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Salk Institute pill tricks body into weight loss

January 6, 2015

LA JOLLA, California (SDONA) — Salk Institute researchers announced Monday the development of an entirely new type of pill that tricks the body into thinking it has consumed calories, causing it to burn fat. The compound effectively stopped weight gain, lowered cholesterol, controlled blood sugar and minimized inflammation in mice, making it an excellent candidate for […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

SDJA hosts free parent workshop Jan. 21

January 6, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) will host a free Parent Workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 21, entitled, “Understanding Your Child: Brain-based Gender Differences – The Science and the Strategies for More Effective Parenting.” The 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. workshop will be conducted by Kelley King, an international consultant and author of three books in

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Safeway to pay $9.87 million for its unsafe ways

January 5, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced on Monday, Jan. 5, that her office’s Consumer Protection Unit, working with 41 other California District Attorneys and two City Attorneys has obtained a $9.87 million settlement and permanent injunction against Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc. The settlement resolves allegations that more than 500 Safeway stores and distribution centers,

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San Diego County, The World We Share

Palestinians seem to prefer being victims over peace

January 5, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A Russian story tells of a man who lost his only cow. In desperation he went fishing to help feed his family. He caught a fish that turned to be a fairy. It offered to grant him one wish. What did he ask for? That his neighbour should also

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Middle East

Jerusalem Symphony to play for UNESCO in Paris

January 5, 2015

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, will perform at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) headquarters in Paris on Monday, January 26 at the special opening concert of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year the day will also mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The concert

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International, Middle East

JFS sponsors mental health panel Jan. 21

January 5, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service will present a Behavioral Health event, “Putting the Puzzle Together: Mental Health Policy and Community Options” on Wednesday, January 21, at Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Centre Drive. The free event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a resource fair and light appetizers and continues with a panel discussion from

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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jerusalem area expecting winter blizzard

January 5, 2015

By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Israel is preparing for the first snow storm of the 2015 winter. Meteorologists predict that this year’s storm will reach its peak on Wednesday morning, January 7, covering Jerusalem and the Benjamin region, and then spreading south to the mountains of Gush-Etzion and Hebron. Snow is expected to fall

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Middle East

Some words we should all use less

January 5, 2015

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — Many of us make resolutions at the beginning of the secular New Year. My personal ones are of no particular interest to you, but may I humbly suggest a few “word” suggestions for you to consider. We overuse some words to the point that they become ineffective, or at

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Travel and Food

U.S. reversals in Iraq, Afghanistan

January 5, 2015

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The horrific attack on a school in Pakistan by Taliban gunmen that killed 132 people, mainly children, returned that unhappy country to the news headlines for a few days. But only a few it’s gone again. It wasn’t supposed to be like that. In President Obama’s defining 2009

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, z”l

January 5, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mourns the Dec. 14, 2014, passing of Bess Myerson, the trailblazing former beauty pageant queen and government official who in 1945 was crowned the first Jewish Miss America, and who would later become a tireless fighter against the forces of anti-Semitism, prejudice and bigotry. A longtime

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Travel and Food

Humoring the headlines: January 5, 2015

January 5, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Two scientists from Johns Hopkins University have concluded that the cause of two-thirds of all cancers is luck and not behavior, environment, or heredity. In their next study they will distinguish between the variables that cause benign rather than malignant luck. * Sylvester Stallone has announced his plan to produce

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Setting straight the factoid crowd

January 5, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — What’s a factoid? According to one definition, it’s a questionable or spurious (unverified, false, or fabricated) statement presented as a fact, but without supporting evidence. (Wikipedia) Factoids are what passes for knowledge among Westerners who vilify Israel and describe it as apartheid, neo-Nazi, warmongering, and more. Advocates for

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

A Rothschild biography tells of the baroness of jazz

January 5, 2015

The Baroness, the Search for Nica, Rebellious Rothschild and Jazz’s Secret Muse by Hannah Rothschild; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2012 (Editor’s Note: This book was reviewed last year for San Diego Jewish World by Sheila Orysiek. Here is a link to her review.) By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The House of Rothschild, the semi-official

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Travel and Food

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 5, 2015

January 5, 2015

Israel arrests members of Islamic State-linked terror cell in Hebron (JNS.org) Israel security forces arrested three Arab men who were attempting to set up an Islamic State-linked terror cell in Hebron with plans of carrying out different attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. According to Israel’s Shin Bet security service, Ahmed Shahada, 22, admitted to

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Middle East

Salk Institute pill tricks body into weight loss

SDJA hosts free parent workshop Jan. 21

Safeway to pay $9.87 million for its unsafe ways

Palestinians seem to prefer being victims over peace

Jerusalem Symphony to play for UNESCO in Paris

JFS sponsors mental health panel Jan. 21

Jerusalem area expecting winter blizzard

Some words we should all use less

U.S. reversals in Iraq, Afghanistan

Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America, z”l

Humoring the headlines: January 5, 2015

Setting straight the factoid crowd

A Rothschild biography tells of the baroness of jazz

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 5, 2015

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