By Michael Widlanski IRVINE, California –People who predict population trends need to learn from weather forecasters: when your forecasts are wrong more than right, go home before they lock you at home. Many who yell “demography” when discussing Israel’s future, pretend to have the facts on their side. Actually, they do not have a clue. […]
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SAN DIEGO –Parents and grandparents know what it is like to introduce our children to a group and kvell when they give a very good account of themselves. But Congressman Scott Peters, D-San Diego, was able to kvell in a different way as the U.S. House of Representatives began a regular session on Tuesday, March
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Donald H. Harrison
GARRISON, N.Y. (Press Release) – Some 70 top young Jewish artists from around the world will gather in Garrison, NY on March 23-26, 2014 for the Asylum Arts International Jewish Artist Retreat. The unique networking and learning experience is intended to connect and empower Jewish artists around the world, ultimately to help cultivate an international
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Travel and FoodBy Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel will fail, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference. “Beyond our traditional trading partners, countries throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, these countries are flocking to Israel” wanting Israeli technology, Netanyahu said. “The BDS
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Amidst increasing international pressure against Israel and intensifying calls for commercial boycotts of the Jewish State, former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States Danny Ayalon has released a new You Tube video entitled “The Truth About the UN.” The film, launched earlier this week, is designed to
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – AJC welcomed the decision of the Appellate Division of the California Superior Court in Orange County in State v. Sayeed, et al. The court upheld the conviction of 10 individuals who repeatedly interrupted Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech at the University of California at Irvine in February 2010. They had
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Middle East, USABDS movement will fail, Netanyahu says at AIPAC (JNS.org) The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel will fail, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference. “Beyond our traditional trading partners, countries throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, these countries are flocking to Israel” wanting Israeli technology, Netanyahu said.
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InternationalWASHINGTON, D.C. –Following is the text of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Monday, March 3, to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as provided by the U.S. State Department: * SECRETARY KERRY: Norm, thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you all, 14,000 strong or more. (Applause.) Howard, Howard Friedman
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Middle East, USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — Minister of Agriculture Yair Shamir is the first Israeli minister to visit the West African Republic of Ghana since the establishment of an Israeli embassy there in 2011. Minister Shamir is heading an agriculture-business mission comprised of 12 leading Israeli companies in the agricultural industry currently touring the country in
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The primary purpose of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state is probably to make sure that, after they get their state, they cease to make claims on Israel, as their present ideology may prompt them to do. At a symposium held last Monday in
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There is a Russian invasion or movement into Crimea, with threatening declarations from Kiev and Moscow, and more widespread mobilizations on both sides. Assessments are complicated by the penisula’s history, a majority of its population that is Russian ethnically and linguistically, some degree of autonomy for what is called the Autonomous Republic
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki issued the following statement Monday, March 3, on the situation in Syria: “The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted by extremists. Last week in Raqqa, the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) announced it
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C — U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Monday, March 3, to discuss a wide range of topics including the civil war in Syria, the efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, turmoil in Egypt, and the ongoing U.S.-brokered discussions between Israel
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