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Yeshiva U model UN allows head-on focus on issues

February 17, 2014

STAMFORD, Conn.—The United Nations is in session. Sam Collins. Croatian delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization, rises to address the debate on a topic currently occupying the Global Access to Knowledge Movement (A2K): Should free or low-cost smartphones be distributed to populations of developing countries? He suggests, “Instead of giving them information, let us […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Humoring the headlines: February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―The warm weather at the Sochi Olympics has made the snow too slushy for many of the outside events. Facing the prospect of global warming affecting future winter games, the International Olympic Committee has voted to give the local organizers permission to switch skiing events into water skiing events if the

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The Menschkins

February 17, 2014

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Trivia, Humor & Satire

JNS news briefs: February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014

Five killed as explosion topples building in northern Israeli city of Acre (JNS.org) Five people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, and 12 others were wounded in the early hours of Monday morning when an explosion caused a three-story residential building in the northern Israeli city of Acre to collapse, Israel Hayom reported. While it

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International

It’s chocolate time in Tel Aviv

February 17, 2014

By Anav Silverman TEL AVIV – Along with the much needed rain that drenched Israel this past weekend, Tel Aviv experienced a different kind of rain – chocolates galore – at the city’s annual Chocolate Festival. From chocolate shwarmas and kebabs, to chocolate jewelry, sculptures, and even a chocolate spa, the festival took place at

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Travel and Food

Hadassah president reaffirms commitment to hospitals

February 17, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The national board of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (HWZOA) sent a message this week to the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) and those it serves expressing solidarity during HMO’s restructuring process. HMO’s board announced on February 7 that it would apply to the Court for a relief under Section

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Waves of immigration changed Israeli ideology

February 17, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A sizable majority of American Jews support Israel. With respect to those who do and don’t, one of the stronger explanations is affiliation with a temple or synagogue. Affiliated Jews are more likely to support Israel, and the Orthodox stand out as more supportive than those in other congregations. No

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Alternative to two-state solution won’t benefit Israel

February 16, 2014

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Chapter 16 of the memoir, Once Upon a Country, by the distinguished Palestinian public intellectual, spokesman, activist, philosopher and current president of Al Quds University Sari Nusseibeh is called, “Annex Us!” It tells how he rattled Israelis and confused Palestinians by proposing that Israel annex the West Bank and Gaza.

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Middle East

Yvonne Greenberg, teacher and journalist, dies at 82

February 16, 2014

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Cultural affairs journalist Marion Yvonne Greenberg, 82, died February 11 at Emeritus in the Carmel Valley neighborhood Born to Paul and Friedel Blumenthal (Haimann) in Mexico City on August 20, 1931, she graduated from the American School in San Antonio,Texas in 1948. Fluent in Spanish and English, she graduated from The

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San Diego County

Tourist bus explodes in Egypt, near Israel border

February 16, 2014

–Developing News Story– EILAT, Israel –Across the border in Taba, Egypt, a tourist bus exploded en route to Israel on Sunday, Feb. 16. Initial reports indicate that five people were killed, including the bus driver and four South Korean tourists who had gone to see Saint Catherine’s monastery in the Sinai Peninsula. Most of the

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Travel and Food

German film festival honors BDS activist

February 16, 2014

BERLIN (Press Release)– AJC condemned as a blow against artistic freedom the Berlinale decision to award British film director Ken Loach “The Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement Award.” The Berlinale, the second largest film festival in Europe after Cannes, is co-sponsored by the German government. “It is a disgrace that a prominent German film

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 20, 1957, Part 2

February 15, 2014

Attention Family Historians: If you would like a JPG photo copy of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment per article, to Family

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Adventures in SD History

Beth El ponders next step in alleged embezzlement

February 15, 2014

By Suzanne Pollak Senior Writer. Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — The just departed executive director of Adas Israel Congregation has admitted to intentionally stealing at least $390,000, deceptive record keeping and illegal transferring of funds from a California synagogue during the time he was executive director there. Eric S. Levine, who was asked to

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San Diego County

Schulz’s water comment a diplomatic gaffe

February 15, 2014

JERUSALEM–The President of the EU Parliament, Martin Schulz, came to Israel and addressed the Knesset in what was mostly a ceremonial occasion to demonstrate his credentials as a friend of Israel and an opponent of boycotts. But one poorly crafted sentence brought forth an uproar. It didn’t help that he was speaking in German. There

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Yeshiva U model UN allows head-on focus on issues

Humoring the headlines: February 17, 2014

The Menschkins

JNS news briefs: February 17, 2014

It’s chocolate time in Tel Aviv

Hadassah president reaffirms commitment to hospitals

Waves of immigration changed Israeli ideology

Alternative to two-state solution won’t benefit Israel

Yvonne Greenberg, teacher and journalist, dies at 82

Tourist bus explodes in Egypt, near Israel border

German film festival honors BDS activist

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, September 20, 1957, Part 2

Beth El ponders next step in alleged embezzlement

Schulz’s water comment a diplomatic gaffe

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