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23 groups urge probe at UC Davis of anti- Semitism

SANTA CRUZ, California — After the Jewish community suffered two hate crimes at UC Davis in recent days, 23 organizations with hundreds of thousands of members and supporters demanded UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi conduct a formal investigation into registered student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and one of its members, Azka Fayyaz, also […]

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Ben-Gurion University, MIT collaborate on 5 projects

BE’ER SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – In what is called the MIT-Israel-BGU Seed Fund, the two universities recently approved five joint research proposals for funding, supporting new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). BGU and MIT signed the agreement last May

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Frequency of lightning strikes key to climate change

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The Doomsday Clock, which measures the likelihood of global catastrophe, last month ticked a minute closer to “midnight” — the apocalypse. The symbolic clock was set to 11:57 by a board of atomic scientists featuring 17 Nobel Laureates, who warned that the planet, beset by climate change and nuclear proliferation, faced

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Jewish museum offers spots for 4 interns

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–The National Museum of American Jewish History is pleased to announce that it has received a $16,000 grant from The Weinberg Family Internship Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation to support full-time internships for four students during Summer 2015. The grant will provide stipends for qualified undergraduate students enrolled full time at a four-year

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24 Jewish groups press AG Harris for ruling

SANTA CRUZ, California (SDJW)–Twenty four Jewish organizations have sent a joint letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking that she respond to questions raised about whether professors at public colleges and universities may use the facilities and resources of those institutions for the purposes of anti- Israel propaganda. A request for comment from San

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UC Davis students ally themselves with terrorism

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON– In a morally coherent world, the chilling statement “Hamas & Sharia law have taken over UC Davis” would not have been spoken publicly, and certainly not by an elected student leader at an American public university. But in California, the veritable epicenter of academic anti-Israelism and its attendant stealth jihad, this statement,

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Autism, Alzheimer’s affect genders differently

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — For parents of children struggling with autism, the dearth of information is heartbreaking. Medical professionals are hard put to answer the primary questions: Who is autistic? What causes autism? What treatments are available? The situation is similar for Alzheimer’s patients and relatives, who are helpless before the aggressive disease devouring a

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AEPi vows to protect brothers, stand for Israel

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Press Release)– The following statement was released on Monday, Feb. 2, by Andrew Borans, national executive director of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the anti-Semitic hate crime that occurred this past Saturday morning at the University of California, Davis. (UC-Davis) AEPi’s 9,000 undergraduate and 85,000 alumni brothers

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Muslim group condemns vandalism at AEPi

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release)– The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) on Monday, Feb. 2, expressed the Muslim community’s solidarity with the Jewish community following hate vandalism of a UC Davis Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, which was painted with Nazi swastikas Saturday. In a statement, CAIR-Sacramento Valley Executive Director Basim

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Yachad, Jewish council for disabilities, turns 30

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, dedicated to inclusion for all Jewish children and adults, is celebrating 30 years of service to local, regional and international communities.  Yachad, which, translated from Hebrew, means “together,” offers those with special needs a way to participate in events and programs which help weave them

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The Jewish Citizen: A profile of Bernie Rhinerson

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—If one quality seems to characterize Bernie Rhinerson, a member of the San Diego Community College board, it is an openness to well-thought-out change. After marrying Bobbie Herdes, whom he met while both were students at the University of Wisconsin, Rhinerson, who was raised as a Roman Catholic, read Mixed

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ZOA protests fundraiser for terrorist at DePaul

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America has urged the president of DePaul University to protest a planned fundraiser sponsored by the Students for Justice in Palestine organization in support of Rasmea Odeh, who was convicted for terrorism in Israel and for immigration fraud in the United States. A copy of the letter follows:

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