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Brandeis withdraws honorary degree offer to writer

April 9, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday, April 9, welcomed a decision by Brandeis University to withdraw its invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive an honorary degree at commencement ceremonies on May 18 and attributed the “victory over hate” to a unified community response. CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim […]

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3,300- year- old skeleton found in Israel

April 9, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — A 3,300 year old coffin was exposed by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) containing the personal belongings of a wealthy Canaanite, possibly an official of the Egyptian Army. Among the items discovered is a gold signet ring bearing the name of the Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I. The rare artifacts

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Daron Joffe to direct development at Leichtag ranch

April 7, 2014

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) — The Leichtag Foundation has announced that Daron “Farmer D” Joffe will assume the position of Ranch Development Director effective April 29, 2014. A nationally recognized organic/biodynamic farmer, educator, speaker, and eco-entrepreneur, Joffe has consulted with the Foundation for the last 18 months on the development of the former Paul Ecke Ranch in

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Davis leads drive for more medical research funding

April 7, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) is spearheading a drive in the House of Representatives to boost federal funding for medical research. In a bipartisan letter to House appropriators, 190 Representatives signed the Davis letter urging $32 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health. “San Diego is the cornerstone of medical

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Harvard students insensitive to terror victims

April 7, 2014

By Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org The controversy over the Harvard University students who recently posed, smiling, at Yasser Arafat’s grave sent a shot of pain through every one of us who has lost a loved one in the terrorist attacks that Arafat and his allies have waged over the years. But it must have been

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Behind Israel’s fast response to medical emergencies

April 6, 2014

ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — There are action heroes, superheroes, and everyday heroes. Then there are those, like Eli Beer, founder and head of United Hatzalah of Israel, who seem to embody a little of all three. Beer, 40, traveled from Israel at the end of March to visit Bergen County as part of an ongoing

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

My unpleasant evening with ‘Breaking the Silence’

April 4, 2014

By Hen Mazzig/JNS.org On March 31, I attended a disturbing lecture at Washington University in St. Louis. It was co-sponsored by St. Louis Hillel at Washington University and J Street U. The speaker, a former Israeli soldier with the group “Breaking the Silence” (BtS), misrepresented and demonized the Israel Defense Forces, Israel, and Israeli policy. BtS is known

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

U.S. needs ‘health literacy’ programs

April 3, 2014

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — The other day I was sitting with my group of morning coffee buddies in what we call “Our Caffeinated Corner” — okay, I’ll give the shop an unnecessary plug: Starbucks — and we were talking about health. Everyone had his or her favorite way of obtaining health

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Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & Education

SPME protests blockage of classroom by Israel foes

April 3, 2014

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)—Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), a grass roots organization of over 30,000 academic members based in Philadelphia, expressed its great concern over recent events at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.. Controversy erupted there after an “International Studies 110” class (IS) traveled over Spring break to Israel to study water policy. The IS

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Abused children reveal more in drawings

April 3, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Is a picture worth only a thousand words? According to Dr. Carmit Katz of Tel Aviv University’s Bob Shapell School of Social Work, illustrations by children can be a critical tool in forensic investigations of child abuse. Dr. Katz’s study, published in Child Abuse and Neglect, compared the results when

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Liars can now blame their oxytocin

April 2, 2014

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– According to a new study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Amsterdam, oxytocin caused participants to lie more to benefit their groups, and to do so more quickly and without expectation of reciprocal dishonesty from their group. Oxytocin is a hormone the body naturally

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

A close shave for 54 rabbis

April 2, 2014

CHICAGO (Press Release)–Fifty-four Reform rabbis shaved their heads to raise awareness of and funding for pediatric cancer research on Tuesday evening, April 1, at a convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. As the religious leadership of Reform Judaism, the CCAR Rabbis strive for justice and health in the world for all people. The

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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share

Insider’s guide to campus bias faced by Jews

March 31, 2014

UC Santa Cruz Professor and cofounder of AMCHA Initiative, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, spoke about the alarming rise in campus anti-Semitism at T.E.A.M.’s 5th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, March 30, at Congregation Beth Am in San Diego. Nicole Bernstein from StandWithUs and Jean-Jacques (“J.J.”) Surbeck, T.E.A.M. cofounder, also spoke at the event about what it takes to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

China media center established in Israel

March 31, 2014

RISHON LEZION, Israel (Press Release)–The College of Management- Academic Studies (COMAS) recently launched the Chinese Media Center at its School of Media Studies. The Chinese Media Center at the College of Management – Academic Studies is the first of its kind in the Middle East, joining only three centers in the world’s leading academic institutions–in

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Brandeis withdraws honorary degree offer to writer

3,300- year- old skeleton found in Israel

Daron Joffe to direct development at Leichtag ranch

Davis leads drive for more medical research funding

Harvard students insensitive to terror victims

Behind Israel’s fast response to medical emergencies

My unpleasant evening with ‘Breaking the Silence’

U.S. needs ‘health literacy’ programs

SPME protests blockage of classroom by Israel foes

Abused children reveal more in drawings

Liars can now blame their oxytocin

A close shave for 54 rabbis

Insider’s guide to campus bias faced by Jews

China media center established in Israel

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