Science, Medicine, & Education

AJC: Israel boycotters should forfeit federal funds

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC )is urging the U.S. Department of Education to take steps to ensure that education institutions receiving Title VI government funding do not boycott Israeli academic institutions. The AJC call follows a Middle East Studies Association resolution endorsing the “right” of scholarly associations to engage in such

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Computer detects patients who lie about symptoms

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — It is possible to detect when we provide false information regarding our health conditions through our handwriting, according to a new study conducted at the University of Haifa. The study used a computerized system, which was developed by Prof. Sara Rosenblum from the University of Haifa and that was patented

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

SDJA joins int’l computer learning project

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– In Shelly Moses’ K-5 classroom in San Diego Jewish Academy’s Lower School, students are putting away their pencils, crayons and paper and setting aside their books to learn an “Hour of Code.” Yes, that’s code as in computer science and programming. Moses, SDJA’s Technology Integration and Curriculum Specialist for grades K-5,

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Advocate exposes true face of BDS

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin BERKELEY, California — “Bringing down Israel will really benefit everyone in the world and everyone in society, particularly workers.” These words were spoken by Lara Kiswani, executive director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, at a Nov. 12 panel discussion at U.C. Berkeley organized by the BDS Caucus of UAW 2865,

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Protecting Jewish student rights on college campuses

By Melanie Goldberg/JNS.org BROOKLYN, N.Y. (JNS) — It all started when I took out some anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) information sheets at a Brooklyn College-sponsored event last year that featured Omar Barghouti, the founder of the BDS movement. You’d expect that of any student opposed to the speaker’s anti-Israel views. I planned to challenge Barghouti

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israelis donate masses of hair to cancer patients

  By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Over 200 hair salons across Israel took part in the annual nationwide drive to collect hair for the Zichron Menachem Cancer Support in Israel in partnership with Pantene Products Israel. From Kfar Tapuach to Herzliyah and from Arad to Haifa, women and girls donated their hair locks at

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

How do we transmit culture?

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — “Memetics,” or the study of memes, is a very popular discipline among cultural researchers now, particularly as it concerns new media like viral videos. But no one seems to know what a meme really is. Originally coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, the “meme” transfers cultural information much the way that

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Erez Meltzer to chair Hadassah Medical’s board

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Hadassah Medical Organization Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Erez Meltzer, 59, as Chairperson of the Board. He was selected from among top-tier candidates presented by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, to the Government of Israel representatives and was approved by the Ministries of Health and Finance. Meltzer

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

BGU: 2 kinds of football- caused brain trauma

By Anav Silverman BEER-SHEVA, Israel– According to a Ben Gurion University of the Negev research group, American football players for the first time have been found to have brain damage from mild “unreported” concussions. Published in the current issue of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Neurology, the Ben Gurion study could improve decision making about when an athlete

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions

Does the theory of evolution need updating?

The Evolution Revolution: Why Thinking People are Rethinking the Theory of Evolution by Lee Spetner, Judaica Press, Brooklyn, NY; ISBN 978-1-60763-155-2 ©2014, $17.95, p. 145, plus references and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –Showing that common descent, the belief that all of life has a universal ancestor, first proposed by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis in

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education

Ruins of fortified town of 2100 BCE found near Gaza

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Archaeological excavations in Netiv Haasarah have uncovered a Persian era military installation. Netiv Haasarah is a town in the “Gaza envelope” with a population of about 700. The dig, being headed by Dr. Yael Abadi Rice, found a fortified town and a military tower, from approximately 2,100 years ago.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

UCSD: $131 million raised for Jacobs Medical Center

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Committed to fostering the future of health care in San Diego, more than 1,000 donors have contributed $131 million to UC San Diego’s Jacobs Medical Center. Included in the total are gifts that matched a donation of $25 million, meeting the Challenge goal of the initiative. The campus announced  on Thursday,

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Funding announced for educational leadership study

PALO ALTO, California (Press Release)—The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE) has selected American Institutes for Research (AIR) to conduct its inaugural research project in Jewish Educational Leadership. This project is designed to begin creating a research base to inform and develop the practices and effectiveness of leaders in Jewish educational settings. CASJE,

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA