In memory of Charlie Hebdo’s angels

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─In Memory of Charlie’s angels: Stephane Charbonnier, Jean Cabut, Georges Wolinski, Bernard Verlhac, Bernard Maris, Philippe Honoré, Michel Renaud, Mustapha Ourrad, Elsa Cayat, Frederic Boisseau, Franck Brinsolaro, and Ahmed Merabet. “If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.” […]

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International, Lawrence Baron

Jewish Film Festival will have numerous highlights

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Celebrating the San Diego Jewish Film Festival’s 25th Silver Anniversary, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 5-15, 2015.  Sponsored by the Leichtag Foundation. The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases 96 films of the

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Travel and Food

U.S.: Palestine Authority ineligible for ICC

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department released an official response to the question of whether it believes the Palestine Authority can join the International Criminal Court.  Here is a transcript of the statement. Question: Does the U.S. have a position regarding Palestinian efforts to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court?

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International, Middle East, USA

TAU: Terror reports can cause insomnia, job burnout

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Terrorist attacks around the world continue to grow in scope and severity. In the aftermath of such attacks, authorities are usually quick to address the needs of victims and their relatives. But what about terrorism’s impact on a general public seemingly distant from the scene of attacks — “indirect” victims of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

AJC: Media should publish Charlie Hebdo cartoons

PARIS (Press Release)—The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has criticized the decision by key media outlets in Great Britain and the United States—such as the London Daily Telegraph, the New York Times, CNN, and NBC—to omit or blur the Charlie Hebdo cartoon images that, according to confirmed reports, motivated the reprehensible attack on the paper’s offices

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Travel and Food

Positively Israel: January 8, 2015

By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — 2015 – So what’s new? As we turn the pages of our calendars to begin a new secular year, what are the latest groundbreaking, life-changing discoveries, treatments and innovations to emerge from the Jewish State? Israeli medical researchers continually uncover vital new information about our complex biological makeup. Technion

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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 8, 2015

  -Compiled by JNS.org– Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran must ‘immunize’ itself against nuclear sanctions (JNS.org) Ahead of the resumption of nuclear negotiations between Iran and Western powers, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for efforts to “immunize” Iran against sanctions. “What would you do if [negotiators] set a condition for lifting the sanctions

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International, Middle East, USA

Rabbi Jonah Pesner to direct Religious Action Center

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi Jonah Pesner will serve as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), the Washington, D.C. advocacy and social justice arm of North America’s largest Jewish Movement. Rabbi Pesner, an accomplished advocate with broad experience leading social justice campaigns, comes to the RAC with a mandate to deepen

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Jewish Religion, USA

AAT combats infections in at-risk patients

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered that alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) could prevent deadly infections in immune system-compromised patients. Their study, reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by Dr. Eli C. Lewis and his team of BGU researchers, examined the effectiveness of AAT treatment in halting bacterial colonization and spread.

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