A year after the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying lifeless on a Turkish beach pushed the Syrian refugee crisis to the top of the international agenda, his grandfather makes an emotional plea for world leaders to end the war in Syria. In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Sexo Seno Kurdi, speaking by phone from […]
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InternationalSpace Jews are an unfortunate science fiction trope that repackages a number of repulsive anti-semitic stereotypes, typically to vivify a conniving, mercantile race of aliens with easily recognized prejudicial characteristics. Between Watto, Gringotts goblins and South Park’s parodic Joozians, the Space Jew trope is potent and common enough that the name has come to stand
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USAInbar Tabib was born in Israel to a Yemenite/Persian family. Her father was disabled as a young child, and both her parents served as role models for coping with challenges. When she was 5, her family relocated to Chicago, where she spent the rest of her childhood. Although Inbar grew up in a traditional home
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAThe Supreme Court has issued a destruction order for ten buildings in the small town of Netiv Ha’avot, in Gush Etzion, overriding the policy of the state. Similarly the judges ordered the destruction of seven buildings which the state had already slated for eviction. In order to allow the residents to prepare, demolition orders will
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Middle EastDespite a formal rejection of the BDS movement in March by the University of California system, the University of California Los Angeles, one of most prestigious public colleges in the state, has empowered and enabled the anti-Israel movement, targeting those who challenge BDS and allied organizations. Efforts by campus BDS groups, bolstered by the University
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAOpponents of the Iranian nuclear deal blasted the Obama administration on Thursday for misleading the American public, the Jewish Insider reported. The condemnations came after reports emerged that Iran was secretly allowed to evade certain restrictions in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) so that it could begin receiving sanctions relief. According to the
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Middle East, USA22 different Palestinian and Jewish kids taught a lesson of peace and friendship for their grown-up counterparts in Sao Paulo. The friendly atmosphere invaded the tiers of Palestra Itália Soccer Stadium as well – adults from all the communities, Arab and Jewish alike – sat side by side to enjoy the game. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″>
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsA lot has been going wrong with Anthony Weiner the last few days. He made headlines again — another sexting scandal, this time leading to his wife leaving him — and was put on indefinite leave by NY1, the cable news channel he was a contributor for. But help may be at hand for the
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USAWASHINGTON — An official at the Clinton Global Initiative sent top State Department aide Melanne Verveer a 63-page list of individuals, groups and companies that had pledged money to its programs. An employee at another Clinton Foundation offshoot emailed Verveer looking for a job for a former colleague. Yet another asked whether Verveer could persuade
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International, USASAN DIEGO — Colin Kaepernick stood and applauded for the military and also knelt down for the national anthem on Thursday night. And he did none of this alone. In a remarkable few hours of drama, symbolism, support and football, Kaepernick continued to protest the pregame playing of the national anthem by kneeling through the
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Sports & Competitions, USAMexican President Enrique Pena Nieto reiterated to a Spanish-language news show Thursday that his country will not pay for a wall on the border with the U.S., a campaign assertion repeatedly made by Donald Trump, and that Mr. Trump’s positions were a “threat” to the future of Mexico. Mr. Pena Nieto told Televisa that he
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 13 people were killed and dozens wounded Friday in a pair of suicide bombings targeting a Christian residential area and a judicial complex in northern Pakistan, rescue officials said. Four militants wearing suicide vests and armed with semiautomatic weapons struck a residential colony populated by Christian families on the outskirts
For most Americans, Labor Day is hardly a time of rest. Although many people will take the day off from their jobs, they will be confronted with dozens of chores to do around the house. And then there are the advertised Labor Day sales that avid shoppers can’t resist. Some people will take a road
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USAWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton told federal agents and prosecutors that she did not recall receiving any emails that were too secretive to be handled by her private computer server and did not believe any of her devices had been hacked or compromised, according to FBI records released Friday. The former secretary of state reiterated earlier
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