MP suspended over calling Israel an ‘apartheid state’ (JNS.org) British Member of Parliament David Ward was suspended by his Liberal Democrat party on Thursday over a recent message on Twitter calling Israel an apartheid state. “Am I wrong or are am I right? At long last the #Zionists are losing the battle—how long can the […]
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There has been a bad couple of days for Israelis living in settlements beyond the 1967 borders, including those of us in the new neighborhoods of Jerusalem. The European Union formally announced a ban on the funding of Israeli entities beyond those borders. While the actual impact is not clear,
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — A team of 18 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students have designed and developed an intelligent, autonomous submarine called the “Hydro Camel,” the first of its kind in Israel. Several members of the BGU Hydro Camel submarine team will compete in the 16th Annual RoboSub Competition in San Diego from
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Travel and FoodBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered that a single dose of methylphenidate (MPH), used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy, helps improve balance control during walking, hence reducing the risk of falls among elderly adults. Falls in older adults are the leading cause of hip
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Science, Medicine, & Education‘Clear signs’ Hezbollah behind Burgas bombing (JNS.org) There are “clear signs that say Hezbollah is behind the Burgas bombing” that killed five Israelis and their Bulgarian bus driver on July 18, 2012, Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev said Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the attack. Yovchev told reporters at a ceremony for the opening
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By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Everyone knows what a ”typo” is, and we all make them from time to time, in emails and college term papers and in published ebooks. But what is an “atomic typo”? I’ve been following the term for a few years now, and from I gather it’s an incorrect
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Travel and FoodENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted its annual 211 Club Patron Recognition Party this past Sunday, July 14 at the Solana Beach home of Jeffrey Strauss, Executive Chef & Owner of Pamplemousse Grille. Over 120 of Seacrest Village’s most generous supporters gathered to celebrate their commitment to the charitable mission of
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San Diego CountyTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Heart tissue sustains irreparable damage in the wake of a heart attack. Because cells in the heart cannot multiply and the cardiac muscle contains few stem cells, the tissue is unable to repair itself — it becomes fibrotic and cannot contract properly.In their search for innovative methods to restore heart
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Recent events suggest the hypothesis that Israel is no longer at the top of Muslims’ agenda for revenge or liquidation. It has been replaced by other Muslims. The thought is tentative, and not appropriate to guide Israeli policy with respect to its own security agenda, or to justify overseas Jewish
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastEU bans cooperation with Israel in areas beyond pre-1967 lines (JNS.org) The European Union on July 19 will issue a directive to all of its member nations that bans cooperation with Israel in Judea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights, all territories acquired by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War. As of
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By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Conductor Murry Sidlin is well-remembered by San Diegans for his creative programs with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. For many years, he was the conductor of the Classical Hits series. He also did a stint as conductor of the Summer Pops and, later, conducted the Light Bulb series. Most
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — “Religion is good for you.” “A religious person is a mentally healthy person.” Statements such as these could not have been made when I was a graduate student in psychology back in the 1960s. Quite the contrary. The prevalent belief in the mental health profession then was
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Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Recently I received an interesting email from two sisters in Ontario, Canada, who wanted to know if there was a Jewish museum in San Diego or anything else Jewish that they could see on a planned 2 1/2 day visit to our city. What I told them in the body
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Donald H. HarrisonLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — A leadership gift of $1 million from San Diego philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs will help UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center change how cancer is treated by supporting the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, a newly established center headed by Razelle Kurzrock, M.D. The UC San Diego Moores Cancer
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