on April 2, 2019 (Federico Maccioni)
April 10, 2019, 11:38 am
Tech teams at Alyn Hospital hack big health ideas for small patients
At medical center’s annual make-a-thon, tech experts, entrepreneurs and medical professionals work to develop assistive technologies for children with disabilities
By Federico Maccioni
Thala works in the garden with the devices created by Alyn hospital in Jerusalem to help her hold on to the tools (YouTube screen shot)
July 5, 2018, 6:15 pm
Thala becomes a gardener, and other out-of-the-box treatment at ALYN kids rehab
At Israel’s only pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation facility, creativity and dedication drive highly innovative and personalized care
By Ariella Gentin
Eight-year old Yussuf wanted to eat independently but couldn't; so the Pele program at Alyn Hospital developed a device to help him do just that (YouTube screen shot)
June 17, 2018, 1:12 pm
The 8-year-old who can now eat by himself, and other rehab-tech success stories
A team at Pele, the innovation program at Jerusalem’s ALYN Hospital, came up with a solution that combines an aluminium frame, a spoon, a wheel, and a big smile from Yusuf
By Shoshanna Solomon
Hamdi and Maria Aman smile in their home in the Beit Safafa neighborhood of Jerusalem on August 23, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
September 4, 2017, 6:49 am
Gazan girl paralyzed by Israeli airstrike lives and paints in Jerusalem
Maria Aman lost four family members in the 2006 bombing that left her in a wheelchair; now she depends on her father and brother, who are battling for permanent residency status
By Judah Ari Gross
ALYN Hospital in Jerusalem develops techologies to help children overcome physical limitations (Courtesy)
May 16, 2017, 12:20 pm
ALYN sets up tech center to invent new ways to help special needs kids
Facility will allow entrepreneurs to work on assistive technologies with experts and patients at Jerusalem rehab hospital
By Shoshanna Solomon
Hackers at a Tikkun Olam Makers makeathon at Alyn Hospital in Jerusalem, March 15, 2016 (Courtesy)
March 20, 2016, 5:03 pm
Alyn hospital hackers seek to remake the world for disabled
Israel’s biggest rehabilitative hospital for kids kicks off its new ‘maker lab’ project with a hackathon to develop new tech to help handicapped kids
By David Shamah
Gefen Feiller and her siblings performed at a fundraiser for Kids Kicking Cancer on November 10 (Courtesy)
November 16, 2015, 5:09 am
How martial arts help kids with cancer kick the pain
Founded by a rabbi in Detroit, Kids Kicking Cancer has expanded to 5 Israeli hospitals, where children learn to punch back at their helplessness
By Simona Weinglass
Yochai Ohayon
November 9, 2015, 3:55 pm
Yochai Ohayon
The day the smile wouldn’t leave my face
Blood, sweat, rain, and a totaled bike couldn’t put a damper on a joyous ride for a good cause
Koos Wever, a Dutch native who has been living in Israel for 25 years, on the annual Alyn Hospital bike ride (Courtesy Koos Wever)
April 18, 2015, 9:29 am
A bike ride through history
Koos Wever, whose non-Jewish grandfather hid Jews in Holland, will trace what he knows of his final journey
By Jessica Steinberg
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