Donald H. Harrison

Bavaria considers use of Mein Kampf in schools

April 28, 2016

Berlin (dpa) – The Bavarian parliament was debating Thursday whether an annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s opus Mein Kampf should be authorized for educational use in schools and other establishments. The 2,000-page version of the text, which climbed to the top spot on Der Spiegel’s nonfiction bestseller list this month, includes 3,700 annotations that attempt […]

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International, Jewish History

Senate confirms Jacobson as envoy to Mexico

April 28, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement abut the confirmation of Roberta S. Jacobson, who is Jewish, to be U.S. Ambassador to Mexico: I am pleased the U.S. Senate has finally confirmed Roberta S. Jacobson, our Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, to be the next

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International, USA

Can Sanders impact Democratic Party platform?

April 28, 2016

Despite his abysmal showing on the latest Super Tuesday — he won only in Rhode Island — Bernie Sanders insists that he will keep campaigning through the last contest. But political analysts already are discerning a change in Sanders’ rhetoric consistent with reality. One sign of that recalibration is Sanders’ focus on leveraging his support

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Middle East, USA

Israeli-made ‘black hole’ could win Hawking a Nobel

April 28, 2016

British physicist Stephen Hawking could finally win a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking theory on black holes thanks to new research out of Israel’s Technion university. In 1974, Hawking hypothesized that black holes are slowly evaporating, challenging the conventional understanding that nothing could escape from the void of a black hole. The theory, known as

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

The Jewish actors: Marc Lawrence

April 28, 2016

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Travel and Food

Friends of Israel report: Marshall Islands, April 28, 2016

April 28, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement on Thursday, April 28: On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I offer my warmest congratulations to the citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the 37th anniversary of your nation’s independence this May 1. Brought

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International, USA

Italy Uncovers Plot to Attack Vatican, Israeli Embassy

April 28, 2016

Italian authorities arrested four people suspected of extremism on Thursday and issued arrest warrants for two more operating in Syria, according to the Milan prosecutor. Authorities said one of the suspects is a Moroccan-born national living in Italy who had received orders from the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) to conduct an attack in Rome

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International, Middle East

Support candidates who unite, not divide

April 28, 2016

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –As I weigh the rhetoric of the U.S. presidential election, I find that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on the right and Bernie Sanders on the left understand that Americans who grew up on the notion that “the United States is the greatest country in the world” have become

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

COP condemns Nazi allusions by P.A. envoy

April 28, 2016

NEW YORK (Press Release) –Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Thursday, April 28, condemned the offensive, outrageous, anti-Semitic statement made on Wednesday by the Palestinian Permanent Representative at a press conference in the United Nations (UN). In his appalling statement, Dr. Riyad Mansour compared the recent Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming

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International, Middle East, USA

The migration super powers

April 28, 2016

We have entered the age of migration. If all the people who live outside the country of their birth united to form their own-a republic of the rootless-it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, with a population of more than 240 million people. Though much has been written about how a world on

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International, Middle East, The World We Share

Israel rejects French peace initiative

April 28, 2016

Jerusalem on Thursday responded to the looming French peace initiative, which is to involve an international effort forcing peace talks on Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). As part of the French initiative, an international summit has been announced for May 30, in which ministers from 20 countries will prepare an international summit in the

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International, Middle East

Bernie Sanders to lay off hundreds of staffers

April 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders maybe planning a big push in California, but he will be doing it with a smaller campaign. The Vermont senator told The New York Times on Wednesday that he is about to lay off hundreds of employees. Sanders said the layoffs are taking place in states where elections have already happened, as the

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USA

Hillary’s Other Daughter: Huma Abedin’s Story

April 28, 2016

In 1996, two young, ambitious women worked at the Clinton White House. One was assigned to the West Wing—the presidential wing—and became known for her stained blue Gap dress, a sordid manifestation of Bill Clinton’s baser appetites. The other served in the East Wing, where the first lady’s offices are situated. This is the story

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Middle East, USA

Bennett: Netanyahu doesn’t scare me

April 28, 2016

Education Minister Naftali Bennett made his first public comments regarding a clash with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a closed-door meeting last week. On Thursday the Jewish Home chief spoke out regarding the IDF”s continued presence in strategic locations across Judea and Samaria, the bone of contention during his confrontation with Netanyahu last week. Bennett,

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Middle East

Bavaria considers use of Mein Kampf in schools

Senate confirms Jacobson as envoy to Mexico

Can Sanders impact Democratic Party platform?

Israeli-made ‘black hole’ could win Hawking a Nobel

The Jewish actors: Marc Lawrence

Friends of Israel report: Marshall Islands, April 28, 2016

Italy Uncovers Plot to Attack Vatican, Israeli Embassy

Support candidates who unite, not divide

COP condemns Nazi allusions by P.A. envoy

The migration super powers

Israel rejects French peace initiative

Bernie Sanders to lay off hundreds of staffers

Hillary’s Other Daughter: Huma Abedin’s Story

Bennett: Netanyahu doesn’t scare me

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