WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The U.S. State Department issued this statement on Monday, April 28, through the office of spokeswoman Jen Psaki: “The United States is deeply concerned by today’s Egyptian court actions related to another mass trial and preliminary death sentences as well as the banning of the April 6 Youth Movement activities. […]
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — On Tuesday, April 29, in the Rayburn House Office Building (Room 2172), Members of Congress, German officials, Jewish leaders, and diplomats will gather to mark the publication of an unprecedented, historic two volume work documenting, for the first time in English, the synagogues and prayer houses destroyed on Pogromnacht, November
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Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today welcomed a Department of Defense decision that will help ensure the military applies made-in-America requirements to athletic shoes. The decision came after Levin helped enact language in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2014 requiring the department to
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Sports & Competitions, USA
HARTFORD, Connecticut (Press Release)–On Monday, April 28, in response to new draft Food and Drug Administration regulations prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Yale-New Haven Hospital doctors Ben Toll and Roy Herbst at Smilow Cancer Hospital to call for additional measures to protect youth from nicotine addiction. The draft
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
(Editor’s Note: Following is the text of a speech delivered Sunday, April 27, by Israel’s President Shimon Peres at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem) By Shimon Peres JERUSALEM — My brothers and sisters, at this very moment I see before my eyes a heartbreaking image. Tens of thousands of people; young and old, male
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Barbara Boxer WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1980, Congress established Holocaust Remembrance Day to educate Americans about the history of the Holocaust and commemorate its victims. On this day, we honor the memories of the 6 million Jews and millions of other innocents murdered by the Nazis before and during World War II. We also
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Jewish History(Editor’s Note: Following is a transcript of a speech given Sunday, April 27, by Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in commemoration of Yom HaShoah) By Binyamin Netanyahu JERUSALEM — The last time I visited Yad Vashem was with the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, a great friend of Israel
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Jewish History, Middle East
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BEIJING (WJC) — Leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) held a series of meetings in Beijing last week with senior Chinese officials aimed at strengthening Sino-Judeo relations. WJC CEO Robert Singer and his deputy Maram Stern held talks with Chinese Middle East Envoy Wu Sike; Deputy Director General at the International Department of Central
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InternationalFour Palestinians indicted for throwing firebombs at synagogue, Hebrew U. (JNS.org) Four Palestinians were indicted on Sunday in Jerusalem for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at targets on Mount Scopus and French Hill, including Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a synagogue, Israel Hayom reported. The Jerusalem District Court indicted 18-year-olds Mohammad Abid, Ibrahim Darbas, and Waleed
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International
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Prominent members of the U.S. Congress expressed their admiration to EFRAT’s founder Dr. Eli Schussheim for his organization’s efforts to help mothers carry their babies to full term. EFRAT steps in where the mother is facing a dilemma of whether to continue with her pregnancy, but does not feel financially or
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Aryeh Savir MIGDAL HA’EMEK, Israel (TNA)– Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Dean of the Migdal Ohr Institutions, sat in his home in Migdal Ha’emek, emotionally re-examining the piece of Torah parchment he was given. Cut by a Nazi almost 70 years ago from a Torah scroll in an Eastern European synagogue, the sacred parchment
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Jewish History, Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Thousands of non-Jews from across Europe and Eastern Europe saved Jewish lives from the horrors of the Holocaust, placing their lives and the lives of their families at risk. Over 25,000 known non-Jews have been recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” including Christians and Muslims. Today many
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International, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said on Monday, April 28, it was “startled and disappointed” by reports that Secretary of State John Kerry used the highly inappropriate and offensive term “apartheid” to warn what might become of Israel should an agreement not be reached with the Palestinians. Kerry reportedly said that Israel
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Middle East, USA