By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Bobby Greene doesn’t like to take credit. She typically defers to her husband Norman Greene, who is the current president of the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History. Sometimes, she even tries to say my biography of Louis Rose was responsible . But we […]
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Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–A German school principal and teacher bearing gifts from their K-4 students in the elementary school of the small town of Neuhaus-an-der-Oste in the far north of Germany helped on Monday, Oct. 22, to formally inaugurate a sister-school relationship at Cabrillo Elementary School that is based,
By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Having lived in Alaska for 10 years in the 1980s, I often browse the online newspapers in Juneau and Fairbanks from my electronic lair here in Taiwan, and the other day I came across an arresting term I had never heard of before — “botanicaust.” The newly-minted
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Einav Lulian . PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — The day I made my way through the frantic atmosphere of the recruitment base, waiting for my new green IDF uniform, I never thought that with a little pinch of a needle at theEzer Mizionbone marrow sample testing booth, I could save a human life. They took
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Science, Medicine, & EducationJERUSALEM (Press Release) – As Hadassah’s much anticipated Centennial Convention in Jerusalem nears, thousands of people from across the United States will travel to Israel, where they’ll honor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as hear remarks from President Shimon Peres. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization
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PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (Press Release)–Six year old Shachar had a dream. He loves music and could often be found with an imitation microphone in his hand, pretending to be a radio singer and singing the latest popular songs. Schachar’s parents also have a dream. More than anything, they want their child to live. You see,
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By Candice Mervis TEL AVIV–Professor Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr Zvi Lederman of Tel Aviv University (TAU) Department of Archaeology recently uncovered an ancient seal depicting a man confronting a large lion, which resembles the Bible story of Samson. Their excavation team made camp at a kibbutz near the site at Tel Beit Shemesh, 27 miles
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org At a time when ocean fish populations are threatened worldwide, Israeli fish farmers are developing innovative new technologies and breeding methods that are revolutionizing their industry. Faced with managing scarce water resources in a desert ecosystem, the Israeli government has supported the solutions of kibbutzim—and more recently, those of “Dagim,” the
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Science, Medicine, & EducationLaws and a culture of guilt about the legacy of the Nazis have kept expressions of Jew-hatred on the margins of German society. But with judges and doctors and others openly attacking Judaism, it’s apparent Germans are increasingly undeterred by such factors. By Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org When a court in Cologne, Germany ruled in June
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The anti-circumcision advocates are probably not happy about the latest news to come out of a study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which reveal the health benefits deriving from male circumcision far outweigh the risks. According to the report, researchers formed a task force
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– When the local English-language newspaper in Taiwan printed a story the other day datelined “Buenos Aires, Argentina” and focused on an Argentinian psychoanalyst named Andres Rascovsky, I just knew I had to send an email to the good doctor and ask him a few questions, Buenos Aires being
By David Brin ENCINITAS, California — A recent, fascinating recent study is Decoding Animal Languages, by Con Slobodchikoff. At one level, it is an inspiring demonstration of how new technologies can liberate us from preconceptions and open new avenues of empathy, helping humans to understand the other species who co-inhabit this planet with us. As
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By Candice Mervis TEL AVIV — Professor Daniel Chamovitz is the director of the Manna Centre for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University and author of What a Plant Knows, a detailed look into how plants sense and deal with their environments. Chamovitz grew up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, a small mill town. He was the
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Science, Medicine, & Education. By Chana Miller NEW YORK — A patient lies helpless in a hospital bed. His family surrounds him. The room is filled with tension. He has one chance to live. A bone marrow transplant can save his life but a genetic match is needed. In Petach Tikvah, Ezer Mizion’s International Jewish Bone Marrow Registry
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