JERUSALEM (SDJW) — An arsonist set fire on Thursday, Feb. 26, to a Greek Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem, prompting condemnation from the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin and others. Rivlin spoke by phone with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, and expressed his sadness and shock at the arson and graffiti attack on a building within the Greek […]
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By Boaz Bismuth/Israel Hayom/JNS.org Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s much-debated March 3 address to a joint session of Congress about the Iranian nuclear threat, former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld said that the focus on protocol and the speech’s venue, rather than on the content of Netanyahu’s message, “plays into the hands”
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)– It’s a fact: Women are vastly underrepresented in the fields of computer science, engineering, and mathematics. But less clear are the trajectories — academic and otherwise — that lead young women toward other professions. Higher education has already opened the door to equal opportunities for women and minorities in the U.S. —
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA (Press Release)–As part of the first cooperative venture of its kind between the University of Haifa and the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) Institute, a festive cornerstone laying ceremony was held launching the construction of the deep sea research labs for the Harry and Leona Helmsley Mediterranean Sea Research Center at the University
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — In a speech before the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress, Enver Hoxhaj, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations of the Kosovo and former minister of foreign affairs and of education, spoke about Kosovo’s desire to achieve recognition by the
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The major divide in past elections in Israel is said to have been between being Jewish and being Zionist. The Right claimed Judaism and left the Zionist rhetoric to the Left. That’s why in previous campaigns, the Labor Party had to persuade voters that it was also on the side of
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – How do you teach about the Holocaust to young people, whom, on the one hand we’d like to protect from learning how brutal the world can be, and whom, on the other hand, we know have to be prepared to live in a world where once again
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAUC Berkeley student gov. unanimously passes bill condemning anti-Semitism (JNS.org) Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), the student government at University of California (UC), Berkeley, on Wednesday passed a bill condemning anti-Semitism in a unanimous 20-0 vote. The bill details a history of anti-Semitic incidents in the 10-school UC system over the past
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, February 25, applauded the introduction of a Senate resolution, which condemns anti-Semitism and urges measures to prevent and combat anti-Semitic attacks and incidents. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are leading the effort with the support of more than
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International, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– The following statement was issued by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, explaining why she will not attend the speech by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 3: After much thought, I have made the decision not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 scheduled address before a joint session
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Middle East, USABOCA RATON, Florida (Press Release) — U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Florida) hosted Jewish leaders from across Palm Beach and Broward counties last week for a roundtable discussion on America’s foreign policy challenges, focusing on strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship. Frankel said, “In light of the serious issues currently unfolding in the Middle East, including ongoing negotiations with
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Representatives from the American Jewish World Services (AJWS) delivered over 80 Valentines made by constituents to the Bronx district office of Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel to thank him for his continuing support of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA). IVAWA, which would ensure that addressing violence against women is part
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) —Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.) today introduced the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 to give the Department of Justice authority to prevent a known or suspected terrorist from buying firearms or explosives. Cosponsors include Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.),
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USAABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Press Release) — White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, en route to Miami where President Obama was to meet with the Latino community, answered questions on Wednesday, Feb. 25, about U.S. policy differences with Israel over Iran, and the nature of the President’s dispute with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here
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