By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s an old song, and they haven’t even gotten to the chorus. Hamas and Fatah have not “reconciled.” They appear to have come close to agreeing that they will hold talks to create a “unity government.” After the government is created, there will be talks about elections, and only […]
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
SACRAMENTO (Press Release)– AMCHA Initiative on Tuesday, April 29, delivered a petition signed by 1,118 California residents from more than 200 cities and towns to Senator Carol Liu and Assemblymember Das Williams , chairs of the Senate and Assembly education committees. The petition asks the legislators to help stop University of California (UC) and California
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (SDJW) — The boyhood home of Justice Louis D. Brandeis has been sold at auction for $880,000, reports the Louisville Courier-Journal. The building with a limestone front at 310 E. Broadway has been expanded considerably from the home built in 1864 by Adolphus and Frederika Brandeis, when their son Louis was eight years
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Jewish History, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Palestinians of Hamas Gaza and Fatah West Bank have announced the end of their dispute. They claim it gives them added strength to deal with Israel Bibi is claiming that it provides the exit from the peace process At least temporarily, the US is siding with Israel in accepting a
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNetanyahu adviser’s book on Jerusalem unity to be published in China (JNS.org) A book on Jerusalem by Dore Gold, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is being published in Chinese and will soon hit the shelves in Beijing. The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City
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International(Editor’s Note: Secretary of State John Kerry responds below to criticism of his use of the word “apartheid” in an overheard private conversation.) By John Kerry WASHINGTON, D.C. — For more than thirty years in the United States Senate, I didn’t just speak words in support of Israel, I walked the walk when it came
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The U.S. State Department issued this statement on Monday, April 28, through the office of spokeswoman Jen Psaki: “The United States is deeply concerned by today’s Egyptian court actions related to another mass trial and preliminary death sentences as well as the banning of the April 6 Youth Movement activities.
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — On Tuesday, April 29, in the Rayburn House Office Building (Room 2172), Members of Congress, German officials, Jewish leaders, and diplomats will gather to mark the publication of an unprecedented, historic two volume work documenting, for the first time in English, the synagogues and prayer houses destroyed on Pogromnacht, November
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Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today welcomed a Department of Defense decision that will help ensure the military applies made-in-America requirements to athletic shoes. The decision came after Levin helped enact language in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2014 requiring the department to
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Sports & Competitions, USA
HARTFORD, Connecticut (Press Release)–On Monday, April 28, in response to new draft Food and Drug Administration regulations prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Yale-New Haven Hospital doctors Ben Toll and Roy Herbst at Smilow Cancer Hospital to call for additional measures to protect youth from nicotine addiction. The draft
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
(Editor’s Note: Following is the text of a speech delivered Sunday, April 27, by Israel’s President Shimon Peres at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem) By Shimon Peres JERUSALEM — My brothers and sisters, at this very moment I see before my eyes a heartbreaking image. Tens of thousands of people; young and old, male
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International, Jewish History, Middle East(Editor’s Note: Following is a transcript of a speech given Sunday, April 27, by Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in commemoration of Yom HaShoah) By Binyamin Netanyahu JERUSALEM — The last time I visited Yad Vashem was with the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, a great friend of Israel
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Jewish History, Middle East
BEIJING (WJC) — Leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) held a series of meetings in Beijing last week with senior Chinese officials aimed at strengthening Sino-Judeo relations. WJC CEO Robert Singer and his deputy Maram Stern held talks with Chinese Middle East Envoy Wu Sike; Deputy Director General at the International Department of Central
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InternationalFour Palestinians indicted for throwing firebombs at synagogue, Hebrew U. (JNS.org) Four Palestinians were indicted on Sunday in Jerusalem for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at targets on Mount Scopus and French Hill, including Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a synagogue, Israel Hayom reported. The Jerusalem District Court indicted 18-year-olds Mohammad Abid, Ibrahim Darbas, and Waleed
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International