Republican Donald Trump and other conservative leaders sought Monday to link a series of bombing attacks in the New York City area to the Obama administration’s Syrian refugee policy. Trump tweeted Monday that thousands of refugees entering the U.S. from Syria are poorly vetted” just hours after FBI officials said they were looking for Ahmad […]
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USAHOUSTON – Vice President Joe Biden says he plans to dedicate his career after politics to cancer research – and to do so for “as long as I’m alive” – but ruled out serving in Hillary Clinton’s administration should she win the White House this fall. In a wide-ranging interview with STAT, Biden said he
NEUBRANDENBURG, Germany (WJC)– The trial of a former medical orderly at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau resumed on Monday in Neubrandenburg, north of Berlin, with a call on the judge to recuse himself. Hubert Zafke as SS officer during World War II Hubert Zafke, 95, is accused of having been an accessory to the murder of 3,681 people between August and
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — Jews constitute only 0.2% of world’s population of 7.4 billion people. And yet anti-Semitism and hatred of the Jews is widespread and continues for centuries despite our honest efforts and dedication to be good citizens of the countries in which we live. So why to continue to be
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Arkady Mamaysky, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionTEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study finds that combining genetic therapy with chemotherapy delivered to a primary tumor site is extremely effective in preventing breast cancer metastasis. The research was led by Dr. Noam Shomron of TAU’s Sackler School of Medicine in collaboration with Dr. Natalie Artzi of the Massachusetts
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Beatles: Eight Days a Week–The Touring Years, a documentary directed by Ron Howard, opened this past Friday. The film covers the years 1962-1966 as the Beatles performed more than 800 live concerts around the world. What Jewish-related event took place during the Beatles 1964 tour of America? A. The Beatles
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & SatireWhat comes to mind when you think of workplace sexism? Perhaps it’s sexual harassment or the gender pay gap. But what about having a man take credit for your idea or speak over you—or being asked to take notes or bake a cake for the office party? These are the more insidious forms that workplace
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USAShortly before the three-month mark had passed since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Brad Lamm wrote a first-person account of his experiences since appearing on Newsweek’s landmark cover, “Gays Under Fire.” The 1992 cover story was accompanied by a poll that revealed limited public
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USAPHILADELPHIA �� A gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a club complex early Sunday morning in the second mass shooting in Philadelphia in less than two days. Police said all four victims of the shooting survived, but one man — who was shot 10 times in his back — was hospitalized in critical
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USALOS ANGELES — Thanks to O.J. Simpson, the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards partied like it was 1995. “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” the FX limited series that dramatized the sensational murder case and trial that divided a nation more than two decades ago, became the most celebrated program of the year at
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA top aide to Ohio Gov. John Kasich took a swing at Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus Sunday, alleging the GOP chair isn’t putting the best interest of the party first. “Thankfully, there are still leaders in this country who put principles before politics,” John Weaver, Kasich’s adviser, said in a statement provided to
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USACNN edited the opening sentence of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s response to Saturday’s explosion in New York City, removing her use of the word “bombing” to describe the attack. When Clinton came out to address the press on her campaign plane late Saturday, she opened her brief remarks by saying “I’ve been briefed about
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USAJustice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) participated on Sunday in a conference held by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in New York. Speaking during the event, Shaked slammed the BDS movement, calling it “a new extension of terrorism.” “BDS is the new face of terror. While in Gaza [terrorists] are digging underground tunnels into Israel,
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — Charmian Carr will always be 16 going on 17 for fans of “The Sound of Music.” In the 1965 movie adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, she played the rebellious Liesl von Trapp, eldest daughter of a privileged Austrian clan of seven children living under the strictures of their militaristic father,
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