International

UC tells student helpers ‘keep advocacy out of classroom’

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– Twelve Jewish advocacy groups applaud University of California (UC) Provost Aimee Dorr and UC administrators for protecting the well-being of Jewish students. The groups wrote to UC President Janet Napolitano in August after the 83-member joint council of UAW 2865, representing all the graduate student instructors, tutors and readers at the 9 teaching […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Genocide research endowed; first fellowship awarded

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– Margee and Douglas Greenberg have provided a gift to fund an endowed fellowship program at USC Shoah Foundation’s Center for Advanced Genocide Research, the newly announced research and scholarship unit of the Institute housed on the campus of the University of Southern California. The Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship is

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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

How rabies virus hijacks a body’s nervous system

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Rabies causes acute inflammation of the brain, producing psychosis and violent aggression. The virus, which paralyzes the body’s internal organs, is always deadly for those unable to obtain vaccines in time. Some 55,000 people die from rabies every year. For the first time, Tel Aviv University scientists have discovered the exact

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

FIDF announces new executives

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) announced the appointment of two new senior executives to lead the charitable organization as it expands for the future. The FIDF named Maj. Gen. (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir as National Executive Director, beginning September 16, and Alan E. Scholnick as Chief Executive Officer, effective August

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Middle East, USA

Dumanis hails enactment of 14 bills

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced Monday, Oct. 6, that 14 legislative bills officially sponsored or supported by her Office to better-protect public safety, hold offenders accountable and strengthen prosecution were signed by Governor Edmund Brown during this past legislative session.  The bills include specific penalties for sex offenders who cut

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USA

Swastikas at Emory University condemned

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Early Sunday morning, following the observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were discovered on the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity house at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. “This is the latest in a series of incidents on American campuses which should arouse universal condemnation

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

The kehilla, not politicians, shapes Israel’s true values

Editor’s Note:  Rabbi Dow Marmur, our correspondent who divides his time between Toronto and Jerusalem, shared with San Diego Jewish World this alternative analysis about the trends of Israeli society.   It is a long piece, which readers may wish to print out and read in their easy chairs. By Jim Lederman Dear Dow, I am writing

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Jewish History, Middle East

Ancient earthquake evidence at Galilee site

  HIPPOS-SUSSITA, Israel (Press Release) — Silent evidence of a large earthquake in 363 CE  — the skeleton of a woman with a dove-shaped pendant was discovered under the tiles of a collapsed roof by archeologists from the University of Haifa during this excavation season at Hippos-Sussita. They also found a large muscular marble leg

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

The troubles facing the U.S.-Israel alliance

By Benjamin Runkle WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the surface, nothing seemed amiss. President Barack Obama began his remarks prior to Wednesday’s bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by reaffirming “the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel, and our ironclad commitment to making sure that Israel is secure.” Prime Minister Netanyahu responded

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Middle East, USA

Israel angered by Swedish plan to recognize Palestine

JERUSALEM (WJC)– Israel has reacted angrily at last week’s announcement by the new Swedish government to recognize a Palestinian state. Aviv Shir-On, deputy director-general for Western Europe in the Israeli Foreign Minister, met with Carl Magnus Nesser, the Swedish ambassador to Israel, on Monday. Sweden is set to become the first major European country to

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International, Middle East

Israeli President visits Arab village during Eid al-Adha

  By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin made a festive visit to the northern Israeli town of Kfar Yasif near Acre, in honor of the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, which coincided with Yom Kippur this year. Rivlin took part in a main event which brought together hundreds of participants, among them local

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Middle East

Ben-Gurion U, IDF, others join cyber security initiative

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)—BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), EMC Corporation and Jerusalem Venture Partners recently announced the CyberSpark Industry Initiative, which will serve as a coordinating body for joint cyber industry activities with government agencies, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and academia. The initiative will promote and

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education