Jewish Federations laud bill to aid aging Holocaust survivors

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—The Jewish Federations of North America lauded the introduction of a Congressional bill to provide support for agencies serving Holocaust survivors as they age in place in communities across the country.  This bill is a result of meetings and discussions that Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Iliana Ros-Lehtinen conducted with Holocaust survivors and social […]

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USA

While you watch your computer, it will watch your posture

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– A multidisciplinary  team at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed a new training method using a desktop webcam to improve ergonomic posture and reduce the risk of  musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among office workers using computers. According to an article in Applied Ergonomics in  the forthcoming issue, a group of 60

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Science, Medicine, & Education

New Tisha B’Av tragedy: S&P’s downgrading of U.S. bonds

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The first music that I heard on Israel radio this morning (Tuesday, August 9th, ט’ באב) was עַל נַהֲרוֹת, בָּבֶל–שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ, גַּם-בָּכִינוּ: בְּזָכְרֵנוּ, אֶת-צִיּוֹן. My old brain heard transformed that into Peter, Paul and Mary, “By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept when we remembered thee Zion . .

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion

Israeli protests: a secular backlash against religious settlers and Netanyahu’s foreign policy

  By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — It is not as dramatic a phenomenon in Israel as, say, the bold, treacherous discord ongoing in the Arab world.   And certainly the thousands upon thousands of Israeli youth (and many older citizens) already have the freedom of assembly that their counterparts in Syria, Libya, Egypt and

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Middle East

Israeli demonstrations a media success, but will they change anything?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –There is no doubting the success of those who organized demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and elsewhere in behalf of social justice. Activists and their friends in the media are reporting that more than 300,000 participated. Police estimates are 200,000. Whatever the accuracy of one or another, the pictures were impressive.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East