By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.– Last year at Thanksgiving, we noted that November 2008 was a moment of “tremendous upheaval, economic dislocation and a truly historic presidential election. As a country, we are exhausted and jittery, and nothing makes us think the way ahead will be any easier or calmer.” We were right. On the

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is the text of a U.S. State Department press briefing given on Wednesday by George Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy for Middle East peace.  He was introduced by State Department spokesman Robert Wood. MR. WOOD: Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the briefing. As promised, Senator Mitchell is here, and he is

By David Amos SAN DIEGO–When we are asked to name the greatest conductors of the Twentieth Century, many important names come to mind. No need to repeat them at this time. But, it is unlikely that Erich Leinsdorf would make that list. This is unfortunate, since Leinsdorf, who admittedly did not break any major new

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued the following statement on Wednesday: “Today’s announcement by the Government of Israel helps move forward toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We believe that through good-faith negotiations the parties can mutually agree on an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the Palestinian goal of an

HAIFA (Press Release) — Dr. Sarit Larisch, head of the Cell Death Research Laboratory and senior lecturer in the University of Haifa’s Department of Biology, has been awarded the  Johnson & Johnson Focused Funding grant for her research exploring the cause of brain cell damage in Parkinson’s disease. The award, which is granted each year