Donald H. Harrison

Hockey player claims anti-Semitism om Anaheim Ducks organization

ANAHEIM, California (WJC)– Jason Bailey, a professional US ice hockey player, is suing the NHL team Anaheim Ducks in court, claiming that coaches of one of its affiliate teams subjected him to harassment and anti-Semitic remarks. The 23-year-old is seeking damages in court from the Ducks, the Bakersfield Condors and the two coaches, Martin Raymond

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Travel and Food

Researcher says fibroblasts can both hinder and aid cancer growth

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The most common connective tissue cell in animals is the fibroblast, which plays an important role in healing wounds. But Dr. Neta Erez of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine has now demonstrated that fibroblasts can also do a body great harm, helping to ”recruit“ immune cells for tumor growth.

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Reaction to leaks on Palestinian street show readiness for peace with Israel

By Rabbi Dow MarmurJERUSALEM–Ron Ben-Ishai is a distinguished Israeli journalist specializing in defense issues. His recent op-ed piece on Ynet about the leaks around Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with Abu Mazen, the president of the Palestinian Authority, and his crew when Ehud Olmert was prime minister of Israel is noteworthy. Alluding to the biblical story about Balaam

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Middle East

Television coverage of terrorism, violence demoralizes viewers, study finds

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Viewing TV coverage of terrorist events causes deterioration of psychological resources, such as commitment and a sense of success, and to feeling threatened, which in turn can also lead to loss of resources and other negative effects. This has been found in a new study at the University of Haifa. “Mass media

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Travel and Food

Plenty of laws already on books to punish violence against federal employees

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In the aftermath of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords,  Judge John Rule and others in Tucson, the Congressional Research Service has compiled and published  a list of laws already on the books punishing violence against federal officials.  * Preceding based on material provided by Congressional Research Service

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USA

President Obama seeks new bipartisanship, economic innovation

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union message on Tuesday evening, before a packed joint session of Congress in which Republicans and Democrats sat interspersed rather than across the aisle.  Here is the text of the President’s remarks: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow

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USA

Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv subject of Oscar-nominated documentary

TEL AVIV (Press Release)–Nominated for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Strangers No More tells the amazing story of the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv. Bialik Rogozin brings together children from 48 different nationalities and diverse – and often difficult – backgrounds to learn in an open, humanistic and peaceful environment. Strangers No More follows several

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Travel and Food

Is British Intelligence the hidden instigator of the so-called ‘Palestine papers?’

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON,  D.C. –In an interesting juxtaposition, right after Monday’s  JINSA Report about the importance of temperate and truthful words, al Jazeera and The Guardian (UK) announced that leaked documents prove Abu Mazen and Saeb Erekat made far reaching peace proposals to Israel during the left-wing government of Ehud Olmert including Jewish sovereignty over

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Similarities found between psychopaths and people with frontal brain injuries

HAIFA (Press Release)–People diagnosed as psychopathic have difficulty showing empathy, just like patients who have suffered frontal head injury. This has been shown in a new study from the University of Haifa. “Our findings show that people who have psychopathic symptoms behave as though they are suffering frontal brain damage,” said Dr. Simone Shamay-Tsoory, who

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Science, Medicine, & Education

U.S. says Israel’s report on Gaza Flotilla “impartial”

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Israeli public commission investigating the deadly raid by IDF soldiers of a Gaza-bound Turkish ship had conducted an impartial investigation, a US official said on Monday. The first part of the panel’s report, which was released on Sunday, found that the Israeli soldiers who took part in a raid on the

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Middle East

A bissel this, a bissel that–San Diego Jewish news and chatter

(Column 12, January 24, 2011) *  Compiled by Donald H. Harrison   _______________________ Jewish organizations ________________________ Robert Zweiman, past national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, had an article in the January 20 issue of The Forward explaining his organization’s lawsuit against the Christian cross atop Mount Soledad.  http://www.forward.com/articles/134845/ * The Anti-Defamation League’s multi-media Holocaust

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