WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org)–U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is Jewish, issued an apology for remarks she made earlier this week that were critical of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Ginsburg, 83, spoke of her recent remark that Trump is a “faker,” and that she doesn’t even want to “contemplate” a Trump administration. She […]
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USANew UK Prime Minister Theresa May officially took office yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon after an audience with the Queen, and following an extremely hectic few weeks in which the British public shockingly voted to exit the European Union, David Cameron resigned as Prime Minister, analysts’ favorite for the job Boris Johnson withdrew from the running, and
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InternationalWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry each issued statements Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 power. The President issued the following statement from the White House: “Today marks one year since the conclusion of the Iran nuclear deal—known as the Joint Comprehensive
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Prof. Rivka Carmi, president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), led an 11-member delegation to Rome to meet with Pope Francis and Vatican leadership last month. The delegation included senior officers of BGU’s international board, leadership of the New York-based American Association for Ben Gurion University, and BGU faculty.
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International, Middle EastEditor’s Note: Following is a selection from news stories and press releases sent to San Diego Jewish World: * Once again, JFS San Diego receives a 4-star rating SAN DIEGO (Press Release – For the ninth consecutive year, Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest
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International, Middle East, San Diego CountyTwo Israeli Arabs indicted for plans to join Islamic State (JNS.org) Two Israeli Arabs from the Galilee region were indicted for supporting and planning to join the Islamic State terror group. The two men, Nazareth resident Mahmoud Abed al-Fatah, 24, and Ashraf Arabi’i, 35, of Shfaram, were indicted in Nazareth District Court on Thursday.
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-65th in a Series- Exit 54, Kitchen Creek Road, Cleveland National Forest, California By Donald H. Harrison CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST, California – The Pacific Crest Trail intersects with Kitchen Creek Road about 30 miles from where the trail begins on the U.S.-Mexican border and about 2,620 miles from where it ends on the U.S-Canada border.
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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A good way of enjoying living in Israel is to avoid the media. Because reports about Israel’s standing in the world tend to be depressing, the English daily TV now brings five items of good news every Sunday, presumably to cheer up viewers and to encourage them to watch the
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Middle EastIsrael’s Supreme Rabbinical Court ruled on Wednesday that the conversions performed on his own by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, a prominent modern Orthodox rabbi from Manhattan, will not be recognized. The ruling by the country’s highest officially recognized religious court upheld a decision made last week by the Petah Tikva District Rabbinical Court, which held that
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Middle East, USARepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday took to Twitter to hail the new pro-Israel Republican party platform. “The Republican platform is most pro-Israel of all time!” he tweeted, in a post that received more than 6,000 likes. The new platform, the language of which was approved by the Republican Party’s Platform Committee on Tuesday,
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Middle East, USA(Statistics through July 12) The July 12 All-Star game in San Diego represented the unofficial halfway point of the baseball season. So here’s a look at how the minyan of Jewish Major Leaguers — not all of whom are still on big league rosters — have fared so far. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers: Has appeared
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Sports & CompetitionsAfter meeting with the Queen, Theresa May can place her feet firmly under the desk at No 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister of Great Britain. She now faces the daunting task of leading the country out of the European Union. In her first speech she promised ‘not to govern for the privileged few’ and
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InternationalDavid Cameron spent his last night at Number 10 Downing Street on Tuesday in typically unpretentious style, dining on an Indian takeaway with his staff, his chancellor, George Osborne, and a handful of the Conservative MPs who had been most loyal to him, among them Hugo Swire, the foreign office minister, Richard Benyon, the Newbury
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