Cailin Acosta

Israel, Morocco Sign Defense Deal as Part of Normalizing Ties

Published by DPA Israel and Morocco signed a security memorandum of understanding on Wednesday during a visit from Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, a follow-up to the two countries’ decision to normalize relations last year. The agreement lays the foundation for cooperation in several fields including intelligence, industrial collaboration and military training, according to a […]

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Middle East

Jewish Federation Women’s Philanthropy Leader to Receive National Award

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Federation of San Diego County leader Jessica Effress is being honored with the nationally recognized 2022 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award for her extraordinary involvement in our local community. Jessica Effress has been an instrumental part of the San Diego Jewish Community since settling here with her husband and three children in 2005. She has participated in many

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San Diego County

Israel Starts Coronavirus Vaccinations for Children Ages 5-11

Published by DPA Israel has begun vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against the coronavirus. Although the vaccination campaign officially started on Tuesday, some children were administered the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine in some locations the day before. Coronavirus commissioner Salman Sarka spoke of a “celebration for children and parents who can now protect their children,” according

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Middle East

Bennett: Israel Must Change Course on Iran, Regardless of Vienna Talks

(JNS) Israel must “recalibrate” its strategy with regard to Iran, and will not be obligated by a U.S. return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday. In a speech delivered at Reichman University for the Institute for Policy and Strategy’s Security and Policy Conference, Bennett said that while

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International, Middle East

StandWithUs, with Students and Alumna, Submits Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On November 10, StandWithUs, along with Jessica Shafran and Raphi Cooper, current students attending the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and Silberman alumna Morr Mazal Barton, submitted a complaint against the Silberman School and Hunter College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

From Pogromnacht to Now: 83 Years of Antisemitism

By William Daroff (JNS) This week, Jewish communities around the world remember the 83rd anniversary of Pogromnacht (Kristallnacht), when the Nazis and their supporters carried out an anti-Jewish pogrom throughout Germany, decimating thousands of Jewish-owned businesses, neighborhoods and synagogues, and forcing as many as 30,000 Jews into concentration camps, never to return. Authorities sanctioned and

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International, USA

EPA outlines $630 million vision for curbing Tijuana sewage pollution in San Diego

Published by The San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO — Top federal environmental regulators in California laid out a $630-million plan on Monday to capture and treat sewage-tainted water that routinely flows over the border from Tijuana into Imperial Beach and up the coast. The blueprint focuses largely on installing a pumping system in the Tijuana

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San Diego County

Various Forms of Communication: Visual, Auditory, Tactile and Chemical

By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Having just finished reading Suzanne Simard’s book, Finding the Mother Tree, I was bowled over by the ability of trees to communicate with each other through a microbial networks. The Mother Tree is in reality an old tree in the forest who is needed by younger

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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz

Parashat Vayetzei: Strengthening Our Character 

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.  In this week’s parasha we learn about the psychology of living life well, that is, how to strengthen our character. This includes a) reinforcing our spirituality and b) intensifying our commitment to a strong work ethic, two areas of contemporary societal life that are clearly in need of improvement. וְאַתֵּנָה

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell