TEL AVIV (Press Release)— There are no effective available treatments for sufferers of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive and devastating form of brain tumor. The disease, always fatal, has a survival rate of only 6-18 months. Now a new Tel Aviv University study may offer hope to the tens of thousands diagnosed with gliomas […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) on Tuesday issued the following statement regarding his decision not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to Congress next week: As a supporter of the state of Israel and a Jewish American, I have been placed in a difficult position regarding the anticipated speech of Prime
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NEWARK, New Jersey (Press Release) — Two hundred twenty participants from 102 organizations gathered here last week for a groundbreaking conference addressing some of the most sensitive topics affecting the Orthodox Jewish community: risk, trauma and abuse. The milestone event was hosted by Amudim and included 25 private practice clinicians as well as rabbis, educators, therapists, clinical
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LONDON (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress on Monday hosted a luncheon in London in honor of Qiu Yuanping, the Chinese minister in charge of Overseas Chinese Affairs. Robert Singer, the WJC’s CEO, headed the WJC’s delegation. Also in attendance were the head of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, WJC Vice-President VivianWineman, the
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) – Six Olim (immigrants) from English-speaking countries who have made a major impact on the State of Israel were awarded the 2015 Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize. The honorees include: Professor Charles Sprung, Director of the General Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Medical Organization – in the field of Science and Medicine; Jon Medved,
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International, Middle East, USAFormer Democratic senator Joe Lieberman supports Netanyahu’s Congress speech (JNS.org) Former Connecticut senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman called on members of Congress to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech about Iran’s nuclear program on March 3. Lieberman, a Shabbat-observant Jew, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed published Monday that the 23
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International, Middle East, USABy Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Now that nearly 13% of Americans are over 65, filmmakers no longer need to cater solely to an audience of 12-year-old boys. More often they have been choosing to bring seniors back from invisibility and making them the focus of their literary work. As playwrights have been doing all
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (WJC) – World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder on Monday, Feb. 23, praised French President François Hollande for delivering a “great speech” at the CRIF dinner in Paris which he called a “rallying cry in the fight against hatred.” In his address to the dinner guests, Hollande announced the next steps in his
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – A smuggled score. Courageous Jewish prisoners. A performance of the Verdi Requiem Mass. In an act of defiance and resistance to their Nazi captors, the performance in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezin) during World War II is captured in a moving multi-media, concert-drama brought to San Diego by the Anti-Defamation League.
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Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Portrayed mainly as a tiff between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu, the U.S.-Israel divide over how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program is much more serious and dates to the 1980s. It reflects the difference in each country’s margin of error. President Obama has only widened an existing divide
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Top U.S. Latino Media and Entertainment leaders are visiting Israel this week in a pioneering initiative to explore joint ventures, scout location sites, and share best practices with their Israeli counterparts. The group is hosted by AJC’s Project Interchange and AJC’s Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA), in partnership with
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Middle East, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison A U.S. District Court jury in New York City on Monday, Feb. 23, awarded ten American families in an Anti-Terrorism suit $218.5 million in damages against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization for their roles in terror attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004. That amount could triple
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Donald H. HarrisonSAN DIEGO (SDJW)– Responding to a contention from the David Horowitz Freedom Center that San Diego State University is the campus with the sixth worst record for combating anti- Semitism, spokeswoman Natalia Elko told San Diego Jewish World: “San Diego State University is one of the most diverse universities in the country, accepting of people and points
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