Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel’s President Herzog promotes integration of science and Torah

Rabbi Rimon told President Herzog. He added that, as someone engaged in the intersection of Torah and science, he is well-acquainted with the teachings of President Herzog’s grandfather, Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who served as the first Chief Rabbi of Israel and previously as Chief Rabbi of Ireland. [Press Release]

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Parshiot Behar & Bechukotai: Do you have that shmittah feeling?

We live in a world that rarely stops. There’s always another email, another obligation, another goal. Even when we “rest,” we’re often scrolling, consuming, distracting ourselves. Stillness can feel uncomfortable. Slowing down can feel like falling behind. And over time, we begin to internalize a dangerous equation: I am what I produce. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]

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Lag B’Omer bonfires unlikely to be doused in San Diego County

We got a little scatter of rain this morning; hopefully, all the exciting bonfires scheduled tonight around the county will not have their fires extinguished by any surprise rain pockets. But the rain is so welcome and needed. [Cailin Acosta]

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Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Jewish visitors do not feel at home any longer in France

I told the butcher that I was Israeli and looking for medical help for my daughter. He found the address of a Jewish pharmacy and directed me there. At the pharmacy, I introduced myself, which caused excitement among the Jewish pharmacists. They were thrilled: we are Jews, we are from Israel, and my grandfather was a pharmacist. Miraculously, a prescription for antibiotics for our daughter appeared. Jewish solidarity worked even when the city was idle. [Alex Gordon]

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Brandeis Center asserts National Education Association discriminates against Jewish members

The NEA’s policies allow and encourage discrimination against Jewish NEA members and erase Jewish members’ identity and shared ancestry, leading to Jewish NEA members being harassed and intimidated by other members in the union. (Press Release)

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Proposed legislation to gut law protecting Jewish students is killed

The proposed language was never amended into the bill, and it was never referred to a committee, missing Friday’s legislative deadline to advance this session. Yet another effort to undo our hard-earned civil rights has failed, and AB 715 remains the law of California. (David Bocarsly)

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Girl’s family and pets make a discovery on a local beach

One day, when Yoshi, mom, Laggie, and Grillo were beach combing for brightly colored sea glass, they found a shiny green object that stood out from all the other pieces.  When they brought it home, dad said it looked like a gem, more valuable than the others. [Donald H. Harrison]

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A Special Mother’s Day of hope: A message gleaned from a very serious wind accident

Suddenly an unexpected gale force wind came along and lifted me from the sidewalk and hurled me 15 feet into the street, right into the path of oncoming traffic. I tried to stand up but my right leg collapsed, feeling like an empty airbag. My hip joint shattered from the fall and I was now stuck on the ground. [Amy Neustein]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg (May 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021) was an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow “for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current”. [Wikipedia]

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Centennial celebration for building that houses Ohr Shalom Synagogue and previously Temple Beth Israel

Ohr Shalom Synagogue presents its “Centennial Celebration and Gala” at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, May 3. The event includes a rededication ceremony, cocktails, a gala dinner, music, an auction, and a paddle raiser. [Cailin Acosta]
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Today’s Jewish birthday: Simon Kuznets

Simon Kuznets (April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was a Russian-born American economist and statistician who received the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences “for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development.” [Wikipedia]

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