Donald H. Harrison

Computer model predicts cell toxicity

TEL AVIV (Press Release)–Like little factories, cells metabolize raw materials and convert them into chemical compounds. Biotechnologists take advantage of this ability, using microorganisms to produce pharmaceuticals and biofuels. To boost output to an industrial scale and create new types of chemicals, biotechnologists manipulate the microorganisms’ natural metabolism, often by “overexpressing” certain genes in the […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

ADL cautions military about proselytizing

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan. 29, highlighted the danger of proselytizing and harassment within the U.S. military and called for effective, uniform guidance promoting religious respect. The League submitted its statement to the “Religious Accommodations in the Armed Services” hearing before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  ADL

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USA

Haifa U receives Mediterranean research grant

HAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa was awarded a $7 million grant from the prestigious Helmsley Charitable Trust to establish the Helmsley Mediterranean Sea Research Center, a field that was recently thrust into the spotlight following the discovery of gas off the coast of Haifa. “The grant expresses a vote of confidence by one of

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel’s Cabinet tussles over Palestinians

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Sarah Netanyahu’s reputed objections to Naftali Bennett joining her husband’s government – after the near-spectacular success of Bennett’s Habayit Hayehudi party in last year’s elections – may have been vindicated, even though her opposition was personal and the present rift between the prime minister and Bennett is ideological and political.

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: January 29, 2014

Israeli-Palestinian conflict talks a ‘non-issue,’ says Ya’alon (JNS.org) The current U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations are a “non-issue,” Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Tuesday at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Tel Aviv. “The Palestinian subject is a non-issue,” Ya’alon said. “Behind closed doors the Palestinian issue does not even come up. In

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International

Upcoming highlights of the S.D. Jewish Film Festival

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 24th Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will open February 6-16, 2014.  Sponsored by Leichtag Foundation. The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases over 60 of the best contemporary Jewish

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Travel and Food

ADL a fan of Scarlett Johansson

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) On Tuesday, Jan. 28, welcomed the statement issued by Scarlett Johansson on her role as a spokesperson for the Israeli company SodaStream, and commended her “principled opposition” to the anti-Israel BDS movement. As a reaction to the recent SodaStream announcement that Johansson will appear in their new Super

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Middle East

AJCongress thanks House members

NEW YORK (Press Release) –Jack Rosen, president of American Jewish Congress has thanked Members of the House of Representatives who signed on to the bipartisan letter opposing the American Studies Association (ASA) vote calling for an academic boycott of Israel. “AJCongress is in full support of the Members who stand with those who believe in

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USA