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Jewish Federation Promotes Physical Security Amid Rising Antisemitism

We helped many local Jewish institutions secure State and Federal security grants through Threat and Vulnerability Assessments and grant writing support. We also provided our own grants to organizations like Chabad of Carmel Valley and San Diego Hebrew Day School to enhance their security plans. And in response to heightened security needs post-October 7, we provided funding Hillel of San Diego to enhance security measures and ensure the safety of Jewish students on our college campuses. [Heidi Gantwerk]

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Company in S.D. Sister City in Israel Develops Test for ADHD

Currently, an ADHD diagnosis is based on questionnaires and other exams that can be vulnerable to bias, backed up only 10% of the time by computerized tests that have proved to be inadequate. MindTension’s device employs a proprietary algorithm that quantifies the patient’s attention levels and deficits objectively and precisely, allowing for more accurate diagnosis and treatment.   [Press Release]

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Biden Admin’s Floating Gaza Pier Problems Go From Bad To Worse

Published by Tampa Free Press New problems are mounting for the Biden administration’s $320 million floating Gaza aid pier which was already facing setbacks, despite becoming operational less than two weeks ago. The U.S. military was forced to halt aid shipments to Gaza on Tuesday after the floating pier was damaged by bad weather over

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Novel Tells of Female Math Whiz Helping the U.S. to Win World War II

Her misplaced feelings of guilt prompted her to hide a remarkable inheritance, the gift of being able to visualize the solutions to math problems in her head, similar to the way that television’s Dr. Shaun Murphy of the just concluded The Good Doctor series was able to mentally picture complex medical conditions and interactions. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Federal Patents, UCSD Investments Become Issues in Gaza War Fallout

Local Republican Congressman Darrell Issa is concerned that anti-Israel sentiment may influence decision-making at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  And, at UC San Diego and other University of California campuses, unionized graduate student workers, have voted to authorize a strike in reaction to campus officials calling in law enforcement to clear out war protesters’ encampments. [SDJW staff]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Mark Zuckerberg

Courtesy of Wikipedia Mark Zuckerberg (May 14, 1984) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded the social media service Facebook, along with his Harvard roommates in 2004, and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard University, where he launched Facebook in

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OpEd: Israel’s Biophilic Society is the Opposite of Gaza’s and Iran’s

In societies that value biophilia, empathy, compassion, and cooperation are emphasized. Social structures and laws are designed to foster a sense of well-being for all members of the community. But necrophilic civilizations are obsessed with death: These societies are characterized by a fascination with destruction, domination, and control. {Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]

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Google Reportedly Fires 28 Staff Members Over Israel Cloud Contract Protests: ‘Majority Of Our Employees Do The Right Thing’

Published by Benzinga Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include the response from Google’s spokesperson regarding employee termination and Project Nimbus. Following protests over its Israeli government cloud contract, Google‘s parent company Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) has terminated 28 employees. This decision comes after nine workers were initially suspended and then arrested. What

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Israel Discoveries: Heart Disease-Cancer Link; Space Monitors for Chickpea Cultivation; A Six-Legged Gazelle

“Contrary to expectations, the gazelle is healthy, strong, and has three female gazelles and a fawn from the previous fall. He has been seen hosting the females in the fields and the extra legs on his back pose no challenge to him,” Balaban says. [Press Release]

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Julius Katz: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Worker, Former Roadie for Johnny Mathis

Like many interesting things that happened in his life, Julius Katz had no premonition that he would spend 25 years working in various jobs at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) before retiring in 2002 at the age of 65. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Judith A. Resnik

On January 29, 1985, she was selected to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, which had several responsibilities to prepare for, including launching a tracking and data relay satellite, and use of spectrometers to study the tail of Comet Halley.  The mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center one day minus a year later, breaking up a minute later as a result of the failure of an O-ring on the starboard solid rocket booster.  [SDJW staff]

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Morris II: A Worm That Can Compromise AI Ecosystems

In research that began during Cohen’s master’s internship this past summer at the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute in Manhattan, he and two other cyber security researchers created the first GenAI worm that can spread among AI ecosystems. The zero-click worm is capable of stealing data, spamming email, or deploying malware. [Technion Press Release]

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