By Alex Joffe NEW YORK — April saw the focus of BDS activities pivot back to academia. It is no coincidence that Passover and Easter were celebrated in April; indeed, the timing of BDS resolutions in student government settings has long centered around holidays when attention, presumably wanes. Analysis: A series of BDS proposals
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASACRAMENTO (Press Release)– To improve literacy rates among children, the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday, April 30, supported a measure by California Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg to improve vision-screening at elementary schools on a bipartisan vote of 6 – 0, with the roll still open for additional votes from three committee members. Senate Bill 1172 will ensure
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In advance of Mother’s Day, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and a group of bipartisan women senators today urged the Obama administration to stand up for women’s health to make sure medical treatments are safe and effective for women. In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, the senators urged that more
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) Israel’s Risco Group, a company leading in global security solutions, announced on Wednesday, April 30, that it has completed the implementation of a command and control system for one of the 12 World Cup stadiums, the Arena Patanal, in Cuiabá, Brazil. The stadium, which will seat 44,000 fans, will be protected
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By Motaz Othman DEAD SEA SHORE, Jordan (eturbonews.com)– The first of its kind festival will take place on Friday, 2nd of May, 2014 at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel Beach, this will be the first run of the Dead Sea Mud Festival, an annual sustainable event that aims to promote tourism and raise awareness for Jordan’s
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Middle East, Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Reps. Susan Davis (D-California) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) introduced legislation in the House to help schools include social and emotional learning (SEL). The Supporting Emotional Learning (SEL) Act (H.R. 4509) would support teacher training in SEL to help young people better handle societal issues thus boosting their academic potential. Students
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday, April 30, sent a letter to Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) asking him to enforce the rules for reverse mortgages to help prevent families from being forced into foreclosure after inheriting
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, along with San Diego County Sheriff William Gore and San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, have established a cooperative DNA project among their three agencies that is boosting prosecutions and jail time for defendants who commit multiple crimes. By integrating a real-time DNA
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–On April 30, 2014, the State Department submitted Country Reports on Terrorism 2013 to the U.S. Congress as required by law. This report, available on www.state.gov/j/ct, provides the Department of State’s annual assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that occurred from January 1 to December 31, 2013. It includes a
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Thirty new Olim from North America arrived Wednesday, April 30, at Ben Gurion airport and 60 others already in Israel became new citizens through Nefesh B’Nefesh, in conjunction with Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA. At the same time, at Israel’s Army’s
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) honored Dr. Julie L Gerberding, president of Merck Vaccines, with the global advocacy organization’s Women’s Global Leadership Award. The award was presented Wednesday, April 30, at the AJC Women’s Leadership Spring Luncheon, held at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. “Dr. Gerberding is a true
NEW YORK (WJC)–An Auschwitz survivor’s quest to find his twin brother he last saw in 1945 through Facebook has received an unexpected boost more than a year after it was launched. In recent days, coinciding with Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust remembrance day, over 330,000 users shared a post from the World Jewish Congress Facebook page
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Jewish HistoryHamas will not recognize Israel, official says (JNS.org) Hamas will not recognize Israel if a Palestinian unity government is formed, a top official of the Gaza-based terrorist said Tuesday, Reuters reported. Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a Hamas strategist, also told Reuters that the recent unity pact signed by Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah
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InternationalSAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Poets and authors will speak about their works during May at the Astor Library of. the Lawrence Family JCC. On May 6, at 7 p.m. three featured poets will read their original works, and then there will be a half hour open-microphone session when members of the public may read their
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