Science, Medicine, & Education

149 Faculty, Staff Urge Policy Changes to Counter Anti-Jewish Hatred at CSU Campuses

LONG BEACH, California  (Press Release) — The following letter, signed by 149 current and retired faculty and staff, expressed deep concern about anti-Jewish behavior in the 23-campus California State University system.  It was sent on Tuesday, May 28, to Chancellor Mildred Garcia and the California State University Board of Trustees: We, the undersigned, are faculty

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Israeli Archaeologists Thrilled by ‘Deeply Moving’ Gold Artifact Discovered in Ancient City of David

Published by The Western Journal From the mix of heritage, history and holiness that lies below the surface of Jerusalem, archeologists have found a small gold ring that dates back about 2,300 years to the era when Greek civilization spread across the Holy Land. “It is an unusual and deeply moving find; not one that

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Need a Breast Cancer Screening? ‘You Are Not Alone’

Many of us women realize it is time to focus on our health and start to get screenings we did not think we would need. My dear friend, Andrea Schnieder will be sharing her breast cancer story at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30, for Chabad of East County. All those in attendance will receive a signed copy of her book You Are Not Alone. [Cailin Acosta]

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Novel Tells of Female Math Whiz Helping the U.S. to Win World War II

Her misplaced feelings of guilt prompted her to hide a remarkable inheritance, the gift of being able to visualize the solutions to math problems in her head, similar to the way that television’s Dr. Shaun Murphy of the just concluded The Good Doctor series was able to mentally picture complex medical conditions and interactions. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Anti-Israel Sign Removed from Chicano Park by Order of the City Government

“Over 600 constituents have contacted the City of San Diego requesting the removal of this messaging on public property,” Dargan wrote to the Steering Committee. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Ernest Rady Slams Anti-Israel Commencement Speaker in Winnipeg

According to The Free Press of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in a letter to Vice Chancellor Michael Benarroch and the Health Sciences Dean Dr. Peter Nickerson, Rady said of Newman’s words: “They are hate speech and they are lies.” [SDJW staff]

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N.J. mayor opposed hiring Jews, warned of ‘guys in big hats and curls’ in secretly recorded meeting, suit claims

Published by NJ.com The conversation, secretly recorded, was stark. The mayor of Linden and two school officials spoke bluntly about just who they thought should be hired by the school system. And who should not, according to court filings. “If it’s in a neighborhood school district,” said one of those present, identified in those filings

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Betty Weiser, Torah teacher at San Diego Hebrew Day School

The curriculum Betty created, and refined over the next 36 years, engendered special pride within her students, and provided them with an understanding of Jewish philosophy, the purpose of Mitzvah fulfillment, the value of family, and respect for the Divine plan in creating Man and Woman. [Weiser Family]

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Tel Aviv University Researchers Report Epidemic Eradicating Sea Urchins

“This is a growing ecological crisis, threatening the stability of coral reefs on an unprecedented scale,” Dr. Bronstein says. “Apparently, the mass mortality we identified in Eilat back in 2023 has spread along the Red Sea and beyond, to Oman and even as far as Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.” [Press Release]

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Major University Leaders Admit They Haven’t Suspended Disruptive Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Published by The Daily Caller University presidents admitted to members of Congress Thursday that few students involved in the pro-Palestinian protests had been suspended or expelled despite holding encampments and violating university policies for weeks. Northwestern University President Michael Schill, Rutgers University President Dr. Jonathan Holloway and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Chancellor Dr.

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