Daily Archives: August 29, 2017
From Amgen to the Atacama to Academia: An unexpected trajectory
For new Amgen Scholars thinking about the next 10 years, it might feel nearly impossible to imagine where they’ll be. Perhaps their research will lead them to academia, perhaps a biotech startup, perhaps policy...
Jewish Communities in Southeastern Texas mobilize to deal with effects of Hurricane Harvey
Jewish communities in southeastern Texas are rallying to deal with the effects of Hurricane Harvey, which has left a swath of destruction in the region.
Chabad Coastal Bend — which is based in Corpus Christi,...
Reform, Conservative Jews say Western Wall compromise effectively dead
In a move that may further ignite tensions between Israel and diaspora Jewry, the Reform and Conservative movements say they no longer agree with having an upgraded platform for egalitarian prayer just south of...
$2 million in grants awarded to 8 L.A. groups
Dr. Lawrence D. Platt knows how hard it is to have a child in the military halfway around the world. Just ask him about his son Ari’s experience as a lone soldier, a member...
In Auschwitz, she was forced to paint. Now her family wants her art returned.
Santa Cruz resident Dina Babbitt lost her battle with cancer in 2009, but another important battle continues: retrieving the artwork she was forced to paint for Dr. Joseph Mengele as a prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Babbitt and her...
5 holiday drinking games to get through the Jewish holidays
1. Rosh Hashanah
Welcome in 5778 the only way a Jewish family knows how to–with lots of food, chutzpah, and liquor. All New Year's resolutions about less lashon harah (did you see what Adam’s new girlfriend was...
Are Jews white? it’s a mistake even to ask
Are Jews white?” is a question that began fading from my mind 40 years ago, when I left America. In my neighborhood of Jerusalem, as in the rest of Israel, Jews comes in all...
Moral Courage: Mexico’s Former UNESCO Ambassador to receive Human Rights award
United Nations Watch, the Geneva-based non-governmental human rights group, announced today that Dr. Andres Roemer, the former Ambassador of Mexico to UNESCO, will be the recipient of its 2017 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award,...
Into the eye of the storm: The Jewish heroes of Hurricane Harvey
After making sure that his wife Basya and their three children were safe and well-supplied, Tomer Ben Shushan took advantage of a brief lull in Tropical Storm Harvey’s torrential rains Sunday evening to “commandeer”...
Israel declares Hebron an official Jewish settlement
Hebron’s Jewish community acquired the official status of an independent settlement on Tuesday, some 38-years after returning to live in the West Bank city.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced that the community will no longer...