Memoirs of a Comatose Brain Surgeon by Dr. Charles Benedict Lewison; © 2013, ISBN 978-148-4880-272; 605 pages By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—My wife Nancy likes police detective shows and hospital dramas. In the latter category, I can remember sitting with her watching episode after episode of Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, ER, Macus Welby MD, […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — When warm air comes into contact with a cool surface and chills to saturation, fog materializes. It blankets open roads and runways and dramatically reduces visibility — often causing devastating accidents. A new study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, by Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Pinhas Alpert and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Aharon Levi KIBBUTZ LAVI, Israel — Today, there isn’t a single hair on his head, just like the day he was born, but what they went through until he was born… Fifteen years, an ongoing story of suffering, branded its mark. They almost collapsed from all the disappointment, worry and hope, so anxious
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsrael Educates for Life By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — Having read so many recent stories of schoolchildren around the world being radicalized by Islamic extremists, here is a collection of contrasting education-related activities and news articles I’ve collected over the past few weeks concerning the Jewish State. I will begin in the Israeli school
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release)— There are no effective available treatments for sufferers of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive and devastating form of brain tumor. The disease, always fatal, has a survival rate of only 6-18 months. Now a new Tel Aviv University study may offer hope to the tens of thousands diagnosed with gliomas
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (SDJW)– Responding to a contention from the David Horowitz Freedom Center that San Diego State University is the campus with the sixth worst record for combating anti- Semitism, spokeswoman Natalia Elko told San Diego Jewish World: “San Diego State University is one of the most diverse universities in the country, accepting of people and points
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Science, Medicine, & EducationESCONDIDO, California (SDJW) — Chesed Home, the Jewish community’s licensed board and care facility for adults with serious mental illness, announced on Monday, Feb. 23, that it has one opening available in its group home and two openings in its independent living homes. Here is a link to more information about who is eligible for
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
San Diego State University rated as sixth worst (it rejects the charge) LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– A new campaign has been launched by the David Horowitz Freedom Center to combat rapidly growing anti-Semitism on college campuses in the United States. The campaign, “Jew Hatred on Campus” aims to educate the public about the anti-Semitic acts
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
HARTFORD, Connecticut (Press Release)– More than half of 1,157 self-identified Jewish students at 55 campuses nationwide who took part in an online survey reported having been subjected to or having witnessed anti-Semitism on their campuses, according to a new report issued jointly by Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
CARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The Jewish Collaborative of San Diego (JCoSD) has launched its multi-faceted Jewish education for children in K-5th grades. In addition to family Hebrew class held once a week, the JCo Kids’ Club is proving to be a new and innovative way to get families committed to Jewish community. “The JCo
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM– The Marshall Islands will soon have its first water purification vehicle – thanks to the Israel. The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supplying A desalination vehicle to the tiny nation with a population of about 70,000 people. Located near the equator in the northern Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands suffers from
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — The University of Haifa and the East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of the Shanghai-Haifa International Research Center, the first of its kind in Shanghai for Israeli and Chinese academia. The joint fields of research already agreed upon include neuroscience, mathematics
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — Long-awaited winter rains, plus my recent trip to the Arava in southern Israel are the inspiration for this week’s report. The Arava region in Israel’s Negev “desert” now produces 60% of Israel’s exports of food crops, right alongside massive fields of solar panels. It is a microcosm of Israel’s
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON–In the campus war against Israel, the all too familiar refrain from anti-Israel activists, many of whom form the loose coalition of groups and individuals spearheading the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is that their quarrel is only with Israelis and their government’s policies, not with Jews themselves. But
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International, Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA