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Ginsburg apologizes for Trump comments

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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USA

Theresa May spent eve of PM appointment dining with Chief Rabbi

New 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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International

Obama, Kerry say world safer 1 year after Iran N-deal

WASHINGTON, 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, USA

BGU delegation met with Pope, other Vatican leaders

NEW 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 East

Iran deal a year later

By 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 East

Top religious court rules against US Rabbi Lookstein conversion

Israel’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, USA

Trump: GOP platform ‘the most pro-Israel of all time’

Republican 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