Science, Medicine, & Education

State Senate Committee Approves Bill to Combat Antisemitism in Schools

“AB 715 delivers the tools, accountability, and urgency needed to make sure every student feels safe in the classroom. Today’s vote affirms that the California Legislature is serious about combating hate and ensuring every child is afforded a safe and supportive learning environment. …” (Press Release)

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Two Years Since Oct. 7 Massacre to Be Commemorated Oct. 9

Jewish Federation of San Diego, together with the Lawrence Family JCC and the Israeli American Council, will present an evening of remembrance and resilience marking two years since the October 7 attacks on 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9 at The Sound at Del Mar Fairgrounds. [Cailin Acosta]

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Survey: Fellow Faculty, Staff Ostracizing Many Jewish Professors

In the survey, Jewish-identifying faculty reported facing targeted boycott, smear, and doxxing campaigns from fellow faculty, administrators, or staff on campus. The respondents noted that these antisemitic actions often came with serious professional consequences, both on campus and within professional academic organizations. [Press Release]

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Adat Yeshurun’s Blue & White Zone: Where Torah and Longevity Meet

Perhaps the most powerful reminder was that healthy living is not only about diet or exercise, but about how we move through life with meaning, relationships, and balance. Communities that thrive emphasize walking, gardening, social connection, stress reduction, and a shared sense of purpose. It’s striking how closely this mirrors the Torah’s blueprint: Shabbat, family, mitzvot, gratitude. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]

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‘The Heart’ Has the Rhythm of a Broadway-Bound Musical

You might say “how on earth are they going to do a musical about organ donation and make it entertaining?”  But they did that and more. And once you know that it’s by the same director as another surprising musical, Come From Away (Christopher Ashley,) it doesn’t seem that far-fetched.   [Sandi Masori]

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Jewish Biography: Jacques Solomon Hadamard, Mathematician

His main research was in number theory, analytic function theory, differential equations of mathematical physics, and mechanics. He developed the set theory. He owns seminal works in the theory of integer analytic functions. In the theory of differential equations, his work on Augustin Cauchy’s problem for hyperbolic equations is particularly important. In classical analysis and function theory, Hadamard’s inequality and his theorem on power series are well known. [Alex Gordon]

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Pomegranates and Nine Jewish Facts About Them As Rosh Hashanah Approaches

As I am keeping an eye on a neighbor’s pomegranate tree, I wonder each year if they will be ripe and ready before Rosh Hashanah. For many years, we picked buckets full, and for a few years, it’s been just a couple. Every year, I leave a note in their mailbox asking when or if my kids can come and pick from their trees. I always sign the note, from your friendly neighborhood Jew. Giggle.

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Finding Strength in Community: My Journey with the ADL Glass Leadership Institute

GLI is a nine-month program that asks for only two commitments: attend the monthly sessions and take part in ADL’s Never Is Now convention in New York City (with financial support to make it accessible). That’s it. But what you get out of it is so much more. [Stephanie Wells]

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Another Round of Anti-Israel Controversy Hits American Universities

StandWithUs has urged the administration at UC Berkeley to investigate Hatem Bazian, a professor of Near Eastern and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, who in his student days was the founder of the first chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. [SDJW compilation]

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