Close The video tells the story of Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Pakistan who at 15 survived being shot in the head by the Taliban while riding a bus in 2012. “I want to get my education, and I want to become a doctor,” she says, adding that the Taliban throw acid […]
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The founding of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. www.JASHP.org By Jerry Klinger LAS VEGAS, New Mexico — As a kid, my mother won out over my father’s wishes. I was sent to yeshiva for my first eight years of schooling. I learned Torah, Talmud, how to put on Tefilin and yes wander
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USAIf you’re counting, this is the 250th “Humoring the Headlines” column By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump opened his third campaign office in Israel to court the votes of Israeli Americans. He and Bibi are jointly planning to found a branch of Trump University there where students will be able to major in the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USASeventy-four days before this year”s presidential election, polls forecast a tight election. Or do they suggest Clinton is on track for a landslide win? In fact, recent polling tends to reinforce both narratives simultaneously, a fact that not surprisingly has led to much confusion and consternation among voters tracking the election horserace. But how is
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USABOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, August 20, 2016 – Anyone visiting Colombia from the United States this year is soon asked about Donald Trump. The Trump phenomenon dominates the international news cycle, and everyone in Colombia is intrigued with Trump. Even blue collar workers seem fascinated by the candidacy of Trump. Unlike in the US, in Colombia, anyone
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International, USANew Delhi (dpa) – More than 250 people in three Indian states have died since the monsoon season began in June, officials said Thursday, as the holy city of Varanasi was the latest to grapple with flooding. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated due to the rain to state-run relief shelters in the
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InternationalLAKEWOOD, Pennsylvania — There was a time when you couldn’t get kosher sushi or iced coffee while at sleepaway camp. But most campers don’t remember those dark days. “No sushi?” asked Yael, a 13-year-old camper from Camp Lavi in Lakewood, Pennsylvania. “How’d you survive?” Welcome to the Pocono Mountains, home to approximately 50 sleepaway camps
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Jewish Religion, USAORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Health and Florida Hospital will not bill survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre for out-of-pocket medical expenses, officials announced Wednesday. Instead, the hospitals will write off an estimated $5.5 million or more in care. “The pulse shooting was a horrendous tragedy for the victims, their families and our entire community,” Orlando
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re all on the borders of cultures. We express the condition by where we travel, with whom we deal, and how we deal with those who are different from ourselves. Staying close to home and minding our own business are conventional ways of dealing with strangers, some of whom may
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAObama refused to help Iranian opposition in 2009, book says (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) U.S. President Barack Obama decided not to support the Iranian opposition during the 2009 elections to protect secret negotiations he was holding with Tehran on its nuclear program, a recently published book alleges. The Iran Wars by Jay Solomon of The
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, August 25, 2016 – The Clinton presidential campaign has hit back at an AP report on then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s meetings with private individuals. According to the report, 85 of 154 meetings were with donors to the Clinton Foundation. The Clinton team argues that Clinton met with thousands of people, not just those
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The CIA pulled the veil back Wednesday on long-classified foreign intelligence briefings it gave President Richard M. Nixon in the 1970s during the height of his power and his fall from grace, a period of intense turmoil at home and abroad. The release of 2,500 President’s Daily Briefs — about 28,000 pages in
By Muath Freij – Aug 24,2016 – Last updated at Aug 24,2016 HRH Prince Feisal, president of the Jordan Olympic Committee, poses for a group photo with members of the Jordanian Olympic delegation upon their arrival at the Queen Alia International Airport on Tuesday (Photo by Muath Freij) AMMAN — Royal family members, family and
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International, Sports & CompetitionsSan Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last name
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