Science, Medicine, & Education

Six Israeli professors heading for San Diego

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (SDII) announced on Wednesday that in the 2018-2019 Academic Year, six Israeli visiting professors will teach 17 classes on modern Israel on San Diego university campuses. “By bringing Israel studies to campuses, we can significantly help change the dialogue,” commented SDII directorn Susan Lapidus. […]

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Business Wire founder donates $10 million to U of Haifa

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)— University of Haifa on Wednesday announced it has received a $10 million donation from well-known American philanthropist, Lorry I. Lokey, for the construction of a new campus that will consist of at least four buildings located throughout the Port of Haifa and the city’s downtown area. Lokey, the founder of Business

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Action demanded against Columbia professor

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF)-Columbia/Barnard Chapter sent a letter May 29  to Columbia President Lee Bollinger expressing concern at the university’s failure to investigate the recent anti-Semtitic actions of Professor Hamid Dabashi who teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS).  The letter was signed by over 30 faculty and

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Youthful passion shines at Broadway Awards

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — twenty high school students competed in the 5th annual Broadway San Diego Awards: Celebrating Excellence in High School Theatre On Sunday night, May 27.  The two winners each receive a check for $1,000 toward a scholarship and a chance to go on to the national Jimmy Awards on Broadway.

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Campus disruption of pro- Israel meeting protested

By Joyce Craig and Michele Gendelman LOS ANGELES — The SJP/BDS disruption of the May 17, 2018 meeting of Students Supporting Israel (SSI) was intolerable, and those responsible deserve the strongest condemnation: the SJP and pro-BDS anti-Zionist students violated the First Amendment rights of the attendees, drowned out any attempts at response by using the

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300 women protest gender gap in health care

NEW 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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BGU offers graduates micro- grants

BEER-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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Tel Aviv scientists report step in ALS fight

TEL 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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$400 million donors honored at Israel’s U.S. Embassy

  WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release)– At the Israel Embassy event Monday night in Washington D.C. marking Israel’s 70th Independence Day, American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) donors, Howard and Lottie Marcus, were posthumously honored among the top 10 of 70 Americans who have made a uniquely valuable contribution to Israel and its alliance

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Four universities where Jewish students are at risk

SANTA CRUZ,  California (Press Release) – Students at Columbia University, New York University, Syracuse University and University of California Irvine are deploying a repeated and deliberate strategy to create a hostile climate for Jewish and Zionist students and, in turn, suppress any and all pro-Israel expression on campus. Today, more than 60 education and civil rights organizations

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