Science, Medicine, & Education

I-8 Jewish travel: Center keeps minds, bodies alert

-27th in a Series– Exit 10, College Avenue, JFS College Avenue Older Adult Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Older adults who seek a low-cost meal plus both intellectual and physical stimulation often drop by the College Avenue Older Adult Center operated by Jewish Family Service in space rented from Temple Emanu-El at 6299 Capri […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

CBI Men’s Club forum to focus on mental illness

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Men’s Club of Beth Israel will present Fern Siegel as its featured speaker at the 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 affects one in four

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

I-8 Jewish Travel: Young Israel of San Diego

-24th in a Series- Exit 9, Waring Road, San Diego ~ Young Israel of San Diego By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—“Rabbi” means “teacher” and Rabbi Chaim Hollander teaches Judaic Studies at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood and at Young Israel of San Diego in the San Carlos neighborhood,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

U.C. to debate anti- Semitism’s definition

By Ben Cohen/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org)– On Sept. 17, the Regents of the 10-school University of California (UC) system will discuss a statement of principles against intolerance. Alarmed by a rash of anti-Semitic incidents on UC campuses, a large number of Jewish scholars and activists have urged that the Regents adopt, in the context of their

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

I-8 Jewish travel: The doctor who pioneered HMO’s

-21st in a series- By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two of my grandsons were born at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital that towers over the intersection of Mission Gorge Road and Zion Avenue.  Given that the hospital’s address is 4647 Zion Avenue, I sometimes joke that these descendants were natural born “Zionists.” But no such flights

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

Jewish spirituality was focus of Yom Limmud

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Yom Limmud lived up to its name once more as some 400 participants, including Jewish educators and lay people, gathered to imbibe a day of Jewish learning on Sunday, August 30 at the Lawrence Family JCC. Jewish religion, culture and nationhood encompass such a vast spectrum, that it is difficult to include sessions

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Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education

Preparing Jewish schools for children with disabilities

By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi BETHESDA, Maryland — As someone with a disability myself, and who also knows what it means to parent a child with multiple disabilities, I’ve become an advocate for my children on so many fronts. Jewish education and involvement is no different. After all, when it comes to disability and inclusion issues,

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Positively Israel ~ September 2, 2015

By Michal Ordman NETANYA, Israel — I usually publicize the positive achievements of the Jewish State. This week, however, I want to illustrate that much of Israel’s work also goes into counteracting the negative side of life in the modern world. Disease prevention is a top priority of Israeli medical research. Israel’s Avraham Pharmaceuticals has

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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Catholic college fosters religious pluralism

  By Donald H. Harrison MORAGA, California –Prof. Barbara McGraw of Saint Mary’s College of California likes to tell of an interfaith conference she attended at which delegates representing a wide spectrum of religious beliefs all were in attendance. As was the custom at such gatherings, people in the audience asking questions first would identify

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA