Earlier this month American Jewish journalist Danielle Berrin accused an unnamed Israeli author of sexual assault, saying he had grabbed her by the head and tried to force her towards him. On Thursday, Haaretz writer Ari Shavit acknowledged that he was the subject of Ms. Berrin”s accusations, but downplayed the incident, calling it an attempt […]
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Middle East, USAPresident takes steps to solve bombings at Jewish buildings Suri Grussgott said it’s the “dawn of a new era” in Argentina, where efforts being made to solve the decades-old bombings at the AMIA Jewish center and the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. Photos by Debra Rubin In Highland Park, Suri Grussgott, is flanked by her
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InternationalIt was a scary night for Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence after his campaign plane slid off the runway at LaGuardia Airport on a rainy night in New York City. According to PIX11, the incident happened just before 8 p.m., on a rainy Thursday night, limiting air traffic on Runway 13. Roughly an hour later,
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he “regrets” that his country does not have a propaganda machine, but alleged that the West does, Russian daily newspaper Kommersant reports. Putin, whose three terms as president since 1999 have seen a large state takeover of Russian media, used a speech at the annual Valdai Club summit in Sochi
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International, USAThe parliament of Belgium’s French-speaking southern region of Wallonia voted in favour of a planned EU-Canada trade agreement on Friday, ending its opposition that threatened to destroy the entire deal. Lawmakers in the Namur parliament of Wallonia, which led Belgian opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), voted 58 for and 5 against,
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InternationalKids are taught in schools not to talk to strangers – but little Norah Woods did the exact opposite and was able to heal a grieving man in need. Norah and her mom Tara were in the grocery store shopping for cupcakes to celebrate Norah’s fourth birthday when the little girl spotted an elderly old
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USAWhy did FBI Director James Comey shock Washington on Friday with an announcement that the FBI “has learned of the existence of emails” related to Hillary Clinton’s private email server, and what does it mean? The truth is Comey didn’t have a choice. Because the new information followed his sworn testimony about the case, Comey
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USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A group of Brooklyn pulpit rabbis, heads of yeshivas and prominent laymen has quietly enacted an informal, non-binding agreement to rein-in “extreme” shuckling. The compact applies to themselves, their students and congregants. The action came in the aftermath of injuries suffered by an unidentified 12-year-old boy, who swayed so
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Dr. Arnold Flick SAN DIEGO — Without dwelling on the whys and hows, in the early 1970’s Roger Revelle, then head of Scripps Oceanographic and subsequently Jerome Namias, a senior meteorologist there, gave of their time to talk with me about what was then called the “greenhouse effect,” still called as such in some circles,
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The World We ShareSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded more than $945,000 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, as part of the Administration on Agings Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative: Specialized Supportive Services (ADI-SSS) program. The funds allow JFS to fill existing service gaps and
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAATLANTA — A voting machine in Bryan County that may have been “flipping” some Georgia voters’ picks for president has been removed from service, after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the problem to state elections officials. The Secretary of State’s Office has expressed confidence in the state’s voting machines. It has launched an investigation into the
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USASEATTLE — In a stunning loss for federal prosecutors, the leaders of a 41-day armed standoff at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon last year were acquitted of federal charges Thursday. Brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five others had been charged with conspiracy to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs by occupying the
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USAWith less than two weeks to go before the U.S. general election, international observers are getting ready to watch American democracy in action. The 2016 U.S. election—considered by many to be the most bizarre in recent history—is the sixth to be monitored by the U.N.-affiliated Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), but it’s
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USAThe Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is plotting “external” attacks against the West from the Syrian city of Raqqa, according to the commander of the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition. Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, based in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, also said Wednesday that the operation to oust ISIS from Raqqa would likely be more difficult
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