JERUSALEM (Press Release)- “I couldn’t move”, “It was like magic” and “you must do it” were some the responses of the ten randomly selected strangers who participated in a guided meditation intended to connect them more deeply to the Western Wall. (Ha Kotel). In a seven minute video detailing the process, we can see French, Italian, American […]
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
BROOKLYN, New York (Press Release)–The Leon Levy Foundation, led by Founding Trustee Shelby White, has made a leadership gift of $5 million to the Brooklyn Museum to endow the position of Director. It is the largest endowment gift to the Museum from a non-trustee donor and the largest gift from a foundation in more than
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Travel and Food
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In a grand ceremony on May 18, during Tel Aviv University’s 2014 Board of Governors annual meeting, prestigious Dan David Prizes were awarded to seven scientists and intellectuals before an audience of prominent political, business, philanthropic, and academic figures from around the world. Among this years’ laureates were Prof. Saul
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego on Monday, May 19, announced a $1 million matching gift donation from local philanthropist and campus supporter Ernest Rady. The gift from the Rady School naming donor will fund fellowships that will help attract outstanding MBA students. Rady has pledged to donate one
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– For Pauline Foster, community philanthropist and longtime supporter of the University of California, San Diego, giving $7.5 million in support of the new cancer care hospital at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center is a gift from the heart—both her husband and brother died of cancer. The campus announced today that
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationIDF chief ‘deeply concerned’ about reserves’ readiness due to budget cuts (JNS.org) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Monday that he is “deeply concerned about the readiness of the reserves at the present time, as well as in the foreseeable future.” Gantz has warned that the budget cuts already
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Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Three Israeli students from Ben Gurion University of the Negev won second place at the International Cultural and Academic Meeting of Engineering Students conference (ICAMES), a world-wide engineering project competition organized by the Engineering Society of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Gilad Keizler, Yuval Ben Zion and Nimrod Shalit’s final project in
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The United States Department of Justice has caught five Chinese officials of hacking into the computer sites of five American incorporations. Further investigations have revealed that they are also eavesdropping on internet publications like The San Diego Jewish … 我们正在听. * The Air Force has readied planes in case the State
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
JERUSALEM (WJC) — Bulgaria’s leader has said his country was making progress in hunting down the terrorists responsible for the July 2012 terrorist attack in Burgas in which five Israelis were killed. “I perceive that soon we will be able to bring to justice those who are to be blamed for this terrorist
LONDON (WJC) — Sir Nicholas Winton, a Briton who at the outbreak of World War II organized mass evacuations of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and saved them from being deported to the death camps, has turned 105. Czech President Milos Zeman announced that he would award Winton with the highest Czech state decoration. Zeman said
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International, Jewish History
WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Congressman Joe Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Congressman Trent Franks (R-Arizona) announced that legislation to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres with the Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2939) passed the House of Representatives by voice vote on Monday, May 19. The bill was introduced last year by Rep. Kennedy and Rep. Franks in the
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Middle East, USABy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Israelis living in the Old City in Jerusalem and tourists coming to visit the Holy Basin are the target of an increasing wave of violence perpetrated by Arabs, this according to a report compiled by a civilian security company guarding the area and published by IDF Radio. The report
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Palestinian organizations got just what they wanted from this year’s celebration of Nakba, what they call the disaster of Israel’s creation in 1948. Videos show enraged young men and boys, and some women throwing stones at nearby soldiers, and using slingshots of the David vs Goliath variety to hurl their rocks
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
LOS ANGELES (Press Release)—Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, presented Rock the Vote and its Co-Founder Jody Uttal with the first-ever Andrew Goodman Award on Sunday, May 18. As part of its ongoing work to promote and protect voting rights, Bend the Arc partnered with The Andrew Goodman Foundation, named for the
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The World We Share, USA