International

Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense crashes

A chartered flight carrying 72 passengers, including the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, crashed en route to Jose Maria Cordova International Airport in Rionegro, Colombia late Monday night. Seventy five people are believed to be dead, including most of the nine crew members, although authorities said at least six people survived the crash. The plane, a […]

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International, Sports & Competitions

JPPI urges fluid definition for Jewish identity

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — A new report by the Jewish People Policy Institute “Exploring the Jewish Spectrum in a Time of Fluid Identity” analyzes the changing Jewish community and sets forth concerted recommendations which can serve as points of departure for leadership deliberation. Recommendations include that Jewish communal groups work to strengthen the sense of “Jewish Peoplehood” among individuals from mixed Jewish/non-Jewish

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Rand Paul: Trump should pick a secretary of state who understands that Iraq was a debacle

By Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Donald Trump should pick someone to be his secretary of state who will advocate for Donald Trump’s views on foreign policy. That sounds simple, but the mix of candidates bandied about by the media includes several who don’t share the president-elect’s worldview. Trump has been clear and consistent about his

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International, Middle East, USA

At this school in upstate New York, students are free to speak Mohawk

For more than 100 years, the governments of both the United States and Canada forcibly assimilated generations of Native people, taking their children and sending them to English-only boarding schools — a process that pushed the majority of indigenous languages to the brink of extinction. More than 35 years ago, a small Mohawk tribe in

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Stein campaign files Pennsylvania recount suit

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Monday continued her campaign to contest the election results in three battleground states, filing suit in Pennsylvania seeking a statewide recount. Legal papers filed in Commonwealth Court by a lawyer for Stein’s campaign contend the Nov. 8 election was “illegal” and the results inaccurate

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USA

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Spies in Palestine: Love, Betrayal and the Heroic Life of Sarah Aaronsohn’

SPIES IN PALESTINE: LOVE, BETRAYAL AND THE HEROIC LIFE OF SARAH AARONSOHN By James Srodes Counterpoint, $24, 203 pages By Joseph C. Goulden In more than half a century of reading intelligence literature, seldom have I encountered an operative with the raw courage of Sarah Aaronsohn. Whatever spy tradecraft the woman knew was self-taught. She

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East

Another beloved star of the stage and screen has passed away

Actor Fritz Weaver has died at the age of 90. Weaver’s daughter, Lydia Weaver, and son-in-law, Bruce Ostler, told the Associated Press that he died at his New York City home Saturday night. No cause of death was provided. Weaver won a Tony in 1970 for his part in the drama, “Child’s Play.” RELATED: Why

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Daniel Greenfield: ADL allies with anti-Israel activists against Trump

Jonathan Greenblatt is an American social entrepreneur, corporate executive and the sixth National Director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Prior to heading ADL, Greenblatt served in the White House as Special Assistant to Barack Obama and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. By Daniel Greenfield / Israpundit The media’s

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Middle East, USA

Nearly 10,000 civilians flee east Aleppo amid government offensive

Assad forces recaptured 6 rebel-held areas in embatteled city over the weekend; over 200 killed since assault began 13 days ago By Karam al-Masri and Layal Abou Rahal Syrian displaced families gather at a makeshit camp on November 27, 2016 in the government-held district of Jibreen in Aleppo, as civilians have fled the eastern part

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Middle East

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange announces release of more than 500K U.S. diplomatic cables from 1979

Over 500,000 U.S. diplomatic cables from 1979 have been released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. Not much has been heard from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange since his Internet access was cut off at Ecuador’s London embassy in mid-October, but he made up for lost time on Monday. Reporters around the world now have access to

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International, USA

Texas presidential elector can’t vote for Donald Trump, resigns

FORT WORTH, Texas — Art Sisneros just couldn’t do it. After months of thought, the welding supply salesman chosen as one of 38 Texans to serve on this year’s Electoral College couldn’t vote for Republican President-elect Donald Trump, a man he doesn’t consider “biblically qualified” to serve in the White House. So Sisneros, a 40-year-old

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USA

Trump Said to Officially Win Michigan

According to the Board of State Canvassers, Donald Trump officially won Michigan as of Monday afternoon, almost three weeks after his stunning victory in the presidential election. The Republican businessman won the state’s 16 electoral votes with a 10,704-vote margin over his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Related: Why Hillary Clinton is being pushed to challenge

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