Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers discovered patterns of significantly decreased joy, increased sadness, fear and disgust among health care professionals (HCP) in the largest social media study to track emotional changes and discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the study, a multidisciplinary BGU team analyzed more than 53,000 HCP tweets from followers…
Legacy Health recently hired Seth Podolsky, M.D., as senior vice president, chief medical officer. He will serve on Legacy’s executive team. “Seth is a dynamic leader who comes to us with diverse professional and personal experiences.,” says Legacy Health President and CEO Kathryn Correia. “He will provide essential leadership to help Legacy continue to…
Photo: Peter Beinart courtesy Joe Mabel Ben & Jerry’s brought in vocal Israel critic and anti-Zionist author Peter Beinart to talk to its store owners about Israel’s “illegal occupation” earlier this week, after franchisees raised concerns about the company’s boycott of the Jewish state, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. On the conference call with Ben…
Photo: Israel resident Mylan Tanzer gets his third COVID vaccine. By Mylan Tanzer Tonight I got my third COVID jab. Israel now has a government that I trust, and I have always trusted our health authorities. So on Thursday, when the government announced that due to the waning effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine in…
Blend Mediation, a mediation company, proudly announces its collaboration with JWiz, a Jewish professional services guide, to provide mediation services to the Jewish community. With decades of experience in conflict resolution, Blend Mediation provides faster, less expensive, more fulfilling ways to get to resolution. “We are passionate about mediation as a first resort to…
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for May 2021 show that home prices continue to increase across the U.S. More than 27 years of history are available for the data series, and can be accessed…
YI Love Jewish is announcing a new series of YIDDISH FUN classes. Over the span of 6 weeks, you will be engaged and entertained during a hands-on language course that will emphasize the humor and history of Yiddish culture. Retired Columbia University Professor Miriam Hoffman and renowned actor and course professor Avi Hoffman will…
Photo: Magen David Adom began an extensive vaccination booster campaign on Sunday in nursing homes throughout Israel in an effort to curb the Delta variant and protect vulnerable populations. Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, Magen David Adom began an extensive vaccination booster campaign on Sunday in nursing homes throughout Israel in…
Photo: MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Artists and arts organizations in Oregon received much-needed funding thanks to a $4 million gift from Pacific Northwest philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift to the Oregon Community Foundation’s…
Cory Willson has been promoted to director of Neveh Shalom Foundation School in Portland. She has previously held the leadership position of assistant director since 2018. Cory has decades of experience working with children and families. Cory earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Western Oregon University. She has taught in middle school,…
