By Jacob Gardenswartz PHILADELPHIA –For most of my life, I found the idea of “inspiration” to be nice but quixotic; it was something that happened to other people, artist or musicians maybe, but not to me. To students my age who spoke about how they were inspired to do X or Y, I gave a […]
Diller awards program inspires young Jewish leaders Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education, USANew resources for teaching about the Holocaust unveiled NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2015 — The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) and USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education on Nov. 16 launched the IWitness-CIJE Jewish Day School initiative. Held at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, New York, the
Never Again: Holocaust News for Nov. 20, 2015 Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — Of the many intellectual perversions currently taking root on college campuses, perhaps none is more contradictory to what should be one of higher education’s core values than the suppression of free speech. With alarming regularity, speakers are shouted down, booed, jeered, and barraged with vitriol, all at the
SJP trumpets ‘free speech’ for itself, not others Read More »
Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
–31st in a Series– Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ Melvin Garb Hillel Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The Melvin Garb Hillel Center, dedicated in October 2014, is a place for Jewish students to hang out, socialize, and make Jewish connections. Here, says Hillel’s SDSU’s campus director, Jackie Tolley, the students “engage in programs
I-8 Jewish Travel: SDSU’s modern Hillel Center Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego hosts Fern Siegel as its featured speaker at a Nov. 18 Dinner Forum. Siegel’s presentation will focus on the subject of mental illness in the Jewish Community, including her personal experience of living with a daughter diagnosed with schizophrenia. Mental illness
Mental illness subject of Beth Israel forum Nov. 18 Read More »
San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
–30th in a series– Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~Jewish Historical Society of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Room 363 of the Love Library at San Diego State University is the home of the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego, which lovingly preserves the written records and photographs of this county’s Jewish
I-8 Jewish Travel: Preserving local Jewish history Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
-29th in a Series- Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ SDSU President’s Office By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Elliot Hirshman already had obtained a degree in economics when he decided that instead of going to Harvard Business School he would apply instead for a PhD program in cognitive psychology at UCLA. His mother, Edna May
I-8 Jewish Travel: SDSU’s Jewish president Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– As student loan debt is reaching record proportions, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) will host a forum on college affordability. The forum, to be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10 at Griffin Gate on the Grossmont College campus, will bring together experts on higher education and
Rep. Susan Davis plans Nov. 10 forum on college costs Read More »
San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Downloading new software intimidates me, learning my new OS baffles me, and just about any gadget that vaporizes to the Cloud sends me running for cover. But as much as I try to maintain my Neanderthal status, technology won’t allow me to be a backward ostrich much longer. Thankfully,
AT SSDHDS, it’s not grandpa’s or dad’s science lab Read More »
Eva Trieger, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO–When it comes to living really well, many confuse doing so with looking good, feeling good, or having the goods. This leads people to chase after such goods as spray tans, plastic surgery, drugs, virtual friendships, the mansion, making and spending as much as they possibly can, and erroneously
Live your life really well Read More »
Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Diana Lerner SAN DIEGO — As a busy working mother with two active teenage boys, I know firsthand how challenging it can be to find time for fitness. By now, it’s common knowledge that regular exercise is essential for heart health. Science has shown that heart disease is preventable in nearly 82% of cases,
Before she knew it, she had walked 1,000 miles Read More »
San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
– 28th in a Series – Exit 10, College Avenue, San Diego ~ San Diego State University By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Before I even get started on this chapter, I want to acknowledge a debt to Lawrence “Laurie” Baron, a professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University, who also is my
I-8 Jewish Travel: San Diego State University Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — In what is yet more evidence that universities have become, at least where campus free speech is concerned, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” as Chester E. Finn Jr., a former Assistant Secretary of Education has described them, the Wesleyan University community has been undergoing collective
Free speech at Wesleyan for those with ‘proper’ ideas Read More »
Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Hadassah’s heart-health event on October 18th began with a brisk walk, led by Suki Lurie, along a canyon across from the Prybs Cardiovascular Center, near where “Girlfriends Take Heart!’ took place. The walkers returned to enjoy a heart- healthy breakfast, catered by Felicia G. This was followed by welcoming
Hadassah learns about heart healthy lifestyles Read More »
Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education