Avi Yorrish. May innovations be with you.

Avi Yorrish, entrepreneur and Middle East expert, shares stories of inventions that improve the lives of billions of people around the world – helping to feed the hungry, treat the sick, and save lives. These are stories of courage and persistence from inventors in medicine, agriculture, defense, and energy. They are also stories of a country that, while seeking solutions to its own local challenges, discovered innovations useful thousands of kilometers away from Israel. These include mobile paramedic teams that reach places conventional ambulances cannot, drip irrigation systems, deep brain stimulation technologies, and cybersecurity solutions.

The ancient concept of tikkun olam, which teaches that good Jews should help guide the world, takes on a modern meaning: finding solutions to complex medical problems, protecting the environment, and maintaining an active civic role.

For the heroes of this book – doctors, scientists, agronomists, botanists, engineers, Jews, Christians, and Muslims – “guiding the world” has become their primary mission.