Science, Medicine, & Education

Ner Tamid Bids Farewell to its Rabbi and Cantor

Ner Tamid Synagogue’s Farewell Shabbat Weekend for Rabbi Sammy Seid and Cantor Heather Seid will begin at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, June 29. Additional farewell opportunities include Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Oneg at 7 p.m., Friday, June 28 and Minyan, Torah Café at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, June 30. Click here to let the caterer know you’re coming. [Cailin Acosta]

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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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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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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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Therapist who also Needed to be Healed Relates Her Experience with Mental Illness

Before she was prescribed lithium, author Marcia Naomi Berger experienced manic episodes in which her mind would race all night, preventing sleep, and continue racing the next day with her speech trying to keep up. [Donald H. Harrison]

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WJC, UNESCO Weigh Benefits, Threats of AI to Holocaust Education

The just-released report, published by UNESCO in partnership with WJC, explores the ethical and educational benefits and challenges that AI, and especially Generative AI (GAI), have on Holocaust memory, education and the spread of Holocaust denial and distortion. [World Jewish Congress]

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AJC’s Top Executive Reports on the Battle against Campus Antisemitism

The battle for our Jewish future requires taking bold action.

That’s exactly what I – along with my dedicated American Jewish Committee (AJC) colleagues – did this past week to help ensure Jewish and pro-Israel students can embrace their identity, and feel safe, supported, and empowered on their campuses. [Ted Deutch]

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Settlement Won for Autistic Student Who Had Swastika Carved onto His Back

The student, who is autistic and nonverbal, did not receive the special education support he was entitled to under federal and state regulations. He was pulled from classes after his mother discovered a swastika carved into his back and realized he was not safe in his school environment. [Press Release]

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Technion PhD in Mathematics Now Applying His Skills to Medicine

“My primary interests lie in the intersection between mathematics, computer science, statistics, and medicine,” he explained. “Roughly speaking, I am mainly interested in applying tools that are usually considered to be part of applied mathematics on problems arising from biology and medicine, with the hope of gaining insights carrying medical significance.” [Press Release]

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Rabbi Daniel Levine: Professors Who Push Their Political Opinions on Students are Guilty of Educational Malpractice

Instead of being the well-reasoned professionals who could help mitigate the pernicious campus conversation surrounding Israel and Palestine, many professors were there to dump fuel on the fire. [Rabbi Daniel Levine]

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