By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK – More than 1,000 people gathered on Monday, April 4, in central Paris for a path-breaking day-long conference, initiated by AJC Europe, to discuss the threats posed by radical Islam and extremist political parties to the values that undergird European democracies. The conference took place at the Dejazet Theater, on the Place […]
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InternationalThere are 192 member states in the United Nations. In the worst of them, girls and women are raped and trafficked as a matter of course. In many others, women have fewer legal, educational and employment rights than men. Nevertheless the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded its annual meeting in New
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International, Middle EastDemocratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders hinted quite clearly on Saturday that Donald Trump’s rhetoric endangered Muslims in the US in the same way that Adolf Hitler had endangered Jews, but Sanders denied Sunday that he had compared Trump to Hitler. “Some of you know I”m Jewish,” Sanders said during a town hall in Wisconsin on
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Jewish History, USA
Croatian Jews said Monday they would boycott a commemoration ceremony for victims of the country’s most notorious World War II death camp, accusing authorities of failing to respond to a revival of pro-Nazi ideology. “Jewish municipalities in Croatia decided not to take part in the commemoration for the Jasenovac camp victims,” the country’s main Jewish
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International, Jewish HistoryLOS ANGELES (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauds the introduction of the California Combatting BDS Act of 2016 (AB 2844), which would prohibit California from entering into contracts with companies that boycott Israel. Assemblymember Richard Bloom authored the bill and is joined by several Assemblymembers and State Senators from across the state in introducing
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Middle East, USA
A Venetian Jewish woman who lived in London and spoke Hebrew is the actual author behind William Shakespeare, a leading expert claims in a 2014 book released in paperback this week. The English playwright’s mysterious identity even nearly 400 years since his death in April 1616 has stirred its fair share of rumors, including ones
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County and community partners will hold their annual community event to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut on May 15 at the San Diego Jewish Academy, 11860 Carmel Creek Road, from 2 pm to 5 pm. This is a free event to celebrate and educate our local community
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi St. Martin’s Press, 2016; ISBN 978-1-250-07816-2; 372 pages; $25.99 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– The heart rules supreme, or at least it should have, in this novel covering four generations of Ladino-speaking Israelis. Next time that you try to forbid a son or a daughter from
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
On March 27, speaking to the Sunday Times, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams expressed his concern at rising levels of anti-Semitism on British university campuses. There are, he said, “worrying echoes” of Germany in the 1930s. Two days later, in The Times, Chris Bryant, the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and a
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Middle East, USA
Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, spoke at the Knesset on Monday. He began by noting that the relationship between the US and Israel is “more important than ever,” and that the two countries must work together against threats like Iran and ISIS. This is Ryan’s (R-WI) first trip abroad since
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Middle East, USAThe Trump dynasty welcomed a new member on Sunday, with the brit of Donald Trump”s eighth grandchild. The latest addition to the Trump family, Theodore James Kushner, was celebrated during an Orthodox Jewish ceremony on Sunday in Manhattan. Trump”s daughter, Ivanka, converted to Judaism in 2009 when she married businessman Jared Kushner. Trump himself did
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USA
Dr. Susannah Heschel said century of studies led to interfaith harmony Dr. Susannah Heschel said Jewish scholars’ admiration for Islam enhanced their own connection to Judaism. Photos by Debra Rubin Heschel speaks to attendees at her program, “Jewish Scholars and the Study of Islam.” At a time when both Jews and Muslims faced discrimination in
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you know who is selling you that souvenir T-shirt in the airport? You might want to. In the late 1970s, it became known to international security agencies that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) owned a variety of duty-free shops in airports across Africa. They didn’t
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International, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, Travel and FoodBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — At the same time that colleges were competing in the NCAA basketball championship series, Hillel chapters from around the country were competing in the annual National Hillel Basketball Tournament, held at the University of Maryland. Yeshiva Unversity-Ammar (men’s competition) and Emory University (women’s competition) won this
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & Satire