Science, Medicine, & Education

Editor’s E-Mail Box: August 1, 2018 (5 items)

Congress adopts budget including funds for Israel’s defense   The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has commended the U.S. Congress for including important pro-Israel provisions in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. These critical provisions will help protect Israel against mounting security threats. The bipartisan measure

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 30, 2018 (3 items)

Schiff cites seven California races crucial to Democrats U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Los Angeles) says the possibility of Democrats winning control of Congress largely depends on California, where seven seats now held by Republican incumbents are being targeted in the upcoming November election. Among these is the 49th Congressional District seat currently held by the

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 29, 2018 (3 items)

Police, Emergency Medical Services, practice in Tiberius responding to a terror attack Special Weapons and Training (SWAT) teams of the national and local police, augmented by United Hatzalah, Ambulance Merizan and other first responders, conducted a drill in Tiberius (Tevaria) last week in which they practiced responding to a terrorist attack on the city’s IDF

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Matanel – Gift of God — helps struggling Israelis

By Toby Klein Greenwald KFAR HAMACCABIAH, Israel — There is something humble and attractive about a foundation not naming itself after its founders, or main donors, but giving itself a Hebrew name that means “Gift of God.” I spent a glorious, mind-expanding day recently at the annual Matanel Israeli retreat in Kfar Hamaccabiah, where their

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein Greenwald, Travel and Food

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 26, 2018 (4 items)

Conference of Presidents objects to Palestine Authority leading U.N.’s G77 Group Arthur Stark, Chairman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations today expressed deep concern at the announcement that the Palestinian Authority will lead the biggest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations, known as

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 25, 2018 (6 items)

Lawfare Project moves against Holocaust denial posts on Facebook The Lawfare Project filed takedown notices this week against Facebook posts denying the Holocaust and containing anti-Semitic material, successfully leading to several posts being removed or blocked by Facebook in a number of countries. The Lawfare Project’s action followed controversial comments last week by Facebook’s CEO,

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 24, 2018 (6 items)

AIPAC rallies citizen support for U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 On July 10, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted in support of the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 (S. 2497). This legislation is expected to come to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as Wednesday, July 25. This

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Comic-Con lauds Lily Renée as women’s trailblazer

Story and photos by Marcia Tatz Wollner SAN DIEGO — Most people at Comic Con go to the Masquerade on the Saturday night of the five-night convention. But on Saturday evening from 8:30-9:30pm over 50 participants attended the program Lily. This shows their serious commitment to the comics industry, history, women in comics, and to

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Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti- Israel protestors at UCLA may face prosecution

(c) Edwin Black LOS ANGELES — It began as yet another frustrating example of a university refusing to take swift action in a case of aggressive disruption of a pro-Israel event. The belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel discussion occurred at the University of California-Los Angeles on May 17, 2018. That incident has

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 20, 2018 (5 items)

Anger over arrest of Conservative rabbi for officiating at a non-Orthodox wedding On the very morning of the day he was to drive to Jerusalem to participate at the President’s residence on a panel on Jewish diversity and unity, Conservative Rabbi Dov “Dubi” Haiyun was awakened by police in Haifa to be questioned about officiating

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 19, 2018 (3 items)

Ben-Gurion University develops new anti-malware methodology Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Malware Lab researchers have developed a new method to detect unknown, malicious emails that is more accurate than the most popular antivirus software products. Email messages are widely used by attackers to deliver dangerous content to a victim, such as attachments or links to malicious websites. “Existing email analysis solutions only analyze specific email elements using rule-based methods, and don’t analyze other important parts,” says Dr. Nir

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Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 18, 2018 (5 items)

American Jewish Committee disappointed in Israel’s new ‘Nation-State’ Law The American Jewish Committee (AJC) describes itself as “deeply disappointed” that the Israeli Knesset, with the active support of Prime Minister Netanyahu, adopted Wednesday the controversial nation-state bill. The measure passed the 120-member Knesset by a vote of 62 to 55, with two abstaining. It will

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 15, 2018 (4 items)

Ships of newest Gaza convoy to be seized, sold Shurat HaDin scored an unprecedented victory against the new Gaza Flotilla: obtaining a lien on the ships once they are seized by the Israeli Navy. The lien was brought on behalf of victims of Hamas terrorism who are holding unsatisfied judgments against the Palestinian terror group.

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