Two-year Study Reveals that Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis Reduction Is Due to Weight Loss-induced Decline in Blood Pressure from Either Low-carbohydrate, Low-fat or Mediterranean Diets more »

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(JEWPI) The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents The Idan Raichel Project for two nights and four shows! more »

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(JEWPI) The Association of Jewish Libraries has become an affiliate of the American Library Association as of January, 2010. Among ALA’s twenty-eight affiliate organizations, there are a number that, like AJL, represent religious or ethnic library services, including the American Indian Library Association, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, the Catholic Library Association, the Black Caucus of ALA, and the Chinese American Librarians Association. more »

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(Irvine) JEWPI — The following letter was issued today by the presidents of five UC Irvine student groups:

As students at UCI, we respectfully disagree with the ZOA’s position that students should stop attending UCI, and that donors should stop supporting the many programs at the school. more »

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(Irvine, CA) JEWPI — In the last week, UC Irvine has been at the center of world-wide media attention after Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s campus visit and speech was continually interrupted by members of the Muslim Student Union. more »

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I wrote the following article in May of 2004. Tourism was just starting to pick up again after the horrible terror attacks on Israelis between October of 2000 and Operation Defensive Shield in April or 2002. This wave of terror broke out after our then Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, at president Clinton’s urging offered Yasser Arafat a Palestinian state in over 95% of the West Bank, all of Gaza, half of Jerusalem and a piece of Israel itself more »

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BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, February 8, 2010 (JEWPI) – Physicians affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) were among the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) medical and rescue delegation in Haiti. Marking their return, they were honored this week on BGU’s Marcus Family Campus. more »

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(JEWPI) Put down your telescopes and simply glimpse into the Hollywood skies, and you will the see the shining, rising star of Yaniv Moyal. more »

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(JEWPI) On Wednesday 01/27, Richard Goldstone, from the Goldstone report spoke at Yale University. At the event, Rabbi Hecht, head of the Chai Society at Yale, was holding up a sign protesting the Goldstone report. Goldstone notices the sign and gets flustered. There’s an exchange of words.

Here’s the footage, just posted by Rabbi Hecht: more »

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(JEWPI) BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, January 27, 2010 –The United States has an inefficient and expensive health care system, but it could be improved with a new integrated health care system detailed in a new study in the American Journal of Public Health (February 2010 Vol. 100 No. 2). more »

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MOBIA Exhibit Sheds New Light on Artistic Collaboration Between Christians and Jews of Medieval Spain

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NEW YORK – October 26, 2009 The Charles Bronfman Prize today announced the nomination period for the 2010 award cycle will commence on November 1, 2009. The Prize celebrates the vision and endeavor of an individual or team, 50 years of age or younger, whose humanitarian work has contributed significantly to the betterment of the world. The goal of The Charles Bronfman Prize is to bring public recognition to young, dynamic individuals from around the world, whose Jewish values infuse their humanitarian accomplishments, and provide inspiration to the next generations. Read More

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