Donald H. Harrison

Gary Sinise spent his Thanksgiving giving back to the troops in a huge way

Actor Gary Sinise didn’t spend his Thanksgiving like most. The “Forrest Gump” actor, who is a huge supporter of the American armed forces, spent his Thanksgiving Day serving meals to the enlisted at Kandahar Air Force Base in Afghanistan. An honor to serve Thanksgiving dinner to our Troops at Kandahar Air Force Base, Sending a […]

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Bnei Menashe teens visit Auschwitz

OSWIECIM, Poland (Press Release)– For the first time, five members of the northeastern Indian Bnei Menashe Jewish community, which claims descent from one of Israel’s lost tribes, visited Auschwitz last week as part of a trip for 12th-graders aimed at educating them about the horrors of the Nazi genocide against the Jewish people. “I feel more connected

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Watch: The annual group photo of Chabad emissaries

[video:2021488] The Chabad-Lubavitch hasidic movement opened its annual emissaries’ conference in New York this weekend. Close to 4,000 Chabad emissaries are participating in the conference, during which they will discuss a range of issues affecting Jewish life around the world. The Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters published data on the initiative began by the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel

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International, Jewish Religion

Wisconsin recount of Election Day votes likely to start Thursday

MILWAUKEE — As Donald Trump lashed out via Twitter at Hillary Clinton Sunday over her campaign’s decision to join the recount process in Wisconsin, state election officials announced that a recount will probably start Thursday. At a meeting Monday morning, Wisconsin Elections Commission staff will ask the commission to approve a schedule that would start

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USA

Fillon wins centre-right primary, says France wants action

François Fillon comprehensively won the second round of the centre-right presidential primary defeating Alain Juppé by a wide margin. “France wants the truth and France wants action,” he told cheering supporters following Juppé’s concession speech, promising to “reach out to all those who want to serve the country.” “The left means failure, the far-right means

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International

Trump won’t open relations with Cuba without changes, aide says

Washington (dpa) – A top aide to US president-elect Donald Trump says political change in Cuba will be necessary to continue the political rapprochement between the nations following the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. “We’re not going to have a unilateral deal coming from Cuba back to the United States without some changes in

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International, USA

Alan Gross, former Cuban prisoner, says he hopes for better US-Cuba relations post-Castro

WASHINGTON — Alan Gross, the American aid worker who spent five years in prison in Cuba, says he hopes Fidel Castro’s death will ease some of the anger and fear felt toward Cuba so progress can be made toward better U.S.-Cuba relations and the lifting of the U.S. trade embargo. Gross is in a better

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International, USA

South Africa’s Pesticide Pastor Condemned by Churches

South African churches have condemned the practices of a self-styled pastor who has allegedly sprayed his followers with a harmful insecticide. Lethebo Rabalago, a self-proclaimed prophet at the Mount Zion General Assembly (MZGA) in the Limpopo province, northeast South Africa, has used a pesticide called Doom in purported healing services. Photos posted to the MZGA

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International

Melbourne “thunderstorm asthma” death toll rises to six

Sydney (dpa) – A sixth person has died almost a week after the south-eastern Australian city of Melbourne was hit by an unprecedented number of cases of “thunderstorm asthma”, officials said Sunday. The latest patient to die had been in a critical condition since the outbreak, a Eastern Health hospital spokeswoman said. He died on

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Ted Cruz won’t say whether he still thinks Trump is a ‘pathological liar’

Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday would not walk back comments he made during the GOP presidential primary in which he called Donald Trump a “pathological liar.” Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” the Texas senator said he is focused on the future, and he refused to “relitigate” the dust-ups he had with Mr. Trump during the

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USA