Donald H. Harrison

Kosher certificate for morning sickness pill

ROSEMONT, Pennsylvania (Press Release) — Duchesnay USA has received Kosher and Halal certifications for Diclegis® (doxylamine succinate 10mg and pyridoxine hydrochloride -vitamin B6– 10mg) delayed-release tablets, the only FDA-approved prescription treatment for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), more commonly known as morning sickness. Diclegis also received Kosher for Passover certification and confirmed as gluten, lactose and tartrazine

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Science, Medicine, & Education

U of Haifa offers course on anti-BDS techniques

  HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–For the first time in academia, the University of Haifa has launched an academic course to combat the delegitimization of Israel on the Internet. The ‘Ambassadors Online’ Program, offered by the University’s Department of Multi-Disciplinary Studies as a four credit course, prepares students to be unofficial “ambassadors” for Israel on the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Art collector wants paintings returned to Jewish families

MUNICH, Germany (WJC)–Cornelius Gurlitt, the reclusive octogenarian hoarder of art whose father was a prominent art trader during the Third Reich, said through his lawyers that he would return paintings in his trove to their Jewish owners or their descendants if the art works had been looted by the Nazis. Gurlitt’s lawyers are currently in

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International

Murder victim’s sister tells pain over prisoner release

By Michal Luz JERUSALEM – Amid conflicting reports on the Israeli government’s intentions to release the fourth wave of Palestinian terrorists as part of peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, families of terror victims have not lost hope in their fight against what they believe is a destructive move for Israel, physically and morally. Protesting

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: March 27, 2014

Israeli soldier lightly wounded in Jerusalem stabbing attack (JNS.org) An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded Thursday morning when he was stabbed in the leg by unknown assailants in Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood, Israel Hayom reported. Magen David Adom paramedics transported the soldier Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus. Passersby who saw the incident said there were two or

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International

U of Michigan BDS debate rife with anti- Semitism

By Asaf Romirowsky PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — After hours of discussion and debate, the Central Student Government (CSG) at the University of Michigan reversed the indefinite postponement of the BDS resolution and subsequently voted to not pass it during a 6-hour meeting in a 25-9 vote on Tuesday, March 25.  During the entire process, hundreds of students lined

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Former Lutheran bishop says Luther’s writings ‘horrible’

HANOVER, Germany (WJC) — Margot Kaessmann, the former head of the Protestant and Lutheran Churches in Germany, says that her church had been complicit in fostering anti-Semitism in Germany since the times of Martin Luther. Kaessmann called Luther’s 1543 pamphlet ‘About the Jews and their lies’ “horrible” and wrote in an opinion article published by

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International, Jewish History

ADL protests Saudi denial of Wilner’s press credentials; AJC wants Obama to ask kingdom to stop teaching hate

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 26,  voiced deep concern over Saudi Arabia’s denial of a request from the Obama Administration for a visa to be issued to Michael Wilner, an American reporter for The Jerusalem Post accredited to the White House, so he could accompany the president on his

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Middle East, USA