Donald H. Harrison

To improve workplace efficiency, employees need to have confidence in their tools

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― Employers are constantly looking for innovative ways to motivate their workforce.  “Self-efficacy,” a typical technique, involves improving employees’ confidence in their abilities so that they expect greater success. This motivates them to exert greater effort and leads to better performance. But according to organizational psychologist Prof. Dov Eden of Tel Aviv […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Nobel prize winners say anti-Israel boycotts and divestment hurt rather than advance peace

CHICO, California (Press Release) — Led by Nobel Laureates Roger Kornberg, Stanford University, and Steven Weinberg, University of Texas at Austin, 38 Nobel colleagues have endorsed the following statement written under the auspices of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) regarding worldwide attempts to boycott, divest from or sanction Israeli academics, institutions, and

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Middle East

Those who take ‘early retirement’ typically resentful, Israeli study finds

HAIFA (Press Release)–Workers who agreed to take early retirement were likely to not have considered that option if it hadn’t been for pressure at the workplace to do so. This has been revealed in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa that examined the significance of early retirement. “A policy of late

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Travel and Food

Study: Longer experiences in Israel lead to greater Jewish identification

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Participation in semester or year programs in Israel is directly linked to stronger Jewish affiliation and leadership – regardless of the Jewish background growing up, a study commissioned by Masa Israel Journey finds. Masa, a joint project of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israeli government which serves an umbrella for

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Middle East

Philosopher seeks inter-religious solidarity in place of fear

TORONTO (Press Release)–The non-specific call a few weeks ago to Americans and others to be vigilant when travelling in Europe sounded like a version of the classic telegram: “Bad news — start worrying — letter follows.” Or was it yet another way to canvass support for the “war on terror”? Perhaps there’s more to it.

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Travel and Food

Conference of Presidents, ADL denounce UNESCO resolution on Rachel’s Tomb

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations strongly criticized the resolution passed recently by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, in which it labeled the historic and sacred Jewish burial site of Rachel’s Tomb a mosque. “The UNESCO resolution is an affront to

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Middle East

The thin line between madness and genius was generational in James Joyce household

By Cynthia Citron   NORTH HOLLYWOOD — “Shakespeare was God, and so was my father,” Lucia Joyce says.   Then she adds, by way of explanation, “God comes down to earth and forgets who He is.”  Lucia (Meg Wallace), the passionate, obsessive daughter of James Joyce is eventually consumed by her desperate hunger for his attention.  He (Ian Patrick Williams), for his part,

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Cynthia Citron

There you go again, Jimmy Carter

By Abraham H. Foxman NEW YORK — It was only nine months ago that former President Jimmy Carter issued an open letter to the American Jewish community asking for forgiveness for the pain he had caused by his comments which may have stigmatized Israel.  Mr. Carter went on to imply that he would avoid in the

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USA

U.S. apparently has no idea what to do about Syria

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — If you think I’m exaggerating about the current administration’s cluelessness toward the Middle East just read the State Department daily press conference transcripts. Even journalists covering these events are often shocked by what they hear. Today’s topic is Syria, but it’s just an example and many others could be found. State Department

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Middle East, USA

Tel Aviv University scientists say cloud-seeding usually not effective for producing rain

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― In many areas of the world, including California’s Mojave Desert, rain is a precious and rare resource. To encourage rainfall, scientists use “cloud seeding,” a weather modification process designed to increase precipitation amounts by dispersing chemicals into the clouds. But research now reveals that the common practice of cloud seeding with

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Heartfelt condolences to our neighbors and cousins, the Chaldeans

  SAN DIEGO — It was horrifying to read about the wanton attack on a Catholic Church in Baghdad in which more than 50 people were violently slain and even more were injured. I’m sure I speak in behalf of the entire Jewish community in offering  heartfelt condolences to the large Chaldean community of San

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