September 2010

Natan Sharansky to headline Jewish Federation's celebration in San Diego

 SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Natan Sharansky, the former Soviet Refusenik who now serves as chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, will headline a community-wide celebration of Jewish Federation’s 75th anniversary of service to the commmunity. Sharansky will be featured during a free event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, October 28, at […]

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Travel and Food

Working the night shift may increase chances of cancer

HAIFA (Press Release)–A new study from the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research at the University of Haifa has found an additional link between Light At Night (LAN) and cancer. This research joins a series of earlier studies carried out at the University of Haifa that also established the correlation. “High power light bulbs contribute more

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Commentary: Why does State Department condemn Yosef's comments but not inflammatory statements by Palestinians?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — “We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by [Israel’s former Chief] Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. These remarks are not only deeply offensive, but incitement such as this hurts the cause of peace.” – State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley.   After years of officially sanctioned Palestinian anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement

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Travel and Food

Mitchell: Israel and Palestinians plan to meet every two weeks

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of a briefing by U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell on the new Middle East peace talks between Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: MR. PHILIP CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State in Washington, D.C. Today, we have successfully re-launched direct negotiations between

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Comments by Obama, Netanyahu, Mubarak, Abdullah and Abbas at start of peace talks

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– Following is the text of comments made Wednesday evening by U.S.  President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, and Jordan’s King Abdullah II to inaugurate the new round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good evening, everyone. 

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Middle East

The proposed Muslim community center may be fanatics’ Trojan horse

By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California–   My “Open Letter to Fareed Zakaria” has elicited many pertinent comments and questions. Rather than respond individually, I thought it better to tackle them in the aggregate and to publish this comprehensive response. The “Mosque Affair” has assumed national, even international, proportions. Since my “open letter,” more information

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Middle East

Lizards, like canaries in a coal mine, may be early warning systems for ecological change

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― Lizards are an important indicator species for understanding the condition of specific ecosystems. Their body weight is a crucial index for evaluating species health, but lizards are seldom weighed, perhaps due in part to the recurring problem of spontaneous tail loss when lizards are in stress. Now ecological researchers have a

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Obama: U.S. will 'push back' against Hamas terrorists

WASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release)– Following is a transcript of comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Ministr Binyamin Netanyahu following their meting on Wednesday, September 1,  at the White House. PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Hello, everybody.  Prime Minister Netanyahu and I just had a very productive discussion about our shared efforts to advance the

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Middle East

Strategic and tactical questions abound at start of peace talks

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Will they or won’t they? Who is “they?” There are several possibilities. The couple killed last night were well embedded in the religious settler community. Six kids, another one on the way, and related to one of the leading activists in the settler movement. While the crazies are trying to find olive

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Travel and Food

Netanyahu: Israel will punish those responsible for killing four Israelis

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is a transcript of comments made on Tuesday, August 31, by Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State prior to their formal meeting together in advance of the new Mideast Peace Talks: PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: We witnessed today a savage murder of four innocent Israelis. There are seven new

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