Haifa University, Salk Institute Report Findings on Genetic Causes of Schizophrenia

The researchers chose to examine genetic differences between individuals who would not be expected to show such differences – pairs of identical twins, who should share the same DNA sequence, where one of the twins suffers from schizophrenia while the other does not. [Press Release, University of Haifa]

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Biden slams ‘ferocious’ rise in anti-Semitism amid Gaza protests

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden condemned a “ferocious surge” in anti-Semitism on Tuesday, in a Holocaust memorial speech that came at a fraught moment in Israel’s war in Gaza and with protests roiling American universities. Biden, who has backed Israel since the start of the conflict, said too many people

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Israel seizes control of Rafah border crossing and hits out at Hamas ceasefire ‘ruse’

Published by GB News Israel has taken control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after launching air strikes. Israel carried out the next stage of its offensive while the prospects for a ceasefire deal hung in the balance. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said late on Monday it had agreed to

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Israelis and Americans Gather in Living Room for Holocaust Memories

The event in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego had two survivors speaking, Debby Stauber and Marguerite Morris. We heard two very different experiences from these two lovely ladies and even had a chance to hold in our hand part of history. The passport that belongs to Stauber was surreal to hold as the passport was adorned with the Nazi swastika on it. [Miriam Gershenson]

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Spinoza: A Latter-Day Disciple of Maimonides?

Many, including Spinoza’s family, fled to Amsterdam, where Jews were tolerated as long as they did not “clash with (Amsterdam’s) Calvinism on such matters as the immortality of the soul, belief in the afterlife, God the creator or the divine origin of the Holy Scriptures – all dogmas that Spinoza would later repudiate.” [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Congressional Candidate Bill Wells Tells His Stand on Israel

Our commitment to Israel is of course strategic, but it is also based upon friendship and commonality of values. An Israel that can protect, for its people, the right to exist in peace and pursue happiness and prosperity, is an ally that shares the values and ideals of America. A strong alliance with Israel is both a strategic and moral imperative. [Bill Wells]

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Children’s Book Teaches Israel Geography and Conservation

In this picture book for children between the ages of 3 and 8, a young girl who is a future conservationist travels up and down Israel finding treasures that she can hold in her hands for moments before restoring them to their rightful place in nature. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Jewish groups sue Palestinian groups, Hamas supporters

Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – As rioters take over college campuses setting up encampments, committing acts of violence, vandalism and antisemitism forcing some graduation ceremonies to be canceled, a coalition of Jewish groups has sued Palestinian groups arguing they are “collaborators and propagandists for Hamas.” The global law firm Greenberg Traurig,

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‘Cannot support an operation in Rafah as it is currently envisioned’: US

Published by ANI News Washington, DC [US], May 7 (ANI): The United States on Monday said that it cannot support an operation in Rafah the way it is envisioned as of now. “We’ve made quite clear our position on Rafah for some time, which is that we cannot support an operation in Rafah as it

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Community Marks an Emotional Yom HaShoah at the JCC

The Jewish Federation of San Diego has received a very generous donation, the biggest in its history. With these funds, they are building a mobile Holocaust educational vehicle. It will include the latest technologies, relics, interactive components, and so much more. [Miriam Gershenson]

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Pro-Israel Rally Held Sunday at UCSD

We were instructed not to interact with them, but I felt an urge to ask some of the poster holders for explanations. Not to pick a fight, but to understand what they meant or to confirm my suspicion that they didn’t fully grasp what they were saying. For example, I would have liked to discuss with a lady holding a sign that read: “Proud to be a Jew. Proud to be anti-Zionist.” What did she mean? As anti-Zionism literally means the dismantling of our Jewish state, how could it coexist with being a “proud Jew”? [Yakov Nayerman]

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