Science, Medicine, & Education

Students Engage With Art to Understand the Holocaust, Discrimination, and Hatred

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — “The David Labkovski Project creates a bridge from the lessons of the Holocaust to the realities of today’s world. The rise in antisemitism, bigotry, and hatred makes Holocaust education even more crucial,” shares Leora Raikin, Founder & Executive Director of the David Labkovski Project. The David Labkovski Project (DLP) uses […]

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Holocaust, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Ride2Remember Brings Bikers and Holocaust Education to San Diego

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — On September 2, 1939, much of the world was clueless that the Nazis had opened their first concentration camp to obliterate the Jews and Poles of Danzig, just after the outbreak of World War II. The camp, Stutthof, was in a marshy area where inmates were subjected to starvation,

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Eva Trieger, Holocaust, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

One Handshake Away From Albert Einstein

By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — The narrow corridor of the Physics Department of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, was strewn with doors all bearing plaques with the names of professors in Hebrew. I walked down the corridor, seeing “Professor …” everywhere. When I reached the very end, I noticed a

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Alex Gordon, International, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education

When an Antisemitic Offender or Their Protector Plays Hardball…

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — With apologies to Kal Mann and David Appell, late co-writers of the popular 1961 “Bristol Stomp” song… The profs in Bristol aimed a figurative pistol at Israel and found that Nina Freedman is just as sharp as a pistol. At times, anyway. Freedman’s complaint against a professor, when he

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Bruce Ticker, International, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education

Lecture Connects San Diego, Jerusalem, and the Origins of Tetris

LA JOLLA, California — Dr. Beatrice Golomb, head of the UC San Diego Golomb Research Group, describes her father as “far and away the smartest person anyone who knew him had ever met.” That statement might sound like hyperbole until you learn more about the late Professor Solomon Golomb, a Harvard University-educated mathematician known as

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Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

StandWithUs Letter Campaign to 3,000 University Leaders Raises 5 Key Issues of Concern to Jewish Students

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – On August 4, StandWithUs launched its second national letter campaign to nearly 3,000 university leaders, highlighting five key issues of concern to Jewish students. The letter stressed the importance of fighting bias and discrimination against Jewish students as part of broader Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and social justice efforts

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Israel, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jerusalem-San Diego Zoo Exchange Event Highlights Political Leaders’ Interwoven Career Trajectories

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — For more than half her 20-year tenure as a Democratic member of Congress from San Diego, Susan Davis encouraged the exchange of students from Jerusalem and San Diego, remembering that her own time spent as a young woman on an Israeli kibbutz was formative in her own life.

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Sustainability in Israel

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Colleges began offering “majors” and “minors” in sustainability in the first decade of the 21st century. Sustainability is taught as a multi-disciplinary program to approach complex problems, usually environmental. With that knowledge, it can offer various career possibilities. One of our son Saul’s best friends, Yonathan, majored in

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Middle East, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food

Identifying the Various Social Determinants of Mental Health

By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I recently received an email from Dr. Dilip Jeste stating that after serving 36 years at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), including nearly two decades as director of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging (SIRA), he was retiring from the university. In this

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Natasha Josefowitz, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education

A Special Privilege to Teach Our Children

By Rabbi Simcha Weiser (JNS) The Jewish future relies on the relevance that children find in what we Jewish teachers teach. Soon to be entering the new school year, we need thoughtful clarity for our teaching to remain relevant. As our Jewish educators prepare to “diligently teach our children,” we remind ourselves how privileged we

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Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Federal Probe Opened Into Alleged Antisemitism at University of Southern California

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened an investigation into a complaint alleging the University of Southern California (USC) allowed a hostile environment of antisemitism to proliferate on its campus, resulting in the resignation in August 2020 of its Jewish student government vice

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California, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Ritual Bath Dating to Eve of Second Temple’s Destruction Uncovered Near Temple Mount

(JNS) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Wednesday that it had unearthed an ancient Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) dating back to the Late Second Temple period, or the first century C.E. The ritual bath was found inside a private village, the University’s statement said, “hewn into the bedrock and featuring a vaulted ceiling with

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Magen David Adom Awarded for Use of Technology That Helps Make Them Fastest Emergency Responders in Israel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, was presented with an award last week, for its innovative use of geographic information system (GIS) technology, which MDA uses as the foundation for its world renown computer-assisted ambulance dispatch system. The award was announced by Jack Dangermond, founder and

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Technology

Jacobs’ Bill Would Protect Right to Contraception

“As a young woman, reproductive health care is my health care. And like all reproductive rights, the right to contraception is vital to our wellbeing and our freedom,” said Congresswoman Sara Jacobs. “It’s unconscionable to me that right-wing Supreme Court Justices would once again threaten our ability to make decisions about our own bodies and when to start or grow a family. I will never stop fighting to protect the right to an abortion, the right to contraception, and all reproductive rights – and I’m proud to co-lead the Right to Contraception Act.” [Press Release]

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Lifestyles, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA