University of Haifa Holds First Interfaith Conference Inspired by Abraham Accords

(JNS) The University of Haifa held its first international interfaith conference last week, hosting more than 50 religious figures and academics. The JCM (Jews, Christians, Muslims) Conference included participants from Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Turkey, Albania, Greece, England, Ireland and Germany. “We live in a highly religious region, where religious leaders wield […]

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International, Israel, Middle East

JCRC Releases Survey of Bay Area Jewish Identity

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties (JCRC Bay Area) today announced the first-ever Survey of Bay Area Jewish Identity. Conducted by EMC Research, a well-respected national public opinion firm with Bay Area roots, the survey included 828 total completed

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California

Blinken Warns Incoming Netanyahu Government Against Settlements, Annexation

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Sunday to oppose Israeli settlements or annexation in the West Bank, but promised to judge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming government by actions and not personalities. Netanyahu is expected to return to power after sealing a coalition deal with the extreme-right movements

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Israel

Lockheed Martin, Israel’s Rafael to Develop Laser Weapon System

Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin and Israeli contractor Rafael have teamed up to create a high-energy laser weapon system, based on a technology already under development in Israel that could be market ready next year. The idea, the companies said on Monday, is to produce a version of the

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Israel

Israeli Intelligence Chiefs See Tehran Surviving Protests, For Now

Published by Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Iran’s clerical rulers are likely to survive protests sweeping the country and could stay in power for years, the chief analyst for Israeli military intelligence said on Monday, prompting his commander to predict the enemy regime would eventually fall. Locked in a Cold War-style conflict with Iran,

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Middle East

Students’ Sensory Chanukah Cards Shine Light on Disability

(JNS) For the fourth straight year, hundreds of students from Jewish day schools and Hebrew schools across the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and even Poland are learning about the care, rehabilitation and advancement of children with severe disabilities by creating unique “Sensory Chanukah Cards” that will lift the spirits of their peers at ADI,

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International, Israel, Jewish Religion, USA

San Francisco Rabbis Protested WWII Japanese-American Incarceration

San Francisco State historian Marc Dollinger said only one Jewish group – the Reform rabbis of San Francisco – publicly objected to the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II.  The rest of the organized Jewish community acquiesced to the imprisonment of these innocent American citizens, Dollinger said during the 18th annual Mimi Epstein Memorial Lecture at Temple Isaiah on Sunday, Dec. 4, here. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Ex-Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs Joins Board of UK-Based Arm as Companies Battle in Court

Published by The San Diego Union-Tribune Arm, a semiconductor technology licensing firm, said Wednesday that former Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs has joined its board of directors — an unexpected move given that Arm and Qualcomm are embroiled in an increasingly contentious legal battle linked to high-performance processors. Jacobs served as Qualcomm’s chief executive from

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