Rhode Island passes anti-BDS measure with eye on energizing state’s economy (Paul Miller/JNS.org) In a 65-4 vote, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed legislation prohibiting the state from contracting with companies that participate in boycotts of allies and trade partners of the United States—most notably, Israel. HB 7736 passed the Rhode Island House […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Noting that Monday was World Refugee Day, Secretary of State John Kerry held a joint news conference with actress Angelina Jolie-Pitt, who is a special envoy for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Here is a text of their remarks: SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s my enormous pleasure to
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SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego teens who participated in the March of the Living earlier this year–in which a visit to the German Nazi concentration camps in Poland is followed by a trip to Israel — reflected on the first of these experiences in these articles below. Questions about the March of the
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International, Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, San Diego CountyUS Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday met Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman for the first time, the Pentagon said, offering few details about the visit. “They have had a good conversation,” said a senior US defense official with knowledge of the meeting. It was Liberman’s first foreign visit since being sworn in on May
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Middle East, USABRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A judge heard arguments Monday on whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre against the manufacturer of the gun used to kill 20 first-graders and six adults. Ten plaintiffs are suing the Remington Arms Co., maker of the Bushmaster AR-15, similar to
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USAA 19-year-old man who was arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas over the weekend had extensively plotted to kill the presumptive Republican nominee for president, according to court documents. (more) Credit: Las Vegas Review-Journal Michael Sandford, who is believed to be a British citizen, was arrested on Saturday morning after he tried
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USAWASHINGTON — The GOP-led Senate voted down proposals to bar gun sales to terrorism suspects Monday, notching another victory for gun rights advocates eight days after a gunman who had been on an FBI terrorism watch list killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The votes marked the latest attempt by Democrats to
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Travel and FoodBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Even Donald Trump conceded that individuals on the Department of Homeland Security’s No Fly List should not be allowed to purchase guns. Now if could only stop shooting off his mouth about Hillary’s intent to abolish the Second Amendment! * NRA head Wayne LaPierre reiterated his rejection of stricter gun
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Lawrence Baron, USAThe Psychology of Tzimtzum: Self, Others and God by Mordechai Rotenberg, Maggid Books, New Milford, CT, ©2015, ISBN 978-1-59264-384-4, p. 109, plus appendices, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The sixteenth century Safed mystics employed the Hebrew word Tzimtzum, meaning contraction, to answer the question: why is there something, rather than nothing. If God’s presence
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdDBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Why do some people excel when competing and do well on exams while others (although equally prepared) do not fare as well? Some recent research suggests a possible answer in a single gene whose job is to clear dopamine from the pre-frontal cortex, the decision making part
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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe California Democratic Party is pushing for a major overhaul to the Democratic primary process. A resolution approved Sunday urges the Democratic National Committee to eliminate caucuses and the majority of superdelegates, The Los Angeles Times first reported. “It’s very exciting and healing for our party to be able to make a strong statement that
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USAAs Donald Trump steps up his attacks against the largest minority in the country, Hispanic leaders are gearing up to unite and fight back. Last Wednesday, civil rights icon Dolores Huerta joined forces with People for the American Way (PFAW) and former Miss Universe Alicia Machado for the “Donald Trump’s Year of Hate” campaign. Launched
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International, USAA host of congressmen are criticizing President Barack Obama’s intervention in the United Kingdom’s debate over whether to leave the European Union. The U.K. will vote for the first time in more than 40 years Thursday whether to remain or leave the EU. Obama appeared with British Prime Minister David Cameron in April to voice
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InternationalFormer President George W. Bush came out of hiding last week to endorse several Republican senators whose reelection campaigns are wobbling ominously wake of his party’s presumptive presidential nominee. The 43rd president recently headlined fundraisers for Senators John McCain of Arizona and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, and will soon repeat the act for Senators
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