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Seniors enjoy education complex, theatre, in Sha’ar Hanegev

  KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel — Shakespeare wrote  “All the world’s a stage…………. His acts being seven ages”. However, that was at the end of the sixteenth century. Today we divide our life into different stages. Between the fifth and sixth periods we can introduce another time line. Most people retire in their mid to

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Ben-Gurion University launches Israel International Studies Program

SEDE BOQER, Israel (Press Release)– Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has formally launched the first Israel Studies International Program (ISIP) in Israel.  It will be taught in English and offered to international students.  Applications are being accepted for the first class, set to begin their studies in the coming fall semester. Dr. Paula Kabalo,

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Giving baby the attention its brain needs

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.   LA JOLLA, California–Just what we need: another difficult, if not impossible, dilemma for working parents! As if juggling home and career is not frustrating enough, research has uncovered the importance of staying home with a newborn or at least providing one-to-one contact on a daily basis by a good childcare

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So-so student eventually becomes a teacher himself

When Brooklyn Was Heaven: A Memoir from Brooklyn to L.A. and Places In-Between, by Stan Levenson. Outskirts Press, Inc. Denver, Colorado. 313pp. By David Strom SAN DIEGO–Now eighty, Stan Levenson, a retired professor, elementary teacher, school consultant, and author of books about raising funds for public education,  is now living in San Diego.  He recently

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Anne Ratner among UCSD Chancellor’s Medal honorees

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) –The University of California, San Diego on Monday announced the outstanding community leaders and campus supporters who have been selected to receive prestigious Chancellor’s Medals as UC San Diego’s 50th Anniversary year comes to a close. Chancellor’s Medal recipients for 2011 are Richard and Rita Atkinson, John and Ann Davies, Sheldon and Susan

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National Bible contest to be held on Sunday

NEW YORK (Press Release) – For over 50 years, the American Bible Contest has tested the Biblical knowledge of students from Jewish schools and institutions across  the United States. Sponsored by the Jewish Agency which sponsors similar Bible contests, known in Hebrew as Chidon Tanach, throughout the Diaspora, the American Bible Contest began this year with

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Anonymous donor isues $360,000 challenge grant for rebuilding of fire-ravaged Yemin Orde Youth Village

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Press Release) –Friends of Yemin Orde (FYO), the U.S. fundraising arm of Yemin Orde Youth Village, has announced it received a $360,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor to help offset millions of dollars in rebuilding costs as the Village recovers from severe damage it sustained during a wildfire in northern Israel, December, 2010.

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Nuggets of ‘gold,’ history, family lore at Smith Ranch in Julian

Photos and story by Donald H. Harrison JULIAN, California – The 90-minute Smith Ranch train and gold mine tour serves up nuggets of history, Smith family lore, and some miners’ “gold.”  This last Saturday, along with three international visitors and my 10-year-old grandson Shor, I found the well-planned, well-choreographed outing to be both educational and

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