Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish wisdom following a tough academic year

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Rabbi Devorah Marcus, spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El, told the graduating class of Community Jewish High on Tuesday evening that in the five years since their b’nai mitzvahs, she hopes that they gained more than Jewish information by attending the voluntary supplemental high school which primarily draws students

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Pitzer, Haifa reaffirm academic ties

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Pitzer College President Prof. Melvin L. Oliver reinforced his opposition to boycotting Israeli academia and his unwavering commitment to upholding the values of academic freedom at University of Haifa’s 47th Annual Board of Governors Meeting on Tuesday, May 28. Speaking in Israel for the first time since vetoing the vote

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Soille gala honors U.S. soldiers, Shoah survivors

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School honored two Holocaust survivors at a Memorial Day gala on Monday, May 27, with keynote speaker Elizabeth Robbins, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, spelling out the connection. “I think Rabbi [and Headmaster Simcha] Weiser picked the best possible day to honor Fanny

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Flu breaks out at San Diego’s migrant shelter

By José A. Álvarez County of San Diego Communications Office SAN DIEGO (Press Release)  — San Diego County Public Health officials are responding to an influenza outbreak among asylum seekers recently flown to San Diego from Texas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “We have identified individuals with flu symptoms and

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Funeral May 23 for Prof. Janet Brody Esser

By Lawrence Baron SAN DIEGO — Janet Brody Esser died early morning May 22 from cancer and injuries related to a recent auto accident. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she received her BA from the University of Iowa, MA in art history with an emphasis on anthropology and archeology from California State University, Long Beach,

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An inclusion award for Michael Phelps

BOSTON, Massachusetts (Press Release) — The Ruderman Family Foundation, an international leader in disability inclusion, presented its Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion to Michael Phelps at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, at the Four Seasons in Boston. Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was honored with the award in recognition of

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Anti- Semitic imagery at San Diego State University

By Peter C. Herman Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — On May 8, the Women’s Resource Center at San Diego State University sent out a newsletter featuring announcements for lectures, courses from the Women’s Studies Department, and other items of interest. But at the bottom of the email, a student inserted a poster-like image

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Scripps College, circa 1940: A wonderful education

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — After a long interlude, I am resuming where I left off regarding my life story… In the summer of 1944, I gave the graduation speech at Beverly Hills High School about coming to America as a refugee four years earlier, not speaking a word of English. In September

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UMich: Education, not politics, should guide decisions

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) — More than 80 organizations on Wednesday applauded the University of Michigan for its adoption of a Blue Ribbon Panel report that states that faculty should base decisions, such as letters of recommendations and other academic judgments “solely on educational and professional reasons,” never on politics. The panel was established after University

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Grossmont College vigils for Chabad victims

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori EL CAJON, California – The city of El Cajon boasts a large population of refugees from Iraq, with some estimates running as high as 60,000.  Behind Detroit, the city is said to have the second highest concentration of Iraqi Christians (Chaldeans) in the United States. 

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Physicians in ancient times warned against over- eating

A Mother’s Day Tip  By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The Greek Hippocrates (about 460–about 377 BCE) is the most famous of all physicians and is considered the father of medicine. Many people of his age, as well as for a long time after his death, considered medicine a part of religion,

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Israelis grow new skin for toddler burn victim from P.A.

RAMAT GAN, Israel (Press Release) —  After barely escaping a house fire that burned 50% of her small body, 18-month-old Shams Ismail was rushed from the Palestinian town of Rantis to Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer in Israel,where she received life-saving treatment in the hospital’s renowned National Burn Unit. With the care and innovative treatment

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