TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Asthma, which inflames and narrows the airways, has become more common in recent years. While there is no known cure, asthma can be managed with medication and by avoiding allergens and other triggers. A new study by a Tel Aviv University researcher points to a convenient, free way to manage acute […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)– In response to an urgent request from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s president, Prof. Rivka Carmi, American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) raised $1 million for a “Wartime Assistance for Students” fund to help those who served in Operation Protective Edge, volunteered in the community or were otherwise affected
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – With tensions in Jerusalem and beyond rising to a boiling point, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of his cabinet have initiated a series of highly inflammatory steps and have been using incendiary language in recent days. Americans for Peace Now (APN) said Tuesday, Oct. 28, that it is “angered
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Selwyn Isakow, a private investor who helped organize last weekend’s Shabbat San Diego events, said attendance statistics were impressive but the true test of the events that brought so many Jews together is whether it will spur many people to seek deeper levels of involvement with the Jewish community. Isakow told
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Joe Gandelman TORONTO, Canada– Is Mel Brooks smiling? Brooks’ 1968 comedy The Producers dealt with an outrageous, fictitious Broadway musical called Springtime for Hitler that trivialized Nazism and became a surprise hit. The New York Metropolitan Opera is now presenting The Death of Klinghoffer, which tries to explain the point of view of PLF members
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– Fifteen Jewish and education advocacy groups on Tuyesday, Oct. 28, wrote to the presidents of more than 100 universities with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters to warn them of an internal SJP document containing a strategy for disrupting pro-Israel student events, conduct subject to prosecution under state criminal laws. In
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TBILISI, Georgia (WJC) — European rabbis have called on governments throughout the continent to pass laws targeting hate speech against Jews. The call was made in a resolution passed by the standing committee of the WJC affiliated Conference of European Rabbis, or CER, which convened last week in Tbilisi, Georgia.“We call on additional countries to
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InternationalCAPE TOWN, South Africa (WJC) –Anti-Israel campaigners in South Africa placed a severed pig’s head in the kosher section of a Cape Town market, reportedly to express “solidarity with the Palestinians”. The pig’s head was found in the kosher foods section of a Woolworths market and had been placed there by supporters of the Boycott,
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InternationalNetanyahu defends Jerusalem construction amid U.S., EU criticism (JNS.org) In the face of criticism from the United States and European Union, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday defended his decision to advance 1,060 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Ramat Shlomo and Har Homa, which are both located beyond the pre-1967 lines.
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By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM–The gentle autumn wind foreshadows the holiday season as I locate a modest doorway on a tree-lined Jerusalem street, the side entrance to the elegant 90-year-old Yeshurun Synagogue. It leads to Yad HaRav Herzog, a research center which hosts, among other projects, the venture that is possibly the most momentous
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein GreenwaldBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — It used to be that psychiatrists put insane people into insane asylums. However, today, everyone is seemingly insane. Sort of. Just look at the pathology of our youth, the dysfunction of our families, the violence in our day to day lives, the poisonous popular culture to which
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Michael MantellBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Honky is coming to the REP, opening Nov 7 th. I recently spoke with its white playwright, Greg Kalleres. He grew up in an upper-middle class suburb of Indianapolis. There are very clear-cut lines dividing the demographics of neighborhoods in this society. Which side of “the tracks” you grow
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Travel and FoodMEMPHIS, Tennessee (Press Release)– “We haven’t had this much attention since Elvis died!” That’s the assessment of the Memphis “100NewFamilies Committee” as word of mouth builds nationally amongst young Jewish families about possibly the best lifestyle alternative to the cold, expensive Northeast. In contrast to the outrageous costs of Jewish living in general (and housing
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Jewish Religion, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)– Difficulty in conceiving a child is a major challenge for one in seven heterosexual couples in America, especially for those over the age of 35. Now a new discovery by researchers at Tel Aviv University and Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer could boost the chances of conception in women undergoing
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