LOS ANGELES (Press Release) —The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation announced the details of its third annual “Inspired by Israel” video contest, which it launched this week in partnership with the 12Tribe Films Foundation. Hosted on Israelvideonetwork.com, the contest will ask entrants to submit videos that entertain, educate and inspire people about Israel. A […]
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — As an American-born kid trying to absorb the full horror and magnitude of the Holocaust, I’d sit in a crowded baseball stadium and imagine the thousands of us being rounded up and marched to a concentration camp. Then, obsessively, I’d try to calculate how many spectator-packed stadiums it
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International, Jewish History, Joel H. CohenNEW YORK (Press Release) — Over three hundred women from across the country gathered last week for the second annual Women’s Health Empowerment Summit. The Summit, which took place on May 16 during National Women’s Health Week, advocated for women’s health to be a national priority. This year’s second annual summit, hosted by Hadassah, The
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABEER-SHEVA, Israels (Press Releaser) — Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) President Prof. Rivka Carmi has announced a $1 million BGU Entrepreneurship Fund (BEF), the first of its type established by an Israeli university. The student-led fund will provide students and recent graduates with micro-grants to jump-start innovative technologies and concepts. The Fund was announced
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study identifies a previously unknown mechanism involved in the development of Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The research focuses on a specific microRNA whose levels were found to decrease as a result of ALS-causing muscular mutations. The study highlights, for the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education© Oliver B. Pollak FRANKFURT, Germany — Flying in a jet for three hours or more, reading above the clouds, I encounter new and old ideas. I mark my books, take notes and write at 33,000 feet. Completely unmoored from landform and architecture, floating or hurtling at 560 to 615 miles per hour, is exhilarating. Karen
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International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A child who has suffered death is always to be mourned; the ruin of another is to be mourned, as well. The stories of Layla and Ammar Ghandour cannot be separated. And neither story can be separated from the vicious way Hamas uses children as both fodder and propaganda.
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenNEW YORK (Press Release) – In a letter to the Vatican, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has expressed profound concerns regarding the Pope’s announcement recognizing Cardinal August Hlond, the Polish Primate during World War II, as having “heroic virtues” – a stage towards being made a saint. Moving forward with the canonization process “will be
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Press Release) — StandWithUs applauds Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards who issued an executive order on May 22 prohibiting Louisiana state government from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. Louisiana proudly takes its place with 24 other states and numerous municipalities that have enacted similar legislation and executive orders. Edwards’ executive order specifically
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Middle East, USABy Jerry Klinger KETCHUM, Idah0 — The other day, Emily Sue, a dear friend from Spokane, wrote to me she was headed to visit her kin at their family’s Sheep Ranch in Howe, Idaho. She was planning on a side trip to the annual Trailing of the Sheep festival in Ketchum, Idaho. I had never
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Many people, including myself, have often wondered about the Russian strategy in Syria, now that the war is for the most part over. We all know that Assad is no boy scout; we also know that the ISIS fighters, who swelled the ranks of the rebels—are genocidal
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International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) –The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) adopted a resolution on Israeli-Palestinian coexistence authored and introduced by the Orthodox Union and the Union for Reform Judaism at JCPA’s annual conference in April. Throughout its history, JCPA has worked to advance peace and understanding between Israel and Palestinians. Committed leadership on both sides
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Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK (Press Release) — As the EU seeks to increase its influence in the Balkans, Russia and Turkey have been working hard to strengthen their own ties to the region. The EU’s renewed interest in its southern backyard has been prompted by fears of Moscow’s mounting impact in
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© Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — My academic introduction to Jewish cemeteries dates back to a paper delivered by Iowa State University anthropology professor David Gradwohl at the Missouri Valley History Conference in Omaha in the late 1970s. Ritual burial and respect for the dead are integral to the Jewish faith. Grave stones are
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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, USA