Science, Medicine, & Education

Day school Israel education feeds sense of connection

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Sixty-five years after its establishment, Israel remains a central feature of Jewish educational programming in North America, perhaps nowhere more ubiquitously than in Jewish day schools. The AVI CHAI Foundation’s newly released report, “Hearts and Minds: Israel in North American Jewish Day Schools,” takes the measure of what day schools seek to […]

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Toxins taken during pregnancy can turn baby’s genes off

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In the 1950s and 1960s, pregnant women with morning sickness were often prescribed the new drug thalidomide. Shortly after the medicine was released on the market, a reported 10,000 infants were born with an extreme form of the rare congenital phocomelia syndrome, which caused death in 50 percent of cases and

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Senator Richard Blumenthal moves against sexual assaults on college campuses and in the U.S. military

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) – joined by U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) –on Wednesday, April

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Bill requiring early vision testing for students advances

SACRAMENTO (Press Release)– To improve literacy rates among children, the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday, April 30,  supported a measure by California Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg to improve vision-screening at elementary schools on a bipartisan vote of 6 – 0, with the roll still open for additional votes from three committee members. Senate Bill 1172 will ensure

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Represent women in drug trials — 15 Senators

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In advance of Mother’s Day, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and a group of bipartisan women senators today urged the Obama administration to stand up for women’s health to make sure medical treatments are safe and effective for women. In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, the senators urged that more

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Davis, Ryan offer bill to help social learning in schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Reps. Susan Davis (D-California) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) introduced legislation in the House to help schools include social and emotional learning (SEL).  The Supporting Emotional Learning (SEL) Act (H.R. 4509) would support teacher training in SEL to help young people better handle societal issues thus boosting their academic potential.  Students

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DNA matching helps keep criminals in prisons longer

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, along with San Diego County Sheriff William Gore and San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, have established a cooperative DNA project among their three agencies that is boosting prosecutions and jail time for defendants who commit multiple crimes.  By integrating a real-time DNA

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AJC honors Merck Vaccine president Julie Gerberding; also salutes Chelsea Clinton, Linda Mills

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) honored Dr. Julie L Gerberding, president of Merck Vaccines, with the global advocacy organization’s Women’s Global Leadership Award. The award was presented Wednesday, April 30,  at the AJC Women’s Leadership Spring Luncheon, held at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. “Dr. Gerberding is a true

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Petition seeks curbs on anti- Israel activities on campuses

SACRAMENTO (Press Release)– AMCHA Initiative on Tuesday, April 29, delivered a petition signed by 1,118 California residents from more than 200 cities and towns to Senator Carol Liu and Assemblymember Das Williams , chairs of the Senate and Assembly education committees.  The petition asks the legislators to help stop University of California (UC) and California

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SDSU to award honorary doctorates to Price, Roscoe

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego State University has announced it will award honorary doctorate degrees to two distinguished San Diegans. Robert Price and Patricia L. Roscoe will be honored during commencement ceremonies on May 16. “We are extremely pleased to confer honorary doctorates on two San Diegans, Robert Price and Patti Roscoe, who have been extraordinary contributors

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Proposed e-smoke regs ‘too little’ — Blumenthal

HARTFORD, Connecticut (Press Release)–On Monday, April 28, in response to new draft Food and Drug Administration regulations prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined  Yale-New Haven Hospital doctors Ben Toll and Roy Herbst at Smilow Cancer Hospital to call for additional measures to protect youth from nicotine addiction. The draft

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Israeli pro-life leader visits Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Prominent members of the U.S. Congress expressed their admiration to EFRAT’s founder Dr. Eli Schussheim for his organization’s efforts to help mothers carry their babies to full term. EFRAT steps in where the mother is facing a dilemma of whether to continue with her pregnancy, but does not feel financially or

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The cantor who rides on an ambucyle to save lives

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — They are a familiar site in Jerusalem and across Israel – United Hatzalah volunteers rushing in their orange vests and red motorcycles to save lives during calls of emergency distress. Each of the 2,100 registered volunteers which include secular Israelis, Ultra-Orthodox, Arabs, settlers, and citizens across the spectrum, carry

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