By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In 1978, I was a trainer for a graduate student professional development program (GSPDP) sponsored by the National Training Laboratory (NTL) in Bethel, Maine. The participants were in a week-long sensitivity training group (known as a T group). Our theme for that week was “Management of Similarities and
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, expressed deep concern about growing expressions of hostility and divisiveness. The leaders condemned the brutal attack on Muslim worshipers at a mosque in Quebec which killed six people and wounded several others during
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International, USA(c) By Edwin Black For years, foreign policy critics, politicians, and outraged members of the general public have been militating to defund and quit the United Nations. Some have advocated that a rival or successor organization be established. Now, the empty sheet of bitter discontent with the UN has been filled in with a new
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Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO, February 1, 2017 – We may be immersed in the most unusual political transition in American history, but there is one constant that we can always count on: Tired, predictable comparisons to Nazis. The Nazi card has been played by both sides of the table. President Trump himself described a recent, problematic intelligence
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International, Jewish History, USAEnding illegal immigration, building a border wall and preventing terrorists from coming into the U.S. are a handful of the points on Klu Klux Klan leader Will Quigg’s checklist for “making America great again.” And Quigg, who says the nation was “founded to be free, white and Christian,” feels confident that President Donald Trump’s promises
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USAOn his first official trip to South Korea and Japan this week, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is expected to reassure allies made nervous by President Donald Trump’s criticisms of “free rider” nations that do not pay their fair share of mutual defense costs. “I think that uncertainty is viewed as destabilizing or potentially destabilizing.
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International, USADOVER, Del. — President Donald Trump headed Wednesday to partake for the first time in one of the most solemn rituals of the office, witnessing the return of the body of a Navy SEAL killed this week in the first known counterterrorism operation of Trump’s presidency. Trump made an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force
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Middle East, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — The conservative North Carolina Values Coalition, which championed North Carolina’s anti-gay House Bill 2, is now taking a stand against the Boy Scouts of America for announcing this week that it will begin admitting transgender boys to its ranks. Churches that host Boy Scout troops are being asked to abandon them for
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USAThe number of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim incidents in 2016 has fallen sharply against previous years. According to French interior ministry figures, there were 58.5 percent fewer Islamophobic incidents in 2016 compared with the previous year, and 57.6 percent fewer anti-Semitic incidents. However, crimes committed against Christian places of worship were up by 17.5 percent
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InternationalA former Nigerian governor convicted of corruption, who was recently released from a U.K. prison, has hinted that he could return to politics in the West African country. James Ibori, the governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta state from 1999 to 2007, was arrested in Dubai in 2010 after avoiding capture in Nigeria. He was extradited
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Donald Trump is facing his most serious Cabinet confirmation battle yet after two GOP senators on Wednesday announced that they will be voting against his nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos. In speeches on the Senate floor, both Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said they were
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—U.S. Representatives Peter J. Roskam (R-IL), Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) on Wednesday, Feb. 1, introduced the Iran Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017 to target the Islamic Republic’s support for terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic missile program. The lawmakers serve as Co-Chairs of the House Republican Israel
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Middle East, USAAn item on the site of American journal “Vanity Fair” claims that Donald Trump makes mistakes particularly on the Shabbat when his daughter Ivanka and her husband who both observe the Shabbat cannot supervise him. According to the article, Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, is fumimg over this situation. The journalist, Emily Jane
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Jewish History, USAA Jewish student studying at the Beloit College in Wisconsin, US, found a swastika drawn on a whiteboard outside his room last Wednesday. On Friday — International Holocaust Remembrance Day — he found a swastika and note reading, “Kike, you should be gassed for what you say & do on this campus. Be worried.” Beloit
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