Two Jewish sisters said missing following Bastille Day terror attack (JNS.org) Two elderly Jewish sisters were among the missing following the Bastille Day terror attack in France that killed 84 people, according Magen David Adom representative in Nice, France Bruno Israel Lellouche. Lellouche, who was out to dinner with his wife on the evening of […]
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International, Middle East, USAIsrael slams UNESCO’s plan to declare Temple Mount ‘Muslim’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel on Thursday was outraged to learn that the U.N.’s heritage body was planning to adopt a resolution declaring the Temple Mount sacred to “Muslims only.” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) 21-member World Heritage Committee is set to
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Middle EastRepublican front-runner Donald Trump overcame a 10 point deficit to tie Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton in a new national poll published Thursday by CBS and The New York Times. Trump and Clinton are tied at 40 percent, the poll revealed. Both Clinton and Trump have strong support among their respective parties. CBS published a poll
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USAAfter Thursday evening’s suspected terror attack at the French city of Nice, former speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich told Fox News that it was time to start testing Americans of Muslim origin in order to prevent such tragedies. Talking to the news network’s Sean Hannity, Gingrich said, “ Western civilization is in
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USABy Joe Spier JERUSALEM– As I walk the grounds of Yad Vashem, I approach the Avenue of the Righteous Gentiles. At the entrance stand three plaques placed in an honored position. Raul Wallenberg, whose exploits in saving over 100,000 Jewish lives are well known, Irena Sendler, not so well known, saved 2,500 Jewish children from the
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastPresident Barack Obama on Thursday night condemned the terrorist attack in Nice, France, and offered France assistance in the investigation. “On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians,” Obama said in a
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International, USAA truck loaded with weapons barreled through a crowd of Bastille Day revelers gathered Thursday to watch a fireworks display in the southern French resort city of Nice, fatally crushing people for more than a mile in what officials described as the latest in a string of deadly terrorist attacks to hit Europe. At least
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New Middle East isn’t the spread of equality, women’s rights, and democracy dreamed and promoted by Barack Obama, Thomas Friedman, and other politically correct westerners. It is, rather, a confused jumble of deadly conflicts among Muslims, shifting postures toward Israel, and a lack of symmetry between what is said
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastRumor has it that Donald Trump is all set to announce Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential pick tomorrow morning. Pence, a Christian conservative former congressman and radio host, is seen as a “safe” pick for Trump – someone to rally the base, bolster Trump’s conservative bona fides, and assure voters that there
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USA(AFP) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside, as US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Moscow seeking to revive stalled peace efforts. Speaking to NBC News in Damascus, Assad insisted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had never raised the
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International, Middle EastOrthodox Jewish residents of the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn were shocked to discover in recent days that a newly established eruv had been destroyed. The eruv itself had elicited a greal of controversy, dividing the neighborhoods Chabad population with the growing modern Orthodox community. In late June, local Chabad rabbis issued an edict declaring
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Jewish Religion, USABritish MP Luciana Berger has received a string of threatening emails, including one which said that she is going to “get it like Jo Cox did.” Berger, who is Jewish, also received mail showing a picture of a kitchen knife, and one warning her: “you better watch your back, Jewish scum,” according to the Guardian.
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InternationalWhen Rep. John Lewis and his colleagues sang “We Shall Overcome” on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives a few weeks ago, some jeered, some laughed, some taunted. House Speaker Paul Ryan’s attempt to frame the sit-in as a publicity move was echoed by others on the right, who called for Lewis and
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USABernie Sanders may have endorsed rival Hillary Clinton for president, but he’s not ready to give up quite yet. Looking for proof? Sanders, the Vermont senator who proved particularly popular among young voters in the Democratic primary, has not given Clinton’s campaign his highly desirable email list, an NBC producer tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Sanders raised
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