Mother’s Day for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

MASAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) and a bipartisan group of congresswomen celebrated Mother’s Day with the servicemembers in Afghanistan. Davis, Ranking Member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, led the delegation trip with U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL).  Joining Davis and Roby were Reps. Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), […]

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International, USA

San Diego celebrates Israel’s 66th birthday May 18

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners will hold their annual community event to celebrate Yom Ha’atzma’ut (Israel’s Independence Day) on May 18 at Nobel Athletic Field near the University Towne Center.  This is a free event to celebrate and educate our local community about Israel and her culture. The

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Travel and Food

Holocaust center planned at Wiesel’s boyhood home

SIGHET, Romania (Press Release) – A special event marking the opening of the first public Holocaust education center in Romania will take place Sunday, May 18 in the town of Sighet. The “Holocaust Cellar” will become a new feature of the Holocaust museum in the pre-war home of Nobel Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, in the courtyard

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International, Jewish History

Family of cancer patient, 19, felt blessed by routine

By E. Leibowitz Condensed from Hapeles – Mussaf PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (Press Release)–The clinic was busy as usual, filled with people of all ages. The silence was interrupted from time to time by murmured grumbling over the long wait. Yehuda would have preferred to remain ensconced in the Yeshiva, but the stomachache that had been

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Protein can protect cells from collapse by Alzheimer’s

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The devastating loss of memory and consciousness in Alzheimer’s disease is caused by plaque accumulations and tangles in neurons, which kill brain cells. Alzheimer’s research has centered on trying to understand the pathology as well as the potential protective or regenerative properties of brain cells as an avenue for treating

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Students seek more Jewish access to Temple Mount

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)– A growing number of secular Israeli university students are embracing Jewish rights to the Temple Mount, following months of violence against Jewish visitors and tourists at the holy site and a growing Hamas presence. During the Jewish holiday of Passover, the Temple Mount remained closed to both Jewish visitors and tourists

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Middle East

A primer on Israel’s presidential hopefuls

By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org Israeli President Shimon Peres is retiring in July, capping a seven-year term and a nearly seven-decade political career in the Jewish state. After replacing disgraced former President Moshe Katzav, who was convicted of rape in 2007, the younger-than-his-years Peres turned the largely ceremonial role of Israeli president into a pseudo-ambassadorial position,

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: May 13, 2014

Danny Glover, others in ‘American Revolutionary’ call for boycott of Israel (JNS.org) Actor Danny Glover and others featured in “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs” lamented the documentary film’s screening at the DocAviv festival in Tel Aviv, and called for a boycott of Israel. “We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine,

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International

The Flaw in Obamacare — Gov’t red tape

By Joe Gandelman   SAN DIEGO — There’s good news and bad news about Obamacare. The good news is some 8 million Americans have signed up for health care, and the national uninsured rate is dropping. The bad news is an estimated 5 million “working poor” Americans can’t get insurance because they’re considered too poor. Others

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Joe Gandelman, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA