Science, Medicine, & Education

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Renowned in the physics community for the “Aharonov-Bohm Effect,” Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Yakir Aharonov, 78, is one of 10 scientists to win America’s National Medal of Science this year. He will receive the award from the hands of President Barack Obama at the White House in a November ceremony. “The […]

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Rabbi Laura Harari, a lifelong Jewish educator and a recently ordained rabbi, benefitted from both experiences.  As a child, her “first real exposure” to Jewish life was through summer camping and informal education.  She attended a Reform Jewish camp operated in Wisconsin by the Olin-Sang-Ruby-Union Institute.   Later, she

The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam Books, New York; ISBN 978-0-553-80537-6, ©2010, $28.00, p. 181 plus glossary. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — I attended a physics lecture in the late 1960s at which the visiting professor asserted that biology had morphed into chemistry, chemistry into physics, and physics into

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Alex Kajitani, 2009 California Teacher of the Year, comes to Soille Hebrew Day this Monday October 11 to educate its teachers during the afternoon  and then at 7:30 pm at night to inspire the community about how parents can partner with teachers to “end the silent conspiracy” and motivate our children to communicate.  Do you need

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Prescription drugs and their dosages may be standardized, but not every patient reacts to a medicine in the same way. The personal genetic characteristics of individuals and populations can explain why a specific prescription successfully treats one patient and not another, so medical researchers are adopting the new approach called “personalized

TEL AVIV (Press Release)–Optical gyroscopes, also known as rotation sensors, are widely used as a navigational tool in vehicles from ships to airplanes, measuring the rotation rates of a vehicle on three axes to evaluate its exact position and orientation. Prof. Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University’s School of Physical Engineering is now scaling down

HAIFA (Press Release)–Researchers at the Institute of Archaeology from the University of Haifa excavating at Tel Shikmona have exposed magnificent mosaics dating back to the Byzantine Period (sixth century C.E.),  which were part of an ecclesiastic structure. The excavations are taking place as part of a project funded by the Hecht Foundation, to expand the

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education has announced the lineup of its Scholar Lectures on Jewish Studies, a new lecture series in Carlsbad. Lawrence Baron, SDSU, will kickoff the monthly series. Baron’s lecture will take place in the Schulman Auditorium of the Carlsbad Dove Library on Oct. 18 at 7:00 pm. His lecture

HAIFA (Press Release)–The exploration vessel Nautilus, with a team of experts of the University of Haifa’s Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, headed by Prof. Zvi Ben Avraham, discovered for the first time an area of reefs with deep-sea corals in the Mediterranean, offshore of Israel. This area apparently stretches over a few kilometers,