Science, Medicine, & Education

StandWithUs Urges University of Chicago Administration to Condemn Discriminatory SJP Campaign

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — The Israel education organization StandWithUs sent the following letter to University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer and Dean of Students Michele Rasmussen. * February 4, 2022 Robert J. Zimmer, Ph.D., President, The University of Chicago Michele Rasmussen, Ph.D., Dean of Students, The University of Chicago VIA EMAIL: president@uchicago.edu; mrasmussen@uchicago.edu […]

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San Diego Jewish Academy Students Launch Weather Balloon to Highest Attainable Altitude in Earth’s Atmosphere Before Space

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego Jewish Academy on Friday proudly announced the successful launch of a high-altitude weather balloon by their physics students, which traveled 90,000 feet — the highest attainable altitude in the Earth’s atmosphere before space. From that height, it’s possible to view the whole world. The project, a culmination of

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Israel to Test for COVID-19 Using Non-Invasive Eye Exam

(JNS) An Israeli hospital has started recruiting volunteers for the world’s largest known study for the detection of COVID-19 within the surface of the eye, announced Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer on Thursday. The hospital will be testing if the Tear Film Imager (TFI) developed by the Israeli company AdOM Advanced Optical Technologies, which

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Groundbreaking Israeli Study Challenges Fundamental Understanding of Evolution

HAIFA (Press Release) — A new study by a team of researchers from Israel and Ghana has brought the first evidence of nonrandom mutation in human genes, challenging a core assumption at the heart of evolutionary theory by showing a long-term directional mutational response to environmental pressure. Using a novel method, researchers led by Professor

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California School District Adopts ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies Program Marked By Anti-Israel Bias

By Faygie Holt (JNS) Jewish groups in California took out a full-page ad in a local newspaper on Wednesday to voice their displeasure and concern with a school-board decision to engage an ethnic-studies curriculum for high school and middle-school students that they say will lead to hostility towards Israel and Jewish students. Appearing in the

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Jewish Mother Leaves Iran for Lifesaving Treatment in Israel

By Maayan Hoffman (JNS) Zehava, 36, developed a rare and life-threatening gynecological disease that spread to her lungs and made it impossible for her to do the most basic tasks, like walk or go to work. The Jewish-Iranian wife and mother of two spent months isolated in a hospital in Iran, with no hope. “It

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Hillel International and Repair Campus Corps Program Provide Thousands of Students With Service Opportunities

(Press Release) — In addition to the long history of collaboration between Repair the World and Hillel International, Jeremy Cronig (he/him), now Hillel’s Civic Engagement and Social Impact Program Manager, says the partnership has helped Hillel navigate questions they faced about the future of the organization and service opportunities. “Even before COVID, we were thinking

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Conference on Antisemitism’s Call to Action: ‘We Cannot Hope to Defeat It If We Cannot Define It’

By Jacob Kamaras (JNS) After a high-profile debate surrounding the role of antisemitism in the Jan. 15 synagogue hostage crisis in Colleyville, Texas, an Israel-education organization’s conference on cultivating greater understanding about antisemitism arguably could not have been timelier. While the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas field office, Matthew DeSarno, raised eyebrows

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Entrepreneur Tells of Taking 2 Companies Public and the Deal He Made for the San Diego Jewish Academy

This memoir tells of a man bouncing on the exceedingly rough seas of entrepreneurship and finding emotional safe harbor again and again in the warmth of his family.  It is not your standard how-I-made-a-bundle-and-you-can-too motivational book; it is a very intimate autobiographical portrait of Del Mar resident Richard Jaffe, which he wrote with the assistance of his daughter Charly.  [Donald H. Harrison]

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$50 Million Epstein Family Gift to Drive Alzheimer’s Research at UC San Diego, USC

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — A joint gift to the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California San Diego totaling $50 million from the Epstein Family Foundation will drive Alzheimer’s research and accelerate the search for treatments and a cure. The generous donation establishes the Epstein Family Alzheimer’s Research Collaboration at USC

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

School Board Candidate Shana Hazan Wins San Diego Education Association Endorsement

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Today, Shana Hazan, former public school teacher, parent of a San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) student, and candidate for the SDUSD Board of Education District B, announced her endorsement from the San Diego Education Association (SDEA). The SDEA is California’s second largest education union, representing over 7,000 pre-k through

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New Virtual-Reality Holocaust Experience Keeps Survivors ‘Alive’

By Deborah Fineblum (JNS) Jordan Gelfeld has connections. As a docent at the Illinois Holocaust, his grandfather, Mark Gelfeld, was able to get this grandson in for a sneak peek at the museum’s new virtual-reality exhibit. And the experience was nothing short of powerful. “You can read about the Holocaust in books, but with this,

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Jewish Federation Offers New Educational Resources for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Federation of San Diego County (Federation) along with ADL San Diego and The Butterfly Project will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 with educational resources, a new online video library, and a Speakers Bureau of Survivors — all now available for teachers, educators, and administrators to incorporate

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University of Haifa Announces New Graduate School to Address the Planet’s Challenges

NEW YORK (Press Release) — University of Haifa today announced a transformational gift from Boston-based philanthropist and businessman Bradley M. Bloom to launch the Bloom School of Graduate Studies, a university-wide initiative for a select cohort of PhD and postdoctoral students which establishes a pioneering new academic structure acknowledging that no one discipline alone can

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