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Combination of Drugs Already on Market Can Inhibit Bone Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients

The researchers discovered that the killing activity of T-cells is inhibited by another type of immune cells and identified the proteins responsible for this effect. To neutralize these inhibitory proteins and reactivate the T-cells, they created a novel therapeutic combination that had never been tried before: a drug that counters the activity of the immune-inhibiting cells, along with an antibody that activates T-cells. [Press Release, Tel Aviv University]

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Four Jewish San Diegans Reflect on Their Mission to Israel

This week, a small group of local community members – including Federation Board members, organizational partners and major donors – are in Israel as part of Jewish Federation of San Diego’s second Solidarity Mission to Israel.  Here are the reflections of Carole Yellen, Zvi Weiss, Rabbi Ron Schulman, and David Bark.  [Press Release, Jewish Federation of San Diego]

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Israeli forces end raid on Gaza’s main hospital, aid ships arrive off the coast

Published by Euronews (English) The Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after a two-week raid. The IDF said it had killed some 200 militants and detained hundreds more after several days of conflict. Following the Israeli raid, a scene of extensive destruction unfolded as Palestinians returned to Al-Shifa Hospital, previously the Gaza Strip’s

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Israeli’s Netanyahu to have hernia surgery under general anaesthetic

Published by DPA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to undergo surgery on Sunday evening, a day after he was diagnosed with a hernia during a routine examination. The operation is to be carried out under general anaesthetic, according to Netanyahu’s office. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who is also deputy prime minister, is to

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Tree-Climbing Animals Like Lizards Endangered by Global Warming

The researchers focused on lizards and demonstrated that following the effects of climate change, they will seek refuge from the hot ground by spending a lot of time on trees. However, due to human-related activities such as deforestation, urbanization and the expansion of agricultural lands at the expense of natural lands, the availability of trees in the areas where the lizards live will decrease, and this may lead to the collapse of many populations. [Press Release]

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Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman Dies at 90

“We are players in a game we don’t understand. Most of our own thinking is below awareness. “Our biases frequently cause us to want the wrong things. Our perceptions and memories are slippery, especially about our own mental states. Our free will is bounded. We have much less control over ourselves than we thought.” (Press Release)

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Viktor Frankl

Shortly after the Holocaust, during which Frankl survived four concentration camps, he wrote Man’s Search for Meaning.  It became an international best seller after it was published in English.  The Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club on the basis of a 1991 survey said it was one of the ten most influential books in the United States.  [SDJW staff]

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Ron Hassner: UC Berkeley Has Accepted My Requests for Protection of Students

First, I asked that “all students, even the ones wearing Stars of David, should be free to pass through [Sather Gate] unobstructed. The right of protestors to express their views must be defended. It does not extend to blocking or threatening fellow students.” [Ron Hassner]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: William Shatner

Star Trek gained fame after it went into reruns, with fans of the show known as Trekkies organizing conventions at which they could meet like-minded enthusiasts, buy Star Trek merchandise, and meet members of the original cast.  This development, along with the box office success of George Lukas’ Star Wars in 1977, prompted Paramount Pictures to reunite the cast in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, released in 1979.  Five sequels followed, including one he directed: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. [SDJW staff]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Israel’s War with Hamas on Our Minds

StandWithUs Southwest on Wednesday showed a 47-minute unedited video of the October 7 massacre carried out by Hamas and other terrorists, aggregated from captured Hamas body cam footage  as well as home security and CCTV footage taken in Israel that day [SDJW staff]

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AMCHA Initiative: UC Faculties Foment Antisemitism; Jews Speak Up at UC Regents Meeting

AMCHA Initiative on Wednesday released a new report which found a staggering increase of 1100% in anti-Zionist advocacy and activism by UC faculty since Oct. 7. The report was sent to the Regents, who are holding their monthly meeting in Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday. [Press Release}

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Yigael Yadin

Yadin devoted himself to archaeology, winning the 1956 Israel Prize for his doctoral thesis on seven Dead Sea Scrolls, three of which his father had purchased in 1947 from a Bedouin goatherd and four that Yadin purchased in 1954 in New York.  He excavated such sites as the Qumram Caves, Masada, Hazor, Tel Megiddo, and the Judean Desert caves where artifacts from the Bar Kokhba revolt were found. [SDJW staff]

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