Donald H. Harrison

Insomnia may be a harbinger of back pain

December 17, 2014

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Having trouble sleeping? Then you are nearly one-and-a-half times more likely to eventually suffer from back pain, according to a new study conducted by the University of Haifa. “After controlling for a range of variables, including socioeconomic status and lifestyle issues, we came to the conclusion that insomnia is a marker for […]

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Olive oil used as early as 8,000 years ago

December 17, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The earliest evidence for the use of olive oil in the country, and possibly the entire Middle East, was revealed at an antiquities site in the Lower Galilee. Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority contend that olive oil was already being used in the country 8,000 years ago in

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Science, Medicine, & Education

North American aliyah to Israel grew in 2014

December 17, 2014

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Aliyah (immigration) to Israel from North America increased 7 percent in 2014 over the previous year, with 3,762 Olim from the U.S. and Canada, compared to 3,504 Olim in 2013, according to Nefesh B’Nefesh. A 6 percent growth in Aliyah from the United Kingdom was recorded during the same period, according to the

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Middle East, USA

Videos on India, Chanukah miracle promoted

December 17, 2014

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)—To our email basket come a variety of Chanukah promotions which correspondents would like us to share with our readers. We’re happy to pass on those that seem to have the best interests of our Jewish community in mind. For example, the producers of the movie, Next Year in Bombay, are offering a

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Travel and Food

Jewish leaders hail release of Alan Gross

December 17, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release) –“We are most pleased by the reports of the release of Alan Gross from imprisonment in Cuba and await his return to the Unites States,” said Conference of Presidents leaders Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, “We are especially pleased that he will be reunited with his

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International, USA

‘Whiplash’ piled up with acting talent

December 17, 2014

LOS ANGELES — Whiplash is a misleading name for this film. It conjures up deadly car chases and crashes and someone paralyzed for the rest of his life. But the actual film is a far cry from that kind of theme. Whiplash is a popular jazz piece written by Hank Levy, a composer/saxophonist who wrote

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Travel and Food

JNS News Briefs: December 17, 2014

December 17, 2014

Jewish contractor Alan Gross freed in American-Cuban prisoner swap (JNS.org) Jewish-American aid worker Alan Gross has been released from Cuban prison after five years, major media outlets reported Wednesday morning, citing United States officials. The U.S. secured Gross’s freedom in exchange for the release of three Cubans imprisoned in America. Gross, a subcontractor for

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International, Middle East, USA

Enjoy Christmas, but be secure as a Jew

December 17, 2014

By Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — I just finished loading my iPod with nearly three hours of Christmas music. I enjoy listening to Christmas music – especially the soppy, nostalgic stuff. I like the feeling of crisp, colder weather that the music reminds me of when I was a kid in New Jersey –

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Living with uncertainty can be habit forming

December 16, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Uncertainty is the human condition. Perhaps a bit more for the Jews than most others, but we’ve managed, most of the time, despite our worries. It ain’t all that bad. If we are uncertain, so are others, and we are not the weakest or the lowest in the pile. Governments

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Humoring the headlines: December 16, 2014

December 16, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The group that hacked SONY Studios has threatened to attack theatres that screen The Interview, a comedy in which Seth Rogen and James Franco are recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Without this publicity, the movie probably would have bombed without the help of terrorists.

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Miri Ben-Ari honored by AICF with Aviv award

December 16, 2014

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — In glitzy outfits with bling and cling, cascading auburn tresses framing her starlet face, the Israeli hip-hop violinist, Miri Ben-Ari, has climbed to a top spot in the world of pop music. Ben-Ari began classical violin lessons at the age of five, in Tel Aviv, winning scholarships from the

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Travel and Food

How Israel’s right and left frame Palestinian issue

December 16, 2014

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– It seems to me that the main argument of the Israeli Left is that international law and Jewish values offer the best protection for the country. Opposing this stance, the Israeli Right argues that military security and the survival of the Jewish people must be the primary guides of the

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: December 16, 2014

December 16, 2014

Hezbollah arrests Israeli Mossad spy that infiltrated its ranks (JNS.org) The Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah said an official in its external branch has been arrested for spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. The Mossad agent was part of Hezbollah Unit 910, which carries out operations against specific Israeli targets, and allegedly prevented such attacks, the

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Middle East, USA

Beinart says Israel needs 2-State solution

December 16, 2014

By Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO (Times of San Diego) — A leading scholar of modern Israel said the Jewish state’s future depends on the creation of a separate Palestinian homeland in the West Bank. “Every time Israel makes it harder to build a viable Palestinian state, we make Hezbollah and Hamas stronger,” said Peter

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Chris Jennewein, Middle East

Insomnia may be a harbinger of back pain

Olive oil used as early as 8,000 years ago

North American aliyah to Israel grew in 2014

Videos on India, Chanukah miracle promoted

Jewish leaders hail release of Alan Gross

‘Whiplash’ piled up with acting talent

JNS News Briefs: December 17, 2014

Enjoy Christmas, but be secure as a Jew

Living with uncertainty can be habit forming

Humoring the headlines: December 16, 2014

Miri Ben-Ari honored by AICF with Aviv award

How Israel’s right and left frame Palestinian issue

JNS news briefs: December 16, 2014

Beinart says Israel needs 2-State solution

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