Donald H. Harrison

Abraham Lincoln monument torched in Chicago: ‘An absolute disgraceful act’

Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments. Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry a defaced statue of the nation’s 16th president in the Englewood neighborhood. The giant bust appears to have been damaged after someone in […]

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‘LegoMan’ wishes children did not need him so

Maor Cohen is known at Ezer Mizion as the Lego Man. He runs a workshop for kids with cancer and their siblings using lego as a medium enabling them to cope with their fears and anxieties. For those children who are unable to attend the workshops he makes hospital visits.  Always smiling on the outside, one cannot imagine where he finds

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

‘Just kidding’: Trump’s Rosh Hashanah message

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump salutes the Jewish people and threatens “sackcloth and ashes” for any person or group that does harm to a Jewish individual or people. These themes emerged in the just-leaked first draft of the president’s prepared Rosh Hashanah message to Jews everywhere. He dedicates his remarks “to

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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire

High Court rules women must be allowed to administer rabbinical courts

Women’s rights groups hail ruling as judges nix job requirements that effectively precluded females By Times of Israel staff The entrance to the Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv, November 27, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Women must be allowed to serve as directors of rabbinical courts, the High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday, in a

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Neo-Nazis Are Terrorists, Says Proposed Illinois Law

The Illinois Senate has passed a measure that would categorize neo-Nazi groups as terrorist organizations, following the weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Lawmakers said it was important after the recent events to show there was “total opposition” to the groups that were involved in the rally. “It is vital that we stand in total opposition

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Former President Obama’s tweet about Charlottesville just broke this Twitter record

Former President Barack Obama’s tweet about the violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend has now broken the Twitter record for most likes. The tweet was a picture of children looking out a window at the former president and was captioned, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of

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International, USA

Robert E. Lee’s Descendant Denounces White Nationalists

Three days after Charlottesville, Virginia, erupted into violence and racial unrest, the family of Robert E. Lee is denouncing the white nationalist groups who rallied and marched to preserve a statue of the long-dead Civil War general. “There’s no place for that,” Robert E. Lee V tells Newsweek, referring to the white supremacist protesters who

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Joint Chiefs denounce racism in stark terms as Trump’s isolation grows

WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military officers issued public statements condemning racial bigotry and extremism, a rare foray into domestic politics that indicated deep unease in the Pentagon with President Donald Trump’s views on race and underscored his growing isolation Wednesday. The social media posts from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff — the commanders

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Hollywood Forever Cemetery removes Confederate monument after calls from activists and vandalism threats

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Forever Cemetery removed a monument commemorating Confederate veterans early Wednesday after hundreds of activists requested its removal and some threatened vandalism. The move comes days after violence erupted at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the city’s ordered removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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Democrats in Congress to explore creating an expert panel on Trump’s mental health

Three congressional Democrats have asked a psychiatrist at Yale School of Medicine to consult with them about forming an expert panel to offer the legislators advice on assessing President Trump’s mental health. Yale’s Dr. Bandy Lee told STAT that over the last few weeks members of Congress or their staff have asked her to discuss

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