Donald H. Harrison

Toxins taken during pregnancy can turn baby’s genes off

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In the 1950s and 1960s, pregnant women with morning sickness were often prescribed the new drug thalidomide. Shortly after the medicine was released on the market, a reported 10,000 infants were born with an extreme form of the rare congenital phocomelia syndrome, which caused death in 50 percent of cases and

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel’s enemies deny, lie about, or exploit the Shoah

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. -For Palestinians, suffering — and sympathy for suffering — is a zero-sum game. Sympathy used up on the Holocaust means less for Palestinians in the territories. Even among Palestinian groups, while thousands suffer and die in Syria — most heinously starved in the Yarmouk refugee camp — Israelis joined relief

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Jewish History, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Israel boasts a beautiful park carved from trash

By Steve Kramer TEL AVIV — Did you know that metropolitan Tel Aviv has a park that is bigger than New York’s Central Park? Or, that the park’s most unique feature is a mountain of trash? That’s what you’ll find at recently opened Ariel Sharon Park, almost 2,000 acres of reclaimed land, located in Israel’s

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, The World We Share, Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: May 1, 2014

  Israel, U.S., Canada to hold joint aerial anti-terror drill (JNS.org) Israel, the United States, and Canada will hold a joint aerial exercise this summer to improve coordination in preventing terror attacks on civilian aircrafts, Israel Hayom reported. The exercise will be the first of its kind. Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said the drill would

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International

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 7, 1958, Part 1

Attention Family Historians:  If you would like a JPG photo copy from the Southwestern Jewish Press of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment

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Adventures in SD History

Cantor: White House focused on Benghazi emails, not on bringing murderers of 4 Americans to justice

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) on Wednesday, April 30,  released the following statement: “For nearly two years, Congress and the American people have sought answers to important questions surrounding the attack on our mission in Benghazi. For nearly two years the White House has sought to avoid answering those questions. Now we

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Middle East, USA

Conference vote on J Street was 22-17-3 to reject

By Alina Dain Sharon and Sean Savage/JNS.org NEW YORK– In what many observers will see as the de facto expression of mainstream U.S. Jewry’s outlook on J Street, the membership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Wednesday voted 22-17 (with three abstentions) to reject the membership application of the self-labeled

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

J Street rejected as Conference of Presidents member; failed to reach two- thirds vote

NEW YORK (Press Release)–After a lengthy and thorough process, the full membership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations convened to consider the application for membership submitted by J Street. The process included three meetings of the Membership Committee, including one at which representatives of J Street made a presentation and answered

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Jewish Religion, USA

Engel: Restructure U.S. overseas information program

  WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Wednesday, April 30, made the following remarks regarding H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act: “Unfortunately, our efforts to disseminate objective news to societies that lack a free media are not as effective as they

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International, USA

Senator Richard Blumenthal moves against sexual assaults on college campuses and in the U.S. military

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) – joined by U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) –on Wednesday, April

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Franken backs Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota.), a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, has put his support behind a bipartisan package of legislation to enhance hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreational opportunities iacross the country. On Tuesday, April 29, Sen. Franken cosponsored the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act, which combines several measures to help

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Levin cuts ribbon for Anne Frank exhibit at Capitol

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, on Wednesday, April 30,  participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for a traveling exhibition of the Anne Frank Center, which will be on display at the Russell Senate Office Building through May 9. Following are Levin’s remarks: “Today we celebrate the memory of Anne Frank, who at

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Jewish History