Monthly Archives: August 2014

Big gains in Israeli tech

Israeli IPO’s World-Beating 73% Surge Leads August Rally By Gabrielle Coppola – Aug 31, 2014 Mobileye NV (MBLY), the technology company that went public a month ago, led gains among U.S.-listed Israeli stocks in August as investors shrugged off concern … Continue reading

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Media is obsessed with Israel

An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth Israel is not an idea, a symbol of good or evil, or a litmus test for liberal opinion at dinner parties. It is a small country in a scary part … Continue reading

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biological basis for risky behavior

Inside the Teenage Brain: New Studies Explain Risky Behavior Date: August 27, 2014 Source: Science Daily Florida State University Young man (stock image). “Psychologists, psychiatrists, educators, neuroscientists, criminal justice professionals and parents are engaged in a daily struggle to understand … Continue reading

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No winners in Gaza war

What Hamas destroyed The high price of a pointless war Palestinians’ hatred of Israel runs so deep that they cheer Hamas for insisting on the destruction of the Jewish state rather than negotiating a two-state peace. by Editorials NEW YORK … Continue reading

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Anti-semitism and intolerance returns to Europe

Europe’s Slow Surrender to Intolerance The line separating anti-Zionism — the belief that Jews have no right to an independent state in at least part of their ancestral homeland — and anti-Judaism, already reed-thin, has pretty much vanished. Aug 22, … Continue reading

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New clue for autism treatment

Children with autism have extra synapses in brain: May be possible to prune synapses with drug after diagnosis Reprinted from Science Daily Date: August 21, 2014 Source: Columbia University Medical Center In a study of brains from children with autism, … Continue reading

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Media violated professional standards

International media failed professionally and ethically in Gaza According to civilian death toll measure, Nazi Germany – which had one million dead civilians in World War II – was a victim of the aggressive US, which lost ‘only’ 12,000 civilians. … Continue reading

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World still loves to blame Jews

Dear World World, it seems like whatever Jewish people do, whatever contributions we make to the societies in which we live, however much we keep our heads down and try to contribute only positives without making a fuss, it is … Continue reading

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