Donald H. Harrison

Dem. Senator Pushes ‘Climate Literacy’ Program In US Schools

June 21, 2016

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey has introduced a bill to enhance to create a federal “climate change education program” to make sure American high schoolers are “climate literate” about man-made global warming. Markey wants the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a nationwide education program for school kids “about climate change and its […]

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Bernie Sanders’ Staffers Bail Out, Hook Up With Billionaire-Backed Green Group

June 21, 2016

More than a dozen former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign staff members have decided to hook up with a green group funded and founded by mega-wealthy liberal Tom Steyer. Zack Malitz, who headed-up Sanders’ digital organizing team and is now shifting focus to environmental group NextGen Climate, said he and other former Sanders staffers are bringing

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$850K in Nazi artifacts – including Göring’s underwear – purchased at auction by shadowy Argentinian

June 21, 2016

A controversial German auction of Nazi memorabilia appears to have vindicated its critics after the top buyer turned out to be a wealthy Argentinian with suspected neo-Nazi leanings. Monday’s sale, conducted by Munich’s Hermann Historica, featured the collection of John Lattimer, a renowned U.S. physician who treated high-ranking Nazis during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.

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International

Pope to Peres: No one has right to kill in name of religion

June 21, 2016

As terror attacks continue around the world, former President Shimon Peres met with Pope Francis in Rome. The Pope greeted Peres with a warm embrace, kissed his hands and said, “I am excited and grateful that you came to see me here in the Vatican. Together we can champion peace, and can put a stop

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International, Middle East

Successful cancer drug made in Israel? BBC won’t tell you

June 21, 2016

An Israeli-developed drug cocktail that has been shown to cure 58% of terminally ill cancer patients has been approved in record time by the National Health Service of the United Kingdom. BBC, reporting the story, failed to mention that the drug was developed in Israel. So discovered Michael Ordman of Israel’s Good News Newsletter. The

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

UK Prime Minister Cameron: ‘Brexit’ would be bad for Israel

June 21, 2016

As the United Kingdom’s fateful referendum on whether to leave the European Union draws nearer, Prime Minister David Cameron is making his final push to convince voters to reject a “Brexit” – or British exit from the EU. While the most prominent arguments for and against have centered on the economy, as well as questions

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International, Middle East

In a yiddische green acres, Old McDovid has a farm, E-I-E-I-Oy

June 21, 2016

SIMSBURY, Connecticut — Ben Harris knelt in the dirt under the mid-morning sun and pulled weeds. If left unchecked the thin blades would quickly overtake the nine rows of newly emerging potato plants. Covering two-and-a-half acres, the Root Down Farm is one of several Jewish farms dotting this small New England state — a concentration

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USA

Trump Promises to Protect Religious Freedom

June 21, 2016

At a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, Donald Trump delivered a message to evangelicals that if he wins the White House in November, he will fiercely defend religious freedom. Addressing evangelical leaders from across the country in New York City, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee did not specify whether he would back some form of the

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USA

The Jewish actors: Estelle Harris

June 21, 2016

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Travel and Food

Celebrities Criticized For Supporting For-Profit Colleges

June 21, 2016

The for-profit college industry may be unpopular with the Obama administration, but it still has many friends in high places. Celebrities like talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and government officials like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., have ties to the increasingly controversial education system, according to a report out Tuesday by David Halperin, a lawyer and

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Netanyahu: Israel not yet ready to ratify nuclear test ban pact

June 21, 2016

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Israel supports the global pact that bans nuclear weapons tests, but the country is not yet ready to formally join it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Monday. Israel signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996, but has yet to turn it into law by ratifying it. Netanyahu told Lassina

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Middle East

During siege, Orlando gunman told police he was ‘Islamic soldier’

June 21, 2016

Orlando Police Chief John Mina (L), answers question during a news conference with Ronald Hopper, FBI assistant special agent in charge (M), and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer (R), as he gives updates about the recent mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub, Monday, June 20, 2016, in Orlando,Florida.[Photo/IC] ORLANDO – The Florida nightclub killer called himself

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USA

German lawmaker to let party membership lapse over anti-Semitic works

June 21, 2016

Stuttgart, Germany (dpa) – A lawmaker with the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party whose membership was under dispute said Tuesday that he will no longer be active in the group. Wolfgang Gedeon, a physician-turned-AfD-lawmaker in the wealthy southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, made the announcement after a party meeting that was originally supposed to decide

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International, Jewish History

Egyptian court blocks island handover, in blow to al-Sissi

June 21, 2016

Cairo (dpa) – Egypt’s plan to hand two Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia has been struck down by an administrative court, in a major blow to President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on one of the most controversial issues he’s faced since taking office. The courtroom erupted in cheers as judge Yahya al-Dakrouri ruled that the

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Middle East

Dem. Senator Pushes ‘Climate Literacy’ Program In US Schools

Bernie Sanders’ Staffers Bail Out, Hook Up With Billionaire-Backed Green Group

$850K in Nazi artifacts – including Göring’s underwear – purchased at auction by shadowy Argentinian

Pope to Peres: No one has right to kill in name of religion

Successful cancer drug made in Israel? BBC won’t tell you

UK Prime Minister Cameron: ‘Brexit’ would be bad for Israel

In a yiddische green acres, Old McDovid has a farm, E-I-E-I-Oy

Trump Promises to Protect Religious Freedom

The Jewish actors: Estelle Harris

Celebrities Criticized For Supporting For-Profit Colleges

Netanyahu: Israel not yet ready to ratify nuclear test ban pact

During siege, Orlando gunman told police he was ‘Islamic soldier’

German lawmaker to let party membership lapse over anti-Semitic works

Egyptian court blocks island handover, in blow to al-Sissi

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