Columnist Beinart to discuss Israel here Dec. 15

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)— Peter Beinart, a former editor of the New Republic and currentlyh a columnist for Haaretz, will discuss his insights into recent developments in Israel and the region, the Israel-Diaspora relationship and the changing dynamics around Israel on college campuses at 7 p.m. Monday, December 15th at  at Congregation Beth Israel, 9001 Towne Center Drive, […]

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BGU: 2 kinds of football- caused brain trauma

By Anav Silverman BEER-SHEVA, Israel– According to a Ben Gurion University of the Negev research group, American football players for the first time have been found to have brain damage from mild “unreported” concussions. Published in the current issue of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Neurology, the Ben Gurion study could improve decision making about when an athlete

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Does the theory of evolution need updating?

The Evolution Revolution: Why Thinking People are Rethinking the Theory of Evolution by Lee Spetner, Judaica Press, Brooklyn, NY; ISBN 978-1-60763-155-2 ©2014, $17.95, p. 145, plus references and index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California –Showing that common descent, the belief that all of life has a universal ancestor, first proposed by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis in

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JNS news briefs: November 24, 2014

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, source of past controversy on Israel, to resign (JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, a past source of controversy due to his statements about Israel, will resign. The New York Times, citing senior U.S. officials, reported Monday that President Barack Obama decided to push for Hagel’s resignation “as a recognition

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‘Honky’ explores racism from two sides of the divide

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –“Each of us thinks we’re unique. But we’re somebody else’s stereotype.” -Sam Woodhouse Before Honky opened, the REP was accused of being racist for staging a show with such a racially charged title.  Somebody even stole the poster from the REP’s front window –a first in their history.  These

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ADL denounces Turkish governor’s threats against shul

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Sunday, Nov. 23, expressed outrage at a Turkish governor’s threats to turn a century-old synagogue into a museum — as punishment, he says, for Israel’s alleged actions against Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. Dursun Sahin, governor of the province of Edirne, said he was turning the 107-year old Buyuk

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Cast of ‘Reasons to Live’ tries too hard

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Okay, so we all have dysfunctional families.  And their doppelgangers have been running rampant, loving and hating one another, as in August–Osage County, or attempting to provide hilarity onstage a la Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You.  So enough already! The latest entry in the “whimsical family” category is a heavy-handed attempt

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Ruins of fortified town of 2100 BCE found near Gaza

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Archaeological excavations in Netiv Haasarah have uncovered a Persian era military installation. Netiv Haasarah is a town in the “Gaza envelope” with a population of about 700. The dig, being headed by Dr. Yael Abadi Rice, found a fortified town and a military tower, from approximately 2,100 years ago.

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