International

Israeli Companies to Launch Drone Supply Network for Hospitals

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Israel is set to become the first Western country to establish an aerial drone medical supply network that will link its major hospitals. Behind the achievement are the Rehovot-based Gadfin aero-logistics company, which makes a unique unmanned aircraft that takes off and lands vertically, and folds out its wings to fly

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education

Southern California Mother Featured in First App Exclusively Tailored for Jewish Women

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Press Release) — Katie Roth of Los Angeles was selected as one of the dozens of Jewish women from around the world to share their story on Yomm, a website and complimentary app launched by the Momentum organization. Last week, Momentum, a global movement for Jewish mothers, launched its first mobile app and

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California, Israel, Jewish Religion, USA

Israel Greenlights Project to Document Holocaust Survivors’ Testimonies

(JNS) Israel on Sunday approved a proposal to allocate 3.5 million shekels ($1 million) toward documenting the testimony of Holocaust survivors worldwide. Addressing the final weekly Cabinet meeting of his government, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said, “Ten years ago, when I was finance minister, I was the driving force behind the decision to increase

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Holocaust, International, Israel

A Double Standard for Israel From Princeton’s Jew-Haters

By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D  At Princeton University, the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) has had a busy year of activism with the sole purpose of maligning, libeling, and questioning the legitimacy of Israel. In March, for example, the group sponsored a referendum that called on Princeton to “immediately halt usage of all Caterpillar machinery

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Israel, Opinion, Richard L. Cravatts, USA

Visiting Israelis Witness ‘Integrated’ Educational Experience at San Diego Jewish Academy

By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — Israeli representatives from the Sha’ar HaNegev region got a firsthand look at the American Jewish day school landscape last Wednesday as part of their six-day visit to San Diego. During a tour of the San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), Sha’ar HaNegev delegation member Tzachi Levy said he was struck

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Is Netanyahu Stuck?

By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s earlier indication that he could finish with his government in a couple of days isn’t holding. So far, he seems to have promised the Finance Ministry to Aryeh Deri, but Bibi’s promises are worth a wet tissue in a thunderstorm. There’s also a problem with

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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion

ADL Chief Denounces Reinstatement of Trump on Twitter

(JNS) Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on Sunday denounced Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s decision to reactivate the account of former U.S. President Donald Trump. “For @elonmusk to allow Donald Trump back on Twitter, ostensibly after a brief poll, shows he is not remotely serious about safeguarding the platform from hate, harassment and misinformation,” tweeted Greeblatt.

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USA

‘Goldene Medina’ Exhibit Provides Anecdotal History of South African Jewry

SAJAC President Pamela Nathan said the exhibit was created by the South African Jewish Museum which is located in the Museum Mile of Central Cape Town.  She said she hopes that American-born visitors to the exhibit “will get a slice of South African Jewish life.”  For members of San Diego’s sizeable South African Jewish community, “it is nostalgic because we grew up in it, but I am hoping that the children will be here because it is their heritage, their history.  When I make calls, I say ‘bring the kids, bring the kids.’” [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA