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Shahar Milfelder
Shahar Milfelder (Hebrew: שחר מילפלדר; born 17 September 1997) is an Israeli Paralympic medalist rower. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the PR2 mixed double sculls and won the bronze medal with her rowing partner Druze-Israeli Saleh Shahin. Early life Milfelder grew up in Moshav Beit Yitzchak in Israel. At the age of 15, she was diagnosed with a rare and violent bone cancer, and at the time was the only patient in Israel who suffered from it. She went to a hospital in New Jersey in the United States for radiation therapy, but the tumor returned after her treatments. She then underwent a 16-hour operation in a Manhattan hospital, in which half of her pelvis was removed. Initially, she had a special brace so she could walk with a walker, but in time she switched to crutches, and she now can move around with one crutch. She moved to Tel Aviv to be close to her training facility. She later volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces, and served f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer
Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer (, lit. ''House of Isaac – Hefer Gate'') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In Beit-Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer had a population of . History Historically, the territory of Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer formed part of northern fringes the Forest of Sharon, a hallmark of the region's historical landscape. It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak (Quercus ithaburensis), which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana, Ra’ananna in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent Agriculture, cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the Israeli coastal plain, coastal plain during the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation known from Hebrew literature, Hebrew sources. Beit Yitzhak was founded in 1939. According to a 1949 book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
