Los Angeles Jews Honor Muslim Scholar of Moroccan Jewry

By Karmel Melamed (JNS) With the red carpet rolled out and Moroccan music filling the Em Habanim synagogue in Los Angeles last week, more than 400 of the city’s Moroccan and Sephardic Jews gathered to honor Moroccan Muslim anthropologist Aomar Boum for his two decades of promoting Moroccan Jewish history and encouraging warm relations between

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California, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli Companies to Launch Drone Supply Network for Hospitals

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Israel is set to become the first Western country to establish an aerial drone medical supply network that will link its major hospitals. Behind the achievement are the Rehovot-based Gadfin aero-logistics company, which makes a unique unmanned aircraft that takes off and lands vertically, and folds out its wings to fly

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education

Southern California Mother Featured in First App Exclusively Tailored for Jewish Women

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Press Release) — Katie Roth of Los Angeles was selected as one of the dozens of Jewish women from around the world to share their story on Yomm, a website and complimentary app launched by the Momentum organization. Last week, Momentum, a global movement for Jewish mothers, launched its first mobile app and

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California, Israel, Jewish Religion, USA

Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School Promotes Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School is no stranger to facing challenges head-on. Now, celebrating its 60th anniversary, this remains a fact. With climbing numbers of adolescents dealing with mental health issues, this courageous faculty, led by Rabbi Simcha Weiser, has engaged Stuart Katz, a Hebrew Day alumnus (class

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel Greenlights Project to Document Holocaust Survivors’ Testimonies

(JNS) Israel on Sunday approved a proposal to allocate 3.5 million shekels ($1 million) toward documenting the testimony of Holocaust survivors worldwide. Addressing the final weekly Cabinet meeting of his government, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said, “Ten years ago, when I was finance minister, I was the driving force behind the decision to increase

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Holocaust, International, Israel

When Did Jews Begin to Observe Biblical Laws?

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The question of when did Jews begin to observe the practices and prohibitions of biblical laws is one of the most important yet thorniest questions that has bothered scholars for centuries. While traditional Jews believe their ancestors accepted and practiced Torah laws since the time of

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion

A Double Standard for Israel From Princeton’s Jew-Haters

By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D  At Princeton University, the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) has had a busy year of activism with the sole purpose of maligning, libeling, and questioning the legitimacy of Israel. In March, for example, the group sponsored a referendum that called on Princeton to “immediately halt usage of all Caterpillar machinery

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Israel, Opinion, Richard L. Cravatts, USA

Visiting Israelis Witness ‘Integrated’ Educational Experience at San Diego Jewish Academy

By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — Israeli representatives from the Sha’ar HaNegev region got a firsthand look at the American Jewish day school landscape last Wednesday as part of their six-day visit to San Diego. During a tour of the San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), Sha’ar HaNegev delegation member Tzachi Levy said he was struck

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education