International

NCJW protests stripping of vote from Washington D.C.’s congressional delegate

WASHNGTON, DC (Press Release)— The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) on Thursday  condemned the vote in the House of Representatives that will take away the ability of the congressional delegate from the District of Columbia to vote on pending legislation. NCJW President Nancy Ratzan released the following statement: “In votes taken this week, a majority […]

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USA

ADL expresses concern about alliance between two anti-Israel groups

NEW YORK (Press Release) — A burgeoning alliance between two stridently anti-Israel organizations raises concern about the potential for increased anti-Israel activity on college and university campuses in 2011, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), which has promoted extreme anti-Israel views since its founding in 2006, is facilitating and coordinating

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USA

J Street protests Israel Knesset’s commission of inquiry

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement, criticizing the Knesset’s recent approval of a commission of inquiry into Israeli non-governmental organizations focused on issues of human rights and civil society: “J Street strongly objects to the Knesset’s approval of a commission of inquiry into Israeli human rights and

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Middle East

Lieberman’s investigation of NGO funding sources smacks of McCarthyism

 By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The West is tilting to the political right. The US Congress, the governing coalition in the UK, the domination of the Conservative prime minister in Canada as well as the political constellations in many European countries all point in the same direction. Israel is no exception. Even the centrist Kadima party

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Middle East

Western media fail to verify atrocity stories from the Palestinians

(Editor’s Note: San Diego Jewish World columnist Ira Sharkansky also has written a column refuting the Palestinian-spawned atrocity story mentioned below) By Barry Rubin   HERZLIYA, Israel — What happens when the New York Times publishes, with no investigation, an atrocity story about Israel that is not only false but ridiculously so, based on the most obvious

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Barry Shaw, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Lautman: Education gap more worrysome for Israel than Iran threat

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–An impressive crowd of leading Israeli business executives attended the University of Haifa’s Business Leaders Forum annual gala event on Tuesday, Jan. 4, at which Israeli businessman and industrialist Dov Lautman, founder of Delta Galil Industries, received the University of Haifa’s Business Leaders Forum award. The award was given in recognition of

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Middle East

Reform rabbis call for new rules for filibusters in U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C., (Press Release) — Rabbi Steven Fox, Chief Executive of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; and Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism on Tuesday released a letter urging Senator Harry Reid and Senator Mitch McConnell

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USA

Mount Soledad cross ruled unconstitutional by 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Mount Soledad Cross in La Jolla is unconstitutional because its location on public land sends the message of the government favoring one religion over others.   The opinion sends back to the District Court the question of how to remedy this constitutional

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USA

Another Israeli Air Force cadet class graduates from Ben-Gurion University

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– The 161st Flight School graduation ceremony took place last week in which the new Israeli Air Force pilots earned their ‘wings’ and a bachelor’s degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The IAF Flight School is widely considered to be the most prestigious and challenging path in the Israel Defense

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Middle East

U.S., Israel discuss restricting chemicals needed to make I.E.D.’s

  JERUSALEM (Press Release)—U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano on Tuesday met bilaterally with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Israeli Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich, to discuss the ongoing partnership between the United States and Israel, threats from terrorism that both countries face,

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Middle East

Palestinians cook up another phony Israeli atrocity story

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Remember Muhammad al-Durrah? He was the boy in an iconic Palestinian video claiming that his father had not succeeded in sheltering him from the fire directed at him by Israeli soldiers in late September, 2000. Subsequent inquiries established that the video was edited in a way to hide the possibility that the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East