By Gabriel Rochelle/JNS.org MESILLA, New Mexico — I was in one of those big boxes in another city, waiting for a prescription. After wandering around for a few minutes, I sat down across the aisle from the pharmacy on one of the benches kindly provided by the store. I was wearing my cassock and vest […]
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Jewish Religion, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — How often have you heard people say that someone is spiritual? I always wonder what they mean exactly, and when asked, no one has ever given me a satisfactory explanation until now. Dr. Dean H. Hamer, a geneticist at the National Institute of Health postulates in his
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Travel and Food
By David Bedein When the Pope visits UNRWA Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, he will see murals on the walls of a UN facility that glorify homicide killers who died in the act of murder. These pictures were photographed in Deheishe on May 10, 2014 A monument ALL OF PALESTINE hovers over Deheishe. Deheishe
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Middle East
By Josh Hasten/JNS.org Living in the fast-paced world of evolving mobile technology, two young Israeli entrepreneurs have invented what they hope will revolutionize the one device that they feel “got left behind” and seemed to miss the mobile revolution train: the printer. Tuvia Elbaum and Matan Caspi, both 29 and students at the
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Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– San Diego State University President Elliot Hirshman told graduates of SDSU’s College of Health and Human Services that they are prepared “no matter what the future brings,” reported the U-T’s education writer, Karen Kucher. “You have accomplished much here and you have the capacity to learn and to grow and to meet
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-After devoting most of its broadcasts to the search of Malaysian Flight 370, CNN shifted its coverage to Donald Sterling. Both stories deal with something that was flying high, veered off course, and came crashing down to earth. The only difference is that Sterling continues to emit pings. * Rabbi Yaakov
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India, with Narendra Modi of Gujarat set to become that country’s next prime minister, is being greeted with interest and curiosity in the United States. The White House said that President Barack Obama called Modi on Friday, May 16, to congratulate him on his
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International, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Hillel of San Diego is calling for volunteers to help distribute food to victims of San Diego County’s wildfires. Wendy Bryer, coordinator, may be contacted at wbryer@hillelsd.org The organization noted that while the Hillel House at California State College at San Marcos had to be evacuated, it was still clear of
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined several U.S. Senators and Representatives today in urging the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, to bring more fairness to struggling students by establishing clear standards of eligibility for “undue hardship” discharge of federal student loans in bankruptcy. In a letter sent by Congressman Cohen, U.S.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and City Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman announced on Friday, May 16, that there have been arrests for looting and arson as the storm of wildfires continue to burn, with one man dead and over 20,000 acres consumed in San Diego County. Dumanis and Zimmerman,
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
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Adventures in SD History
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama at dedication ceremonies Thursday, May 15, of a museum dedicated to the memories of victims and honor of first-responders after the 9-11, 2001 terrorist attacks. THE PRESIDENT: Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo, honored guests, families of the fallen. In those awful
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USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of comments made by Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Jerusalem on Friday, May 16, prior to their formal meeting. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Mr. Secretary, Chuck, welcome to Jerusalem. I’d like to express my deep appreciation and that of the people of
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– On the 60th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) celebrates the historic breakthrough in May 1954 and everlasting impact of that case and ruling. AJC Executive Director David Harris issued the following statement: “The ‘self-evident’ claim of the
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USA