Science, Medicine, & Education

IDF, Ben Gurion University team for cyber-security

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has signed an $8.5 million agreement with the Israel National Cyber Bureau to develop CyberSpark, which includes a National Cyber Research Center adjacent to BGU’s campus. CyberSpark was conceived as an innovative research and development ecosystem of major multinational corporations, business incubators, BGU researchers, Israel Defense Force […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Brandeis University’s double standard for black victims

By Moshe Phillips and Binyomin Korn PHILADELPHIA — The Brandeis University administration professes to be deeply concerned about the rights of black Africans. In the 1980s, it divested its holdings in companies that did business with the South African apartheid regime. In 2000, it invited Bishop Desmond Tutu to give its commencement address, despite Tutu’s

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Zambian Jews help underwrite medical school

KITWE, Zambia (WJC) — The Copperbelt University School of Medicine in Zambia has received a 1 million USD donation from the Council of Zambian Jewry, an affiliate of the African Jewish Congress. The donation is to be used for the development of the medical campus, which opened doors in 2011. The school is currently based at theNdola Central

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Sister schools build on Jewish pioneer’s legacy

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –In an effort to promote international friendship, a Jewish organization on Thursday, April 17, presented a school teacher with round trip airline tickets to … Germany. The teacher, Skye Oluwa, a member of the faculty at Cabrillo Elementary School in the Point Loma area of San Diego,

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jews from former Soviet Union to gather, learn in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia (Press Release) – Over 1,000 Jewish participants, mainly from across Russia, will gather in Moscow, April 24-27 for the Limmud FSU Moscow conference, which is considered the largest Jewish gathering in the former Soviet Union. Limmud FSU conferences are also considered to be among the leading Jewish cultural events in the FSU, and provide

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Eastern chapter rejects ASA boycott of Israel

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylviania (Press Release)—Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) congratulates the Eastern American Studies Association (EASA) chapter for rejecting the national American Studies Association boycott against Israeli academics passed by the organization’s membership in December. EASA is one of the ASA’s 13 regional chapters. The Eastern American Studies Association (EASA) has joined its

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Student editor says UCSD Jews don’t need help

Editor’s Note: Zev Hurwitz, editor of The UCSD Guardian, recently responded to an article by AMCHA Initiative’s Tammi Rossman-Benjamin that was headlined “Insider’s guide to campus bias faced by Jews” in the March 31 online edition of  San Diego Jewish World.  Here is his response which was printed April 10 in “New Voices,” a national publication for Jewish

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Cross ‘Red Sea,’ and pour some wine

HAIFA, Israel — Students at Technion had an engineering challenge for Passover. They were to build a device that could cross “The Red Sea”–actually a small pool of water–and then fill a glass with wine, in order to celebrate the upcoming holiday. Above is a video of how they approached the challenge. __________________________________________________________________ Click here

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Attaining social justice requires protesters’ consensus

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — What is social justice? 30 students and researchers from the University of Haifa and the University of Maryland tried to answer this very question in a bi-national seminar, held in the University of Haifa. Their conclusion: the term is so subjective that in some cases it might split the very

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education