WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—In response to the Senate’s failure to invoke cloture on the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3772), Barbara Weinstein, Legislative Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism issued the following statement: “We are deeply disappointed by today’s Senate vote failing to invoke cloture on the Paycheck Fairness Act. This legislation would […]
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – A delegation from Christians United for Israel (CUFI), including 27 leading pastors from across the United States, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. The meeting was part of a six-day trip to Israel, organized and led by CUFI, intended to raise the pastors’ awareness about the issues facing
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C ( Press Release)- The Department of Justice censored dozens of pages of a candid history of Nazi-hunting (and Nazi-protecting) by the U.S. government to such a self-defeating extent that former officials leaked the entire document to the New York Times this week, instead of fulfilling the Freedom of Information request and lawsuit filed
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USATRENTON, N.J. (Press Rlease)– Three men who operated unlicensed money transmitting businesses inNew York pleaded guilty on Tuesday to operating the illegal businesses, admitting they transferredlarge amounts of cash to a cooperating witness and to Rabbi Mordechai Fish, the then-principal rabbi of Congregation Sheves Achim in Brooklyn, N.Y., United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Avrohom
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA– Eric Cantor, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Allen West missed a fitting opportunity to challenge President Obama’s inconsistent approach to Israel. The occasion emerged in early November when the president clashed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again over East Jerusalem housing. Well, the Cantor/Ros-Lehtinen/West crowd has two years to assure Israelis
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- The Office of the First Lady announced on Tuesday, Nov. 16, that Susan Sher, Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama, will be returning to Chicago after the first of the year, after nearly two years of service. Sher started in the White House Counsel’s Office in January, 2009, to support the Office
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USABy Brad Dayspring WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– On Nov. 10, Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Regency Hotel in New York. Early the next morning, after a handful of journalists asked for details, our office released a short readout divided into three different issue areas – Iran,
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Last week we wrote about the United States casting its ballot in the election for Security Council seats without advocating or encouraging others to join us. We wondered whether the United States now sees itself as only one of 192 member countries, no different than say, Guinea Bissau, Nepal
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — You’re traveling through another dimension–a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone! –Rod Serling’s introduction to the “Twilight Zone” television series Just when
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– That seven hour meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Secretary of State Clinton in Washington D.C. produced a lot of talk, but less by way of clear documents. There are questions about the promise of 20 advanced military planes, whether the Americans are clear about excluding Jerusalem from the 90-day settlement
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By Jeanette Friedman SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey — The auditorium at Jubillee Hall was filled November 14, as curious Seton Hall students, Jews (including Holocaust survivors and educators), Muslims and Christians came to hear Imam Abdullah Antepli describe how a trip he took to Auschwitz last August changed his life. He was one of the
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Israeli government not to extend the 10-month freeze on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria which ended on September 26. The ZOA is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to accede to international and U.S. pressure, now that the issue is being
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday condemned the recent decrees by rabbis in Bnei Brak prohibiting residents from renting apartments to African migrants, calling them “biased pronouncements.” ADL’s Israel Office issued the following statement: “We are deeply disturbed by the calls from rabbis in Bnei Brak to discriminate against migrants who have come to Israel
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing plans for a renewed halt of West Bank settlement building in exchange for a package of political and security guarantees by the United States. US President Barack Obama said this was “a signal that he is serious.” The proposed 90-day construction freeze would only
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