Two Jewish members of Congress announced on Monday that they will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony this coming Friday, Haaretz reports. The first announcement came from Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who said that Trump’s conduct is “a threat to the institutions and values of our democracy.” He also cited Trump”s “continued failure to
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USAOn June 5th, 1968, New York Senator Robert Francis Kennedy was shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan, an Arab terrorist angered by Kennedy”s support for an arms deal to Israel. The assassination, which took place in the midst of the tumultuous 1968 Democratic primary season, came just two months after the murder of Martin Luther
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Jewish History, Middle East, USAThe Jewish community in Greece’s second city of Thessaloniki has finally got the go-ahead to build a Holocaust museum, funded in part by Germany, the group’s president told AFP on Monday. The project to remember Greek Jews murdered by the Nazi regime had stalled since being first announced three years ago by Thessaloniki mayor Yannis
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International, Jewish HistoryA controversial painting that depicted police officers as animals and led to a spat among members of Congress has been taken down from a tunnel in the U.S. Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol announced Friday the painting – which was inspired by the 2014 civil unrest following the shooting of a teen by a
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAMIAMI — Free Lolita. That’s the message Mexican actress Kate del Castillo is passing along in a new video she recorded for the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Del Castillo held a news conference in Miami on Tuesday imploring tourists to boycott the Miami Seaquarium, where the 50-year-old killer
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The World We Share, USAKnesset to vote on ousting lawmaker accused of passing contraband to prisoners, now suspected of fraud, money laundering By Times of Israel staff Joint Arab List member Basel Ghattas is brought to court for a remand on his arrest at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, December 27, 2016. (Yair Sagi/POOL) MK Basel Ghattas, already under
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Middle EastDETROIT — A week after President-elect Donald Trump criticized its production of cars in Mexico, General Motors on Tuesday pledged to invest $1 billion at several plants in the U.S. The automaker also said it plans to bring thousands of information technology jobs back to the U.S. from overseas. The moves will create 7,000 new
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International, USAGambian President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday declared a state of emergency, citing foreign interference in a presidential election he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow last month. The declaration was necessary “due to the unprecedented and extraordinary amount of foreign inference in the December 1 presidential elections and also in the internal affairs of The
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InternationalPresident Barack Obama issued what will likely be his final commutations and pardons as commander in chief on Tuesday afternoon. The commutations were for 200 people, including Chelsea Manning, the army private and analyst sent to prison for revealing secret U.S. military and government information that effectively gave birth to WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing website. Most
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USAMichelle Obama will celebrate her birthday just days before a new president and first lady take the White House. Tuesday marks the first lady’s 53rd birthday, and also marks the eight-year of her husband’s presidency. Mrs. Obama concludes her time as FLOTUS with a number of initiatives under her belt, from health to education. She
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USAAfter Queen Elizabeth’s death or abdication, most of the British public does not want Prince Charles to succeed the longest reigning monarch, a new survey has found. The Prince of Wales is the first in line to sit on the throne, but a survey published Monday by Opinium Research’s “Monarchy Tracker” showed the public was
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InternationalOutgoing top diplomat backs US abstention at UN, says it has been a ‘solid best friend’ of Jewish state, warns Trump against moving away from Iran nuke accord By Times of Israel staff US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to CNN on January 16, 2017. (Screenshot/CNN) US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON – It’s called a “courtesy hearing,” but Rep. Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, can expect some of his Senate interrogators to get a little rough. Price, an orthopedic surgeon and six-term GOP congressman from Georgia, will appear before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USATurkish police on Monday captured the suspected jihadist who slaughtered 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub, detaining him in a raid on a residential area of the city after a long manhunt. The alleged assailant was found along with his four-year-old son in an apartment in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul
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