By Raphael Poch JERUSALEM — “When I was younger, my mother collapsed in my arms. I was 19 at the time. My mother had a severe stroke right before she collapsed. I held her close. Surrounding me stood my 4 siblings, three younger sisters and my brother who was only three years old at the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationA significant majority of Stanford University students oppose the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement – despite an anti-Semitism and BDS crises that rocked the university student board earlier this year. 69% of students oppose the anti-Israel movement – including 65% of freshmen, 72% of sophomores, and 73% of juniors, the Stanford Review poll of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIsrael generic drugs and medical devices company Panaxia has signed an agreement with Ultra Health, the leading medical cannabis distribution company in New Mexico, to build a cannabis processing plant. The plant will be built on one of Ultra Health’s farms in New Mexico, and its products will be marketed in the US by Ultra
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– Nearly 800 students from more than 40 Jewish day schools nationwide presented year-end capstone projects last week, exhibiting their engineering and problem solving skills as part of the CIJE-Tech High School Engineering Program. CIJE Tech Young Engineers conferences were held recently in the 5 Towns, New York, Los Angeles and Southern Florida.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFrom the moment a furiously contested civics textbook was published earlier this month, its critics’ focus shifted subtly — from the contents of the 500-page high school text to the omissions that Israeli reviewers now maintain reveal its discrimination. The textbook, “Being a Citizen in Israel,” marginalizes Israel’s Arab community and its secular public, mentions
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-58th in a series- Exit 30, Tavern Road, Alpine, California: Dream Rider Equestrian Therapy By Donald H. Harrison ALPINE, California – A head-on automobile collision near her home in this mountain community alongside Interstate 8 put Catherine Hand into a wheel chair and ended her first career as a set and costume designer for
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Travel and FoodSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – In light of the pervasive anti-Semitism allowed to fester at the University of California Irvine (UCI), 36 Jewish and civil rights groups on Wednesday, May 25, demanded UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman immediately implement the recently passed Regents Statement of Principles Against Intolerance. “Jewish students report that UCI administrators have consistently
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Two friends, who I am sure do not know one another, have provoked this column with issues dealing with what appear to be different matters. One worries about the weakness of Liberal Judaism in Israel. Another sent me an item about “complexity science.” The topics link to one another. The “findings”
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By Shani Shahmoon, IRVINE, California — An event hosted by a pro-Israel student group ended abruptly Wednesday night as police were called to protect attendees from an angry mob that had gathered. One student who never made it inside the venue called 9-1-1 as she hid in fear from anti-Israel activists who chased her into
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABoycotts against Israel are making headlines again. The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is voting this month on whether to boycott Israel. If the resolution passes, AAA will be the largest and oldest academic association to do so. In response, many heads of U.S. universities, including MIT, the University of Chicago and all 10 University of
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO—Four candidates in San Diego’s affluent First City Council District indicated they want the large cross atop Mount Soledad to stay in place. At a Men’s Club-sponsored forum at Congregation Beth Israel, which lies within their councilmanic district, all four were non-committal about whether
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LA JOLLA, California — The unorthodox historian and journalist, Tom Segev, has been intrepid in exploring and illuminating the tortured history of Israel and the Holocaust, often exposing painful truths that many would rather not have to grapple with. Born in Jerusalem to parents who fled Nazi Germany, Segev is a leading figure among the
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Dr. Andrew Blum will take office as the Executive Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) on July 1, succeeding Dr. Dee Aker, who will continue as a strategic peacebuilding advisor, the Institute announced Tuesday. In his current role as Vice President of Planning, Learning, and
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — When Don Harrison recently gifted me a copy of Professor Mordechai Rotenberg’s The Psychology of Tzimtzum, it, like most gifts, came with a string. “Michael, I thought you’d enjoy this book and I’m wondering if you’d be kind enough to write a review of it for our
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