Donald H. Harrison

Hard to Keep Your Feet Still During a Sharon Katz Concert

South African music is not subtle about the beat. It hits the beats and in rapid succession. You’ve got to dance. Sharon Katz on electric guitar, her very popular Cuban bassist Ignacio Arango, and her drummer hit all the notes and bounced to the next ones. It was funky,  joyous, and rhythmically bubbling through your body. [Barrett Holman Leak]

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Barrett Holman Leak, International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Just Add Water and You Get a New Type of Glass

Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have created a new type of glass that is both highly adhesive and perfectly transparent at the same time. The glass, which forms spontaneously when the new material comes in contact with water at room temperature, could bring about a revolution in an array of diverse industries such as optics and electro-optics, satellite communication, remote sensing, and biomedicine. [Press Release]

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Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, Technology

Researchers Develop Predictive Model for PTSD

The study emphasizes the substantial mental health impact of such mass trauma and provides a crucial tool for policymakers, clinicians, and researchers. Strategic planning and implementation of large-scale interventions represent a potential avenue to bridge the disparity between the extensive needs of the population and the mental health system’s limited resources. This model could serve as a vital tool for preparing mental health interventions and could be adapted for future mass trauma situations globally. [Press Release]

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International, Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Comedy for Koby: Laughter Helps Victims of Terror to Heal

All three of them did a fair amount of crowd work, and I’ll admit I was relieved not to be in the “splash zone” of the first few rows.  I especially liked Liberman’s riffing on the Jewish holidays.  How do you explain Sukkot to someone who’s not Jewish?  [Sandi Masori]

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Israel, Jewish History, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Visits to Cities along the Danube: Both Depressing and Enlightening

The tour guides were not Jewish and referred to the inhabitants of the quarter as “Our Jews.”  They would point out highlighted areas in the German towns where the synagogues had been. One town even had a memorial in what had been the Jewish quarter that consisted of a permanent cement outline, 40 x 20 feet, of a former shul. [Ben Dishman]

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Antisemitism, Ben Dishman, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

World War II Jewish American Heroes Finally Rest under the Star of David

Its mission, “to locate Jewish personnel at American military cemeteries all over the world who, for various reasons, were buried under markers incorrectly representing their religion and heritage” and to “correct these mistakes and provide, these many decades later, comfort to the families of the fallen…” [Dorian de Wind, The Moderate Voice]

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Dorian de Wind, International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, The Moderate Voice

StandWithUs Urges National Education Assn. to Reject Anti-Israel Resolutions

StandWithUs strongly condemns multiple antisemitic and anti-Israel New Business Items (NBIs)  that have been introduced ahead of the National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly. The assembly, which brings together over 6,000 delegates from across the United States will take place in Philadelphia from July 3-7, 2024. [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Cybersecurity Conference Highlights History of Locks

The exhibition features 25 Israeli cyber technologies, each represented by a rare lock, some are over 2,000 years old, taken from a unique collection curated by Israeli collector Eran Landau. Each lock has a historical story behind it and serves as a metaphor for the defense mechanism and added value of each technology. [Press Release]

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Business & Finance, International, Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, Technology

Anti-Israel Protesters Now Targeting Holocaust Education Programs

Alongside Holocaust denial and expressions of antisemitism, which have both been increasing around the world, the prestigious Weiss-Livnat International Program for Holocaust Studies at the University of Haifa is currently experiencing a global cyber-attack, in response to the registration campaign for the academic year 2024-25. [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release, USA