No matter who wins in November, the First Son-in-Law of the United States (FSILOTUS) will be a Jew. The only question is will he be Orthodox or Conservative? Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, 35, is principal owner of the real estate holding and development company Kushner Properties, and the newspaper publishing company the New York […]
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USAGreen Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May has condemned her party’s decision to vote in support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The party voted on the resolution at its convention in Ottawa over the weekend, despite May’s opposition to the measure. The resolution states that the Green Party “supports the use
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International, Middle EastLost in the debate over Donald Trump’s comments about how to stop Hillary Clinton from abolishing the Second Amendment is the not-unimportant fact that Clinton has not actually suggested anything of the sort. “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment,” Trump said Tuesday at a North Carolina campaign rally Tuesday. “By the way,
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USADonald Trump’s loopy, menacing crack about “Second Amendment people” taking action against Hillary Clinton was weird, illogical and wildly inappropriate—but unlikely to meet the legal definition of a threat against a presidential candidate. Under federal law, it is a crime to threaten major party presidential candidates or their families. (Sorry, Libertarian Party nominees Gary Johnson
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USAA pro-Israel group has filed a human rights complaint against an Ontario university after it was banned from participating in a campus activity. Hasbara Fellowships Canada said the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) discriminated against the grassroots advocacy organization by excluding it from a campus “Social Justice Week.” The group said it was
By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM — I’ve been following Lori Palatnik for years, on Aish.com and through the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP). I was curious about this fireball “out-reacher,” so when I saw they were holding another Israel trip in May, I made an appointment to interview her to find out where she came
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International, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Is the world richest, and one of its most populous countries falling apart? The run of Presidents from Jimmy Carter (some might say Richard Nixon) through whoever wins in November might suggest something like that. However, an earlier run from Harding (some would say from Wilson’s second term or from Taft)
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I could not have dreamed it while attending the urban, turbulent Woodward High School in Cincinnati during the 1960s—a microcosm of the racially-charged, painfully transitional America. Finding myself enthralled with the civil rights movement and realizing that black people are America’s Hebrews, I would read and watch (on television)
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USANew draft legislation proposed by the Italian government could see parents imprisoned for feeding their children a vegan diet. Those legally responsible for under-16s who display signs of malnutrition resulting in illness or long-term health problems could be sentenced for up to four years. A member of of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party,
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InternationalWhile speaking to a North Carolina crowd about gun rights on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared to obliquely suggest that firearms could be used either to affect the presidential election, or future judicial nominees. “If she (Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton) gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” he said.
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USAIslamic Movement deputy leader under house arrest for incitement (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Deputy Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Kamal Khatib was placed under house arrest Tuesday on suspicion of inciting violence. Khatib was arrested on Monday night by the Northern District Police after intelligence indicated he urged followers to take violent
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson GUERET, France –In this far-flung corner in the middle of France lies an agricultural region where villages and hamlets, and mainly isolated farms, nestle in the verdant hills and valleys. The area is not distinguished by being near to the sea or anywhere near any mountains, and this in fact is its distinguishing feature. Because of
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International, Travel and FoodA French court on Monday remanded in custody a 16-year-old girl accused of planning a jihadist attack in a country on edge following a series of brutal terror assaults, a judicial source said, according to AFP. The teenager was charged with “criminal conspiracy with terrorists” and “provocation to committing terrorist acts using online communication”, the
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InternationalMessages involving the then-chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and a top Clinton Foundation official and donor are among the dozens of new email exchanges from Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state released on Tuesday by a watchdog group. One message from Stephen Roach, then-chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, to Mrs. Clinton provides his upcoming