Science, Medicine, & Education

Foxman urges graduates to practice Tikkun Olam

BOSTON (Press Release) — Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman urged Suffolk University Law School graduates to use their legal expertise to recognize injustice and to be courageous enough to speak out against bias in a commencement speech May 17 at the Citi Performing Arts Center-Wang Theatre in Boston’s Theatre District. Foxman asked graduates to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

TAU honors Brazil’s former President Fernando Cardoso

      TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In a lively ceremony during Tel Aviv University’s annual Board of Governors Meeting, the university conferred its most distinguished award — the degree of Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa — on former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso and six outstanding leaders from diverse disciplines. The recipients were individually

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israeli inventors create pocket- sized mini- printer

    By Josh Hasten/JNS.org Living in the fast-paced world of evolving mobile technology, two young Israeli entrepreneurs have invented what they hope will revolutionize the one device that they feel “got left behind” and seemed to miss the mobile revolution train: the printer. Tuvia Elbaum and Matan Caspi, both 29 and students at the

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Hillel House at CSUSM evacuated, but not damaged

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Hillel of San Diego is calling for volunteers to help distribute food to victims of San Diego County’s wildfires. Wendy Bryer, coordinator, may be contacted at wbryer@hillelsd.org The organization noted that while the Hillel House at California State College at San Marcos had to be evacuated, it was still clear of

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Cohen: More fairness for student loan hardship cases

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined several U.S. Senators and Representatives today in urging the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, to bring more fairness to struggling students by establishing clear standards of eligibility for “undue hardship” discharge of federal student loans in bankruptcy. In a letter sent by Congressman Cohen, U.S.

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Schatz: Protect students taking loans for private colleges

WASHINGTON, DC  (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) stood with students Thursday, May 15, and sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education urging it to put in place stronger protections for students in career education programs—particularly those at for-profit colleges—who take on significant debt to attend but are frequently left with meager job prospects.

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Feinstein says nation should prioritize cancer research

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) this week introduced a Senate resolution recognizing May as National Cancer Research Month. As co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate Cancer Coalition, Feinstein and Isakson introduced the resolution to honor contributions made by scientists, clinicians and patient advocates who have committed themselves to finding a

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Recipients of Bronfman Fellowships announced

DELMAR, New York (Press Release)–The Bronfman Fellowships has selected its 28th cohort of high school students, among them a varsity hockey player who founded a popular prayer service at her school; a saxophonist, clarinetist and composer who has performed at Lincoln Center; an avid participant in Revolutionary War reenactments; and a budding scientist who works

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Stealth anti-Semitism in middle school

  By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — By this week, the Rialto Unified School District school board outside of Los Angeles was in full damage control, fending off universal opprobrium over a third-quarter English Language Arts argumentative writing/research project given to 2,000 eighth-graders. The breathtakingly ill-conceived assignment asked students to “read and discuss multiple,

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Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

AMCHA Initiative to UC Regents: Protect Jewish students

SACRAMENTO, California  (Press Release) – Shocked at UCLA’s recent refusal to protect Jewish students, AMCHA Initiative represented seven organizations at Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting, demanding the Regents, President Janet Napolitano and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block intervene against0000000000000000 the bullying and intimidation tactics of UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). A letter from AMCHA Initiative, the

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

UCSD’s Jews Muslims team up for kosher, halal dining

By Zev Hurwitz LA JOLLA, California — The May 14 meeting of the Associated Students at UCSD —the governing student body —unanimously passed a resolution in support of a joint project brought forward by the Union of Jewish Students and the Muslim Student Association to establish kosher and halal dining facilities on campus. Over the past

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Family of cancer patient, 19, felt blessed by routine

By E. Leibowitz Condensed from Hapeles – Mussaf PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (Press Release)–The clinic was busy as usual, filled with people of all ages. The silence was interrupted from time to time by murmured grumbling over the long wait. Yehuda would have preferred to remain ensconced in the Yeshiva, but the stomachache that had been

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Protein can protect cells from collapse by Alzheimer’s

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The devastating loss of memory and consciousness in Alzheimer’s disease is caused by plaque accumulations and tangles in neurons, which kill brain cells. Alzheimer’s research has centered on trying to understand the pathology as well as the potential protective or regenerative properties of brain cells as an avenue for treating

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

The Flaw in Obamacare — Gov’t red tape

By Joe Gandelman   SAN DIEGO — There’s good news and bad news about Obamacare. The good news is some 8 million Americans have signed up for health care, and the national uninsured rate is dropping. The bad news is an estimated 5 million “working poor” Americans can’t get insurance because they’re considered too poor. Others

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Joe Gandelman, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA