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Israel, Gaza, Russia, Ukraine Prompt Vociferous Trump-Harris Exchange

Presidential opponents Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on numerous topics during their 90-minute televised debate in Philadelphia, but perhaps most vociferously about the Israel-Hamas War and the Russia-Ukraine War. It started when ABC reporter Linsey Davis posed a question to Vice President Harris about how she would go about breaking the “stalemate” in Gaza. [Donald H. Harrison]

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An Actor of Many Voices Stars in ‘Fully Committed’ at Scripps Ranch Theatre

Older readers may recall Sybil, a 1973 book about the life of a woman with multiple personalities.  Suffice it to say that the subject of that book has nothing on Dennis Peters, the one-man phenom who portrays Sam and the other 30 characters in Scripps Ranch Theatre’s “Fully Committed. ” [Eva Trieger]

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Hounding the Headlines: Protecting Pets from People

Watching the news with my human, I heard that J.D. Vance claims that Haitian immigrants have eaten cats in Springfield, Ohio.  As a dog, I know that cats don’t taste good enough to be ground up in my food.  If they were delicious, I can guarantee that some entrepreneurial person would recycle dead ones into a new product called The Farmer’s Cat.  [Elona Baron]

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New Device Can Measure Pupils’ Reactions Even When Eyes Are Closed

Tracking changes in pupil size can help identify a state of wakefulness in sleep, anesthesia, and intensive care and help track the depth of sedation, detect seizures and nightmares, and recognize pain or responsiveness that may occur after trauma and in intensive care departments. The researchers say that this technology has strong potential to become an important tool in clinical care. [Press Release]

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

Wiesel’s 1973 Novel ‘The Oath’ is Worth Reading Again

The plot is interesting, enlightening, and engaging, a delight to read. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 because of what he wrote about the horrors of the Holocaust, Russia, and other subjects.  He artistically paints his characters in his poetic style, as Rembrandt painted in oils and brought his subject to life with his paints. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jared Diamond

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jared Diamond (September 10, 1937) is an American scientist, historian, and author. In 1985 he received a MacArthur Genius Grant, and he has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books. His best known is Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth

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Insider Tells Lives of TV Sports Producers, Broadcasters, and Athletes

Steinfeld sketches his interactions with basketball player David Robinson, baseball strong man Cal Ripken Jr., and broadcasters Robin Roberts, Bob Costas and Merle Harmon.  He devotes an entire chapter to WNBA superstar and fellow Jewish community member Nancy Lieberman. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Reverse Engineering Aids Researchers Determine How AI Makes Medical Decisions

Doctoral student Oded Rotem, under the guidance of Prof. Assaf Zaritsky from the Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, developed a computational method, called DISCOVER, to reverse engineer AI by breaking down an image into semantically meaningful components through which the AI makes its decision. [Press Release]

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

Coalition Calls on Gov. Newsom to Sign ‘Stop Hate Littering Act’

Elected officials and Jewish communal leaders on Monday, Sept. 9, asked San Diegans to write to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and urge him to sign Assembly Bill 3024, the Stop Hate Littering Act which had its genesis here in San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Adam Sandler

Courtesy of Wikipedia Adam Sandler (September 9, 1966) is an American actor, film producer and comedian. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2023, Sandler was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler was a cast member on

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Report: IDF Now Avoiding Maneuvers in Gaza Areas Where Hostages Being Held

That assessment was made by Jonathan Conricus, former spokesman for the IDF in a webcast interview Sunday with Michael Dickson, the StandWithUs director, who spoke with him from Jerusalem. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Jam Sahib, the Maharajah who Protected Polish Jewish Children, Honored in Israel

He was Maharaja of Nawanagar from 1933 to 1966, North Western India. Jam Sahib personally saved over 1,000 Polish refugee children. He supported them. He sheltered them. He loved them.  He opened his own house and funded them himself. He educated them in Polish language, culture, patriotism, and with the help of Polish priests, Catholicism [Jerry Klinger]

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