By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — We have been looking in the wrong direction. While the West was hoping temporarily to check Iran’s nuclear aspirations, Iran was making plans to advance on the ground and in the water — and the plans are unfolding nicely. For Iran. After the U.S. withdrew from Iraq in […]
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBrazil’s top federal prosecutor has charged President Michel Temer with taking multimillion-dollar bribes. Rodrigo Janot submitted the charge to the country’s Supreme Court, alleging Temer had “fooled Brazilian citizens” and owed the nation millions in compensation for accepting bribes. What do the charges relate to? Temer was charged in connection with a graft scheme involving
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InternationalOrganization says freezing pluralistic prayer pavilion and granting ultra-Orthodox conversion monopoly ‘endangers the unity of the Jewish people’ By Times of Israel staff Members of the Reform and Conservative Jewish movements hold torah scrolls during a mixed men and women prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City,
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell suffered a rare, stinging defeat Tuesday. But he’s wily enough to recover. The Senate majority leader was forced to postpone a vote on a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare after failing to secure enough votes for Senate Republicans to deliver on their persistent campaign promise. But Senate observers say the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAfter meeting PM over legislation and Western Wall about-face, Steven Nasatir says he’s done ‘being nice’ to Israeli dignitaries who ignore Diaspora Jewry’s needs By Raphael Ahren Any Israeli lawmaker who supports controversial Israeli legislation putting conversion matters exclusively in the hands of the Chief Rabbinate should consider him or herself persona non grata in
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USASpeaker of the House Paul Ryan wishes all those folks on the left would cut it out with that “resistance” nonsense. Ryan, who had a big hand in crafting the House’s Obamacare replacement bill, dubbed the American Health Care Act, has a lot invested in the current health care debate and says liberals have burned
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By Beth Sarafraz The Jewish Press BROOKLYN, New York — In 2012, during Hurricane Sandy, the sifrei Torah of Congregation Kneses Israel of Sea Gate were saved from flooding water by the shul’s rav. The shul, however, was destroyed. Rabbi Chaim Brikman and his congregants rebuilt the upper floors of the beautiful synagogue, so this year’s Pesach sedarim were joyously
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Jewish Religion, USABy Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Before George Carlin. Before Richard Pryor. Before EVERYONE who followed, there was Lenny Bruce. Ostensibly having died of a drug overdose in 1966, Bruce is apparently still alive and unwell at Theatre 68 in North Hollywood. His essence and his memories are currently residing in the body of consummate actor Ronnie
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ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – To have the opportunity to honor Lee and Frank Goldberg is indeed a celebration in every sense of the word for San Diego Hebrew Homes and Seacrest Foundation. We write San Diego Hebrew Homes instead of the name, Seacrest Village, (which is how the organization has been referred for
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San Diego CountyBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO–The CBO report on the Senate healthcare bill predicts that it will result in twenty-two million Americans eventually losing their health insurance. In the GOP scramble to make the bill more palatable, Mitch McConnell is exploring the possibility of outsourcing the medical care of seriously ill people to North Korea which
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The fifth annual San Diego International Fringe Festival is well underway, 11 days of “eyeball busting” shows. “Fringe” theatre refers to shows on the edge. They are short (no longer than an hour) and travel light. Many are circus acts with feats of acrobatics, dances and one-person
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcasthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Furlan
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VideosJason Lockhart, the son of former Atlanta Braves infielder Keith Lochart, is on life support at an Atlanta hospital following a freak accident on the baseball diamond. The family is asking for prayers for the 15-year-old, who is in the intensive care unit. Jason Lockhart was playing in a baseball tournament in South Carolina when
NEW YORK — Three journalists from CNN’s investigative unit are leaving the network after the retraction of their June 22 story connecting an ally of President Donald Trump to a Russian investment fund. The story, citing an anonymous source, said Senate investigators were examining a meeting between Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci and an executive
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