Donald H. Harrison

Wikileaks founder complains his Jewish financial support drying up

LONDON (WJC)–The founder of the controversial internet platform ‘WikiLeaks’, Julian Assange, has accused British journalists of a “Jewish conspiracy” against him, to deprive him of funds by Jewish donors. The accusation came in remarks published in the British magazine ‘Private Eye’, which was reporting on a phone call Assange made to the magazine’s editor two

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Travel and Food

Microphages speed messages of infection relief to other parts of body

HAIFA (Press Release)–Immunological research at the University of Haifa, Israel, has made a new breakthrough, revealing a critical component in the “decision-making” process of white blood cells that play a role in the healing process from bacterial inflammation. “The process that we have discovered can assist in the development of drugs that are based on

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish peoplehood, not religion, should be basis for right of return

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Is Jewish identity primarily national or religious? Though Judaism is, indeed, a combination of both (Jewish civilization, as Mordechai Kaplan called it), Zionism has put nationalism before religion. Being a Jew in Israel is much more being a member of the Jewish people than of the Jewish faith. The so-called conversion

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Travel and Food

United for Israel FB page attracts over 100,000 friends

 BET SHEMESH, Israel (Press Release)– ‘United with Israel’, a grass-roots pro-Israel organization started by American Jewish families living in Israel, has become the fastest-growing pro-Israel Facebook page on the web. In less than 3 months it has experienced explosive, viral growth, increasing its fan base by over 100,000 people. Israel supporters from all over the world have been joining

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Middle East

ADL denounces Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic campaign

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Tuesday that anti-Semitism was “front and center” at the Nation of Islam’s annual meeting near Chicago, and that the organization and its longtime leader, Louis Farrakhan, continue to engage in a targeted campaign against Jews. Minister Farrakhan’s February 27 keynote address featured a range of conspiratorial

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USA

Rabbi Martin S. Lawson to retire from Temple Emanu-El in 2012

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release)– Rabbi Martin S. Lawson has announced his plans to retire as spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El on June 30, 2012.  “Although we are sad to see Rabbi Lawson leave in sixteen months, we will have been blessed with his spiritual leadership for 36 years,” said the congregation’s president Aaron Cohn.  A

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Travel and Food

Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School names Cohen as principal

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Soille Hebrew Day School has announced that this summer  Rabbi Meir Cohen will join its  administrative team as the school’s Principal.  “He is a brilliant, warm educator who is passionate about improving the lives of students, both academically and personally,” according to Rabbi Simcha Weiser, the headmaster. “Rabbi Cohen has succeeded in

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Travel and Food

‘Broken Glass’ tells of fearful Jews … in America

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES – Phillip Gellburg keeps insisting that he worships and adores his wife Sylvia, yet he hasn’t made love to her in more than 20 years.  “You gradually give up and it closes over you like a grave,” he says.  Further, he hates the fact that he is Jewish and devotes himself to “passing” for Gentile, yet he asserts,

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Cynthia Citron

100 U.S. & Canada college grads sought to teach English in Israel

NEW YORK (Press Release)– One hundred exemplary North American college graduates will be chosen to teach in underprivileged communities in Israel for a 10-month service program in May 2011, Masa Israel Journey announced today.  In order to address Israel’s educational inequity and the widespread underperformance of youth in low-income communities, Masa Israel Journey and the Israeli Ministry

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Science, Medicine, & Education