Donald H. Harrison

UNDP Chief Helen Clark views Israeli innovations

CAESAREA, Israel  (Press Release)–Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has begun her first visit to Israel and participated Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, in the  ID² – Israeli Designed International Development, the young entrepreneurs’ conference held in Caesarea, organized by the Schusterman Family Foundation and sponsored by MASHAV and Tel Aviv University. […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

RJC finds Malley appointment ‘deeply troubling’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Wednesday, Feb. 19, responded to the announcement that President Obama has appointed Robert Malley to serve as a senior director of the National Security Council, a powerful post inside the White House. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks stated: “We are profoundly disappointed to see Robert

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Middle East

David Dan Prizes awarded to Friedlander, Minsky

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust historian Prof. Saul Friedlander and artificial intelligence pioneer Prof. Marvin Minsky are among the winners of the 2014 Dan David Prize, which annually bestows three awards of $1 million each. The prizes are granted for “proven, exceptional and distinct excellence in the sciences, arts and humanities that

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: February 19, 2014

Series on NJ synagogue’s ties to poverty-stricken Kentucky town earns journalism prize (JNS.org) New Jersey Jewish News (NJJN) staff writer Johanna Ginsberg was announced as the winner of an annual award named after a distinguished Jewish journalist for her two-week series of stories on the relationship between the members of Congregation B’nai Israel in Milburn,

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International

BGU study: Organic farming may pollute groundwater

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)–Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), using specialized monitoring technology, have determined that intensive organic agriculture in greenhouses in Israel can cause significant pollution from nitrate leaching into groundwater. Public demand has led to the rapid development of organic farming in recent years to provide healthy food products that are

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish leaders weigh education, peace negotiations

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israeli Ministers Avigdor Liberman, Minister of Foreign Affairs;  Tzipy Livni, Minister of Justice and Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs, as well as Opposition Leader Yitzhak Herzog and Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat addressed leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in briefings Tuesday, Feb. 18,

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Middle East

Knesset members tour Nefesh B’Nefesh offices

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – The Knesset’s Committee for Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora, headed by MK Yoel Razvozov visited Nefesh B’Nefesh offices on Tuesday morning, Feb. 18. The committee toured the various departments of the organization and was able to experience the organization’s activities to encourage and increase Aliyah from North America firsthand. Various options to

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Middle East

Chesed Home: safety, yiddishkeit for mentally ill

By Donald H. Harrison ESCONDIDO, California –Now six months into operation, Chesed Home at Hope Village currently serves three residents with mental illnesses and has room for three more. Until recently there were five residents in the Home but two recently “graduated” to independent living units on the same residential property operated by Hope Village,

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Donald H. Harrison

Mother tells of tot’s coma following rock-throwing

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –The five Palestinian suspects arrested in connection with the rock attack that left three-year-old Adele Biton from the Yakir community in critical condition nearly one year ago, heard from Adele’s mother during their trial last Thursday, February 13. In March 2013, three-year-old Adele Biton was critically injured following a Palestinian

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Middle East

Tel Aviv University receives 2 melanoma research grants

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Tel Aviv University researchers won two out of three prestigious melanoma research awards granted this year by The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) and The Saban Family Foundation. The Team Science Awards are the centerpiece of the MRA research fund, which seeks to promote transformational melanoma research for swift clinical implementation.

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