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Memo to the Church: Please leave us Jews out of your sex abuse scandal

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–The Catholic Church historically inspired persecution against our people, and in the last half-century church leaders merit recognition for reconciling with us. After that immense effort to do right, the church has embarked on a new course of action: Confuse the heck out of the Jews.   New York Archbishop Timothy […]

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USA

Fee, Fie, Foe, Feiffer!

 By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — If you ask Jules Feiffer how he likes L.A., he will launch into a story about the time he spent 90 minutes driving around in traffic, becoming so lost and frustrated that he fled back to New York, thus forfeiting a substantial paycheck by abandoning the job he had

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Travel and Food

Seven Nobel laureates urge Berkeley student Senate to oppose Israel divestment

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– As the debate on whether or not to divest from Israel discussed by the student senate at University of California, Berkeley moved toward conclusion, six Nobel Laureates connected to Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and a seventh Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel, independently wrote to the senate arguing in opposition

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Middle East

Clinton calls on Israel, Palestinians to negotiate a peace

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke extensively on Thursday, April 15, on prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace during the dedication of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace  in the American capital city.  Here is a transcript of her comments following her introduction: SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I should just quit

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Middle East

46 percent of American Jews say they may vote against Obama next election

  NEW YORK (Press Release)–A new poll of American Jewish opinion, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, has produced a surprising result: despite the fact that American Jews voted for Barack Obama in 2008 by a massive 78% to 21%, today a plurality of 46% of American Jews say they would consider voting for someone else

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Middle East

San Diego Jewish community to memorialize those who fell defending Israel

 LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–Yom HaZikaron, the day Israel remembers its war dead and victims of terror, will be observed at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 18, at the Lawrence Family JCC, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The free public event is sponsored by the Israel Center of United Jewish Federation of San Diego County. During

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Middle East

Fixing American priorities in the Middle East

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs calls on President Obama to take a personal interest in the “Middle East dispute” and use his personal good offices to push the parties to the conflict to a resolution that serves “vital national security interests” for the United States. Recalcitrant parties, pursuing their own

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

‘The Rivalry’ at Lamb’s provides a timely debate

CORONADO, California—-It’s hard to believe that in 2010 we are still fighting the Civil War. Yup. Both Virginia and Mississippi recently announced new proclamations by their Governors designating April as Confederate Heritage Month without so much as a mention of the cause of the Civil War, which by all accounts was the issue of slavery

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

J Street reports first official meeting with Israel's ambassador

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — J Street founder and Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami met today for the first time with Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. The conversation, which took place at the Israeli Embassy, lasted approximately one hour and covered a wide range of topics, including the peace process, the US-Israel relationship and Iran.  The meeting

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Middle East, USA