Foxman promises help to children of migrant workers in Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Oct. 19,  visited the Rogosin-Bialik School in Tel Aviv, a diverse inner-city school with students from nearly 40 countries, where he met with children of migrant workers who are threatened with deportation.  “We care about you, and in the spirit of Jewish values, we […]

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Middle East

What would change if UN recognized Palestine as independent?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–I’ve been urging Kaddish for the idea of the Palestinian state ever since the sound of exploding buses replaced  enthusiasm for the Oslo Accords. That puts me against many people who consider themselves right thinking, and perhaps a large majority of those who are leaders of their countries. On the other hand,

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Israeli physicist among U.S. Medal of Science winners

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Renowned in the physics community for the “Aharonov-Bohm Effect,” Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Yakir Aharonov, 78, is one of 10 scientists to win America’s National Medal of Science this year. He will receive the award from the hands of President Barack Obama at the White House in a November ceremony. “The

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Science, Medicine, & Education

New principal is a long-time educator and a new rabbi

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Laura Harari, a lifelong Jewish educator and a recently ordained rabbi, benefitted from both experiences.  As a child, her “first real exposure” to Jewish life was through summer camping and informal education.  She attended a Reform Jewish camp operated in Wisconsin by the Olin-Sang-Ruby-Union Institute.   Later, she

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Science, Medicine, & Education

U.S., Israel vow continued pressure on Iran

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The following statement is issued by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon. U.S. and Israeli delegations, headed by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon, met today in Washington to continue the semi-annual U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue. The

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Middle East

Chaperone molecules transfer copper, other substances from membranes to cells

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Information on proteins is critical for understanding how cells function in health and disease. But while regular proteins are easy to extract and study, it is far more difficult to gather information about membrane proteins, which are responsible for exchanging elements essential to our health, like copper, between a cell

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Science, Medicine, & Education

A remembrance of Marty Wertlieb

(Editor’s Note: Friends and relatives gathered at Temple Emanu-El on Saturday evening, October 16, in memory of Jewish educator Marty Wertlieb, who died Sept. 18.  Speakers included Rabbis Yael Ridberg of Congregation Dor Hadash and Martin S. Lawson of Temple Emanu-El; Wertlieb’s husband, David, and daughters Jessica and Lise, and Aaron Borovoy, a congregant whom she

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Israel boycott effort grows among Australian labor unions

MELBOURNE (WJC)–Several Australian labor unions have endorsed the international campaign to boycott Israeli goods from the West Bank and are campaigning to get a boycott adopted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the umbrella body. The Electrical Trades Union, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, the Queensland branch

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 15, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Camp Jaycee Opens June 27 Southwestern Jewish Press, April 15 1955, Page 3 The day camp operated by the Jewish Community Center will develop its 1955 program around a mature group of counselors and specialist, according to Leonard Zlotoff, chairman of the program committee. Albert Hutler, who will

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