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| July 2, 2013
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Jewish War Veterans: U.S. Army ‘seriously’ understates sex abuse in it’s military

Jewish veterans group calls for outside independent body to review & prosecute reported cases of sexual misconduct in U.S. Military.

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Jewish war veterans are calling for meaningful action to be taken to combat sexual abuse in the U.S. military.

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Illustration: U.S. soldiers. – Photo by AP

“The Jewish War Veterans of the USA (JWV) condemns the continued prevalence of reported and unreported male and female sexual misconduct in the military and calls for an independent process to review and prosecute these cases,” the group wrote in its Spring 2013 Jewish Veteran magazine.

The magazine called the number of unwanted sexual contacts reported by the Pentagon “alarming” and “seriously understated.” Continue Reading »

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| October 15, 2012
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Alvin Roth, an American Jewish professor, shares Nobel Prize in economics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said: The work of Roth & Lloyd Shapley has sparked a ‘flourishing field of research’ & helped improve the performance of many markets.

Two Americans were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for studies on the match-making taking place when doctors are coupled up with hospitals, students with schools and human organs with transplant recipients.

The presentation of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2012.

Per Krusell, Staffan Normark, Peter Gardenfors & Tore Ellingsen of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences present the winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in Stockholm – Photo by Reuters

The work of Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley has sparked a “flourishing field of research” and helped improve the performance of many markets, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. Continue Reading »

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