In college, Juan Thompson surrounded himself with Jewish friends and a Jewish girlfriend. He spent time with her family. He spoke favorably about Israel, not always a popular thing to do at Vassar College, a liberal arts school in New York state where some students have embraced the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. But
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USADavid Benger It’s a holiday in Cambodia; It’s tough, kid, but it’s life It’s a holiday in Cambodia; Don’t forget to pack a wife” — Holiday in Cambodia by The Dead Kennedys On January 31, 2017, I attended the first Jewish wedding in Cambodian history. The Cambodian construction workers across the street momentarily put down
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InternationalManila (dpa) – Philippine troops have recovered the body of a 70-year-old German man beheaded by Islamist militants last week, a military commander said Sunday. The victim was killed on February 26 by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group after a ransom of 30 million pesos (600,000 dollars) was not paid before a deadline set by
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InternationalA few Democrats have called on a Democratic congressman to apologize for his crude joke last week about White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, but not House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Ms. Pelosi deflected questions posed by CNN’s Jake Tapper about tasteless comments made Wednesday at a Washington Press Club dinner by Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana
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USADuring part of her time in an immigrant detention center in Colorado, Grisel Xahuentitla spent six hours a day passing out trays before meals, scrubbing toilets and scouring showers. She was participating in a voluntary work program that allows detainees to earn $1 a day to help with the upkeep of the center. “When you
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USAGuillermo Lasso barely survived the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election Feb. 19, as ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno came within a hair of winning outright. But now that the opposition has rallied around Lasso, a former banker, and the April 2 runoff looks like Moreno’s to lose. Quito-based Cedatos, which produces one of the
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International, USAPresident Obama’s former director of national intelligence denied there ever was a federal court order authorizing wiretapping of Donald Trump properties on a day when the chair of the House intelligence committee said it would heed the president’s call for a Congressional probe of his unsubstantiated surveillance claims. Trump has roiled Washington with his tweeted
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Author and columnist Edwin Black is touring the United States, Australia, and other democracies to promote the creation of a Covenant of Democratic Nations to replace the United Nations, the latter of which he describes as being so heavily influenced by anti-democratic, authoritarian regimes as to have outlived
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The Lies They Tell is the second Tuvia Tenenbom book that I’ve read, following the enlightening Catch the Jew!, which penetrates the bubble surrounding many Israelis and journalists. Tuvia (his irreverent style breeds a strange familiarity) is an expat Israeli who has lived in the United States, Germany
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Steve Kramer, USANew Delhi (dpa) – Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj expressed her sorrow on Sunday over the the shooting of a member of the Sikh community in the United States. Swaraj’s swift reaction on microblogging site Twitter comes amid rising concerns at a series of recent attacks targeting Indian community members in the US.
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International, USAMost of Saturday’s March 4 Trump rallies went off without a hitch, but that wasn’t the case in Berkeley, California. Fistfights, scuffles and shouting matches ensued after hundreds of counter-protesters, some wearing black masks, descended on the pro-Trump crowd at Civic Center Park. Berkeley police made 10 arrests: five for battery, four for assault with
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USAAttorney and former MK Taleb el-Sana, who also chairs the Committee for the Fight Against the Supreme Court’s Supervision of Israeli Arabs, claimed infighting and murders in the Arab community are a “clear and direct result” of the Israeli government’s policy of not involving itself in the Arab communities. El-Sana, who is a Bedouin, also
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Middle EastSeveral headstones at Brooklyn’s predominantly Jewish Washington Cemetery were vandalized on Saturday night (EST). The New York Police Department and the Hate Crimes Division are investigating the incident’s background. NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind tweeted, “.@BPShomrim alerted me that stones @ Washington Cemetery are down. I”ve spoken w/ the NYPD who are investigating. I’ll be
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USAThe tortoise and the hare may have been arch enemies in old folktales, but these two oddball companions have been best pals since Wamba the reptile accidentally saved the bunny’s life. Ron Brink of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Dove Mountain, Arizona is the proud caretaker of Wamba – a happy 50-pound African tortoise who lives
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