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 It has been replaced by other Muslims.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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EU 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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Science, Medicine, & EducationSaudi airline under fire for discrimination against Israeli passengers (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio said on Monday that Saudi Arabian Airlines should be excluded from U.S. airports if it doesn’t stop discriminating against Israeli passengers. “Saudi Arabian Airlines uses U.S. airports and yet bans Israeli citizens from being
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InternationalBy Rabbi Jonah Geffen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tisha B’Av, which took place this last week, is a time for each of us to experience anew the tragedies that have befallen our people over the centuries – and yet it is also a time to renew our emotional ties to Israel and to look forward
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Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The pressure on politicians to rush to judgments about their fellow politicians must be overwhelming. On Monday, Democratic Congressman Scott Peters, who has been constantly badgered by the Republican National Committee to join in the howls for Mayor Bob Filner’s resignation, succumbed. So too did Democratic Congresswoman Susan
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Donald H. HarrisonKnesset committee designates a memorial day for Jewish refugees of Arab states (JNS.org) The Knesset Ministerial Committee for Legislation endorsed a new proposal on Sunday that will mark Nov. 30 as a national day to commemorate the more than 850,000 Jews who fled or were evicted from their homes in Arab countries after Israel’s establishment,
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By Alan Muskovitz DETROIT–We all face challenges. Health. Financial. Challenges that test us. It’s part of the human equation. No one gets by unscathed. But you know the saying – “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Yeah, well trying convincing someone of that after they’ve attempted to “seamlessly” switch their phone service
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