Like most Jews, Benjamin Aaron Shapiro, a respected journalist, is an advocate for social justice, following the Jewish concept of Tikun Olam, literally translated as “repair of the world.” Unlike most American Jews, Shapiro is a conservative whose views of the nation are closer to those of Ted Cruz than of Bernie Sanders. Shapiro is […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWashington (dpa) – Former deputy head of the CIA, Michael Morell, says that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is dangerously unfit for the presidency and as a result he will support Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump “is not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security,” Morell writes
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USAHiroshima, Japan (dpa) – Japan observed the 71st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Saturday, with the city’s mayor calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons and for more world leaders to visit the site. About 50,000 people attended the ceremony, offering a minute’s silence at 8:15 am (2315 GMT Friday) at
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International, USABerlin (dpa) – German politicians at the weekend slammed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the mass arrests and political crackdown in Turkey following last month’s failed coup attempt. Bernd Riexinger, chairman of Germany’s The Left (Die Linke) party, called for an immediate halt to EU accession negotiations with Turkey. “A government that hunts journalists, redefines
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International, Middle EastManila (dpa) – The remains of Ferdinand Marcos are one step closer to internment at the Philippines’ Heroes’ Cemetery after the defence secretary issued an order Sunday implementing a controversial move promised by the country’s new president during his campaign. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the directive to the armed forces is in line with
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InternationalKabul (dpa) – NATO on Sunday confirmed an Islamic State report that the terrorist group had captured military gear – including weapons – left behind by a US soldier in Afghanistan, but made clear that there had been no abduction. The group reported Saturday – using its mouthpiece, the Aamaq News Agency – that it
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International, USAWashington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama began his annual summer holiday Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard, an Atlantic island off Cape Cod and a popular vacation spot for well heeled East Coast vacationers. With his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, they departed the White House on Marine One, the presidential helicopter. The
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USAAn Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the U.S. was allegedly executed in Iran, reports said Saturday. Shahram Amiri went missing in 2009 when he was on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. A year later, a series of videos surfaced in which a man who claimed to be Amiri said he
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — The Soberanes fire in Monterey County grew to more than 57,500 acres Sunday while firefighters continued to battle several other wildfires around California. More than 5,100 firefighters are battling the Soberanes blaze, which was 45 percent contained as of Sunday morning. Air tankers, helicopters, bulldozers and at least 300 fire engines have
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USASeveral million Turks have gathered in Istanbul on Sunday in protest against last month’s coup attempt, according to police and organizers. The mass rally was called by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and is seen as a show of strength for the leader, who has been criticized by the West for a sweeping crackdown on dissent
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Middle EastIstanbul (dpa) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed calls for the reintroduction of the death penalty at a massive rally of hundreds of thousands of people in Istanbul on Sunday to protest last month’s failed coup attempt by elements of the Turkish military. “If they [the people] reach such a decision, then I believe
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Middle EastThe Baghdad municipality announced Friday it would demolish and then give to a developer the 100-year-old home of Iraq’s first finance minister, Sir Sassoon Eskell, while an official in Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities slammed the decision as a “violation” of the law. Eskell, who was born into an aristocratic Baghdadi Jewish family in
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Jewish History, Middle EastThe following is an extract from Puk Damsgård’s story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye Ottosen’s 13 months in ISIS captivity in northern Syria. This scene details his escape from an Islamic State militant group (ISIS) safe house in the northern Syrian town of Azaz where he had been tortured for weeks. Daniel felt hands on
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International, Middle EastDaniel Rye Ottosen has just returned to the Malawian town of Chikwawa from a week in the bush with a small family, surviving on a bland dough known locally as nsima. The austere diet reminds the 27-year-old Danish freelance photographer of harder times. “Right now, I am looking forward so much to having a decent
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