International

Bennet sponsors bill to better finance EMS services

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) on Thursday, May 22,  introduced a bipartisan bill with Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) to improve emergency medical and trauma care outside the hospital, often known as field emergency medical services (EMS). The bill provides incentives for field EMS providers to deliver a high quality of care […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

ZOA spends a day lobbying on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)-  Hundreds of activists from  23 states across the country, from California to Ohio, to New York, Pennsylvania and Florida, participated in the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)’s Annual Advocacy Mission to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 21.  Meeting with almost 100  Members of Congress or their legislative staffers, ZOA activists urged

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Middle East, USA

Rabbi Gutow joins Climate Change Summit

WASHINGTON, DC  (Press Release) — Rabbi Steve Gutow, President of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, was one of a diverse group of high-profile leaders including climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”, who joined more than 140 leaders from faith, business, health, education and communities to develop

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International, The World We Share, USA

Holecek heirs accept mom’s award as ‘Righteous’

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan (Press Release) – The late Dr. Maria Holecek was presented the award and title of “Righteous Among the Nations” in a ceremony hosted at the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus (www.holocaustcenter.org) in Farmington Hills, Mich. on May 18. “Righteous Among the Nations” is presented by the State of Israel to honor

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Jewish History, USA

Lokey lays corner stone for TAU graduate center

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — At a sweeping building site on the university’s award-winning campus, the cornerstone for the new Lorry I. Lokey Graduate Center at The Tel Aviv University Business School was laid on May 18. Lokey, a noted San Francisco philanthropist and founder of Business Wire, wielded a spade to enthusiastic applause from

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Action filed against Spain’s anti- Semitic Twitter users

MADRID (WJC)–Jewish associations in Spain have filed an official complaint after nearly 18,000 anti-Semitic messages were posted on Facebook and Twitter in response to Israeli basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv’s victory over Real Madrid last weekend. Twelve Jewish groups in the autonomous region of Catalonia lodged the legal complaint over the messages, which flooded onto

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International, Sports & Competitions

JNS news briefs: May 22, 2014

Israeli transportation minister proposes expansion of Jerusalem’s borders (JNS.org) Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) announced Thursday that he intends to promote a bill that would expand the borders of Jerusalem. “This week (May 28), we will celebrate Jerusalem Day, marking 47 years since the city was reunified,” Katz said, according to Israel Hayom. “This

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International

Ben-Gurion University honors four Californians

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) presented pioneering Holocaust historian and professor Saul Friedlander with a prestigious honorary doctoral degree at the 44th Annual Board of Governors Meeting in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Additionally, the university conferred honors on three other California residents: Cheryl Saban, Nahum Guzik, and James M. Breslauer. Saul Friedlander

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

AJC hails UCLA Judicial Board decision on Israel trips

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– AJC (American Jewish Committee) welcomes the UCLA Judicial Board decision that Lauren Rogers did no wrong by participating in an AJC Project Interchange educational seminar in Israel. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) had brought the action against the UCLA junior after the Student Council on which she served rejected a

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israel approves plan to double exports to China

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s ministerial committee on China affairs chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened Tuesday night, May 20, at the Prime Minister’s Office and approved a comprehensive action plan for advancing and expanding bilateral economic ties in order to double – within five years – Israeli exports to China, to approximately $

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International, Middle East