More than 150 American Israeli health care providers gathered at the Beverly Hills home of Dr. Said and Jila Rahban on Dec. 3 to hear talks by distinguished Israeli physicians. Speakers included Dr. Tzaki Siev-Ner, director of the orthopedic rehabilitation department at Sheba Medical Center, and Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, a family health care practitioner based in Miami and author of “A German Life: Against All Odds, Change is Possible,” a memoir of the author’s journey to Judaism as the son of a decorated Nazi soldier. The event was organized by the American Israeli Medical Association (AIMA), a professional network for American health care providers seeking to maintain ties with Israel.

Supermodel turned supermogul Kathy Ireland has been named the international ambassador of Holyland Heroes, a new Friends of Sheba Medical Center campaign to raise awareness and support of wounded soldiers and victims of terror being treated at Sheba’s National Center for Rehabilitation.