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Daily Archives: April 29, 2021

The seal of the U.S. Department of State. Credit: Christopher E. Zimmer/Shutterstock.

Will next anti-Semitism envoy address progressive push to sideline IHRA definition?

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With anti-Semitism on the uptick, the role of the next U.S. Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism will take on more importance than ever. However, fault lines have been emerging within the Democratic Party over...
National president of the Zionist Organization of America Mort Klein. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr.

Left-wing Jewish groups fail to oust ZOA from Boston JCRC

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After a months-long process that included recriminations of white supremacy and support for anti-Semites, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston (JCRC) voted against expelling the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) after several left-wing...
From left: Tel Aviv University Professor Yossi Matias, Professor Ariel Porat, Professor Meir Feder and Professor Tova Milo. Credit: Courtesy.

Google, Tel Aviv University launch joint program, ‘AI for Social Good’

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Google and Tel Aviv University recently launched a program for promoting artificial intelligence-related multidisciplinary research for the benefit of society. The program aims to support research and collaborations in data science and artificial intelligence...
The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicates the COBAS 6800 testing machine to the nation during his visit to the National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi, India, on May 14, 2020. Credit: Press Information Bureau, Government of India via Wikimedia Commons.

IsraAID to provide oxygen concentrators, supplies to India in midst of COVID crisis

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In response to the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, now at the epicenter of the pandemic, IsraAID will provide urgently needed medical supplies to the beleaguered nation. According to the World Health Organization’s weekly epidemiological...

Yosef Guri, who collected Yiddish proverbs, has died

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ד״ר יוסף גורי, אַ פּראָפֿעסאָר פֿון רוסיש וואָס איז ווי אַ קינד על־פּי־נס ניצול געוואָרן פֿונעם חורבן און האָט געשטרעבט צו פֿאַראייביקן דאָס לשון פֿון זײַנע אומגעבראַכטע עלטערן, איז די וואָך ניפֿטר געוואָרן. ער...