London (dpa) – British guitarist Greg Lake, who is counted among the founding fathers of progressive rock, has died at the age of 69. Lake, who gained fame as the frontman of King Crimson and rock supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer in the late 1960s and early 1970s, succumbed to cancer after a long struggle […]
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsTawfik Tirawi, a member of the Fatah Central Committee and former head of the Palestinian Authority intelligence services, on Tuesday evening dismissed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s condemnation of Fatah over its election of archterrorist Marwan Barghouti to its Central Committee. Tirawi said that the Palestinians are proud of Barghouti for being “a leader and a
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Middle EastHundreds of protesters face off with supporters of Richard Spencer, self-styled leader of the so-called ‘alt-right,’ during talk at A&M University By Ricky Ben-David Richard Spencer, the self-styled leader of the so-called alt-right movement, speaks at Texas A&M University on December 6, 2016. (Screenshot) Protesters at Texas A&M University demonstrate against a speech on December
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USAHe’s ruggedly handsome with his trademark cleft in his square chin, a Hollywood film legend: Issur Danielovitch Demsky. Who? The world knows him as Kirk Douglas. And on Friday he turns 100 years old. A look at Kirk Douglas and his only-in-America career Los Angeles (dpa) – At Thanksgiving, Kirk Douglas’s daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones posted
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALondon (dpa) – An anti-Semitic internet troll, who attacked a British lawmaker in a series of blog posts, has been found guilty of racially aggravated harassment. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 24, called Luciana Berger an “evil money-grabber” and sent a picture on Twitter of her with a Holocaust-era Star of David on her forehead accompanied by the
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InternationalRabbi Yair Melchior, the chief of rabbi of Denmark and a member of the Council of European Rabbis, clarified on Wednesday evening that the Danish Medical Association did not recommend a legal ban on circumcision before the age of 18. The clarification came following reports in the media that the Danish Medical Association had considered
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International, Jewish ReligionThe Danish Medical Association intends to pass a law banning the performance of circumcision until the age of 18, since “this is a decision which must be taken by a mature person themselves.” Will Danish Jews be able to perform a circumcision on their children? The heads of the Danish Medical Association demand legislation which
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International, Jewish ReligionWith little notice and stunning quickness, anti-abortion legislators in Ohio stand one signature away from enacting the nation’s most stringent abortion law in the hopes of sparking a nationwide reversal of the legal right of women to terminate their pregnancies. With a day left in their annual session, lawmakers Wednesday delivered to Gov. John Kasich
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USAAt New York’s Central Synagogue, five female ‘firsts’ discuss their experiences pioneering the clergy in ‘Breaking Bounds’ panel By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — They’d never be able to lift and carry the Torah. They’d look strange standing there on the bima (pulpit) wearing a yarmulke and prayer shawl. They don’t know how, or
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Jewish Religion, USAThe shock, grief and spotlight glare endured by Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, in the days following her husband’s 1963 assassination, was there for all to see. Yet who knows what she was truly thinking, feeling, screaming inside while wiping her husband’s dried blood off her famous pink dress, or watching Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA Paris court is due to return a highly anticipated verdict Thursday morning in one of the biggest – and most embarrassing – political scandals of French President François Hollande’s term. Hollande’s former budget minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, is charged with tax fraud and money laundering for allegedly hiding his wealth in tax havens around the
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InternationalViola Desmond, a Nova Scotia businesswoman who once refused to sit in a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre, will be the first woman other than the Queen to appear on a Canadian banknote. Desmond’s image will be featured on Canada’s next $10 bill, which will be issued in 2018. The announcement was
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InternationalRobert Reich, who served as secretary of labor during the administration of President Bill Clinton, appeared on CNN Wednesday night to deliver a message to Republican presidential-elect Donald Trump. Robert Reich: “Lemme just say, because Donald Trump is probably watching right now…” https://t.co/bD5Iskq7br — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 8, 2016 Reich, who also served in
HAIFA (Press Release) — Work routine has a calming power during times of extreme stress, such as war, researchers at the University of Haifa have concluded. | Adhering to work routine during the Second Lebanon War (2006) contributed to a reduction in stress. The strongest effect was found among women and, surprisingly, among people who
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