LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Hillel of San Diego condemns the vile graffiti that appeared over the weekend on a sign announcing the development of the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center at UC San Diego. The graffiti, which reads “Fuck All You!” was discovered Monday morning by Hillel supporters. The Glickman Hillel Center
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — The first National Knowledge Center for the Study of Rare/Orphan Genetic Diseases has been established at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), in collaboration with Soroka University Medical Center and supported by the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology. The Center will advance research in rare genetic diseases by providing researchers with resources
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Twenty-five health care practitioners from around the world are currently taking part in a two-week course in dealing with Mass Casualty Situations (MCS) at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. They join more than 500 decision-makers and field personnel in the field of trauma from 61 countries have completed Rambam’s international
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
Editor’s Note: This is the 13th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 By Donald
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
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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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHAIFA, 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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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
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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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — On Friday May 25th, in California Superior Court, Judge Richard B. Ulmer, Jr. set a trial date of March 4, 2019 for a lawsuit brought by two Jewish students who allege that San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the Board of Trustees of California State University (CSU), discriminated against them.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy 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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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
BNEI BRAK, Israel (Press Release) — A few months ago, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Raphael Elihav Nachshoni was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Hashomer Street in Bnei Brak while he was on his way to respond to a medical emergency. Elihav was critically injured and came very close to death. The doctors who received
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy 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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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Alan Dershowitz was in Israel last week to attend the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem. As part of his trip, he visited the United Hatzalah headquarters in Jerusalem, an organization whose international board he sits on. Dershowitz isn’t the type of person who typically rides motorcycles. Yet, on
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW 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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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABEER-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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