International

Helen Diller Family Foundation to award five $36,000 scholarships to teens

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–For the fifth consecutive year, the Helen Diller Family Foundation wants to reward California’s most philanthropically minded young Jewish teens with a significant financial recognition of their commitment to social action.  Five California teens will be named recipients of the 2011 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award and each will receive an honorarium […]

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USA

Yemin Orde school in Carmel Mountain region 40 percent destroyed by recent fires; students return

YEMIN ORDE, Israel (Press Release)– Embers still smolder in Israel’s Carmel Mountains.  Yemin Orde Youth Village, home to more than 400 at-risk immigrant youth ages 8-19, sustained considerable damage as a result of the worst fire in Israel’s history.  Forty percent of the buildings are in ashes.  The library is lost.  The fire devastated the

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Middle East

NJDC calls on Republican leadership to disassociate itself from anti-Jewish rhetoric in Texas House Speaker contest

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Marc R. Stanley of Dallas, Texas, chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) and David A. Harris, President and CEO of NJDC, today jointly issued the following statement calling on national Republican leadership – including Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) – to condemn the actions of key leaders of the Republican Party

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USA

Wikileaks expose America’s waning influence in the Midle East

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — The Washington Post’s editorial, “Mr. Mubarak vs. Mr. Obama,” has two passages especially worthy of notice. Among U.S. daily city newspapers, the Post has been the best generally at understanding the serious trouble created by the Obama Administration’s mistakes and misunderstandings. In this editorial, it urges the U.S government to

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Middle East, USA

ADL denounces call by Israeli rabbis for religious tests in housing

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Calling it a “perversion of Jewish and democratic values,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Dec. 7, condemned a petition signed by dozens of rabbis in Israel prohibiting their followers from renting homes to gentiles. ADL’s Israel Office issued the following statement:  “It is outrageous and unacceptable that rabbis across Israel are promoting

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Middle East

Wikileaks indicate Obama intentionally misled world about Palestinian-Israeli linkage to Iran

From Zionist Organization of America: NEW YORK  (Press Release)– We now know that President Barack Hussein Obama apparently intentionally misled Israel when demanding that Israel must make substantial one-sided concessions to the Palestinian Authority in order to gain support from the Arab nations to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. This above stated fact is

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USA

J Street sets up $10,000 matching fund for Haifa fire relief

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Now that the Carmel fire near Haifa is contained,  the real work of rebuilding tattered homes, communities, and Israel’s gorgeous northern areas begins. Accordingly, J Street announced a $10,000 matching fund to help rebuild the communities affected by the disaster. With matching donations from the J Street community, the organization

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Middle East

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism urges START ratification

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In response to the New START treaty pending in the Senate, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, sent a letter to Senators urging ratification. The full text of the letter follows: Dear Senator: On behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, whose more than 900 congregations

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USA

Poole report tells of U.S. failures in screening Islamists seeking government posts or influence

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There is a very important—one might say, life-and-death—distinction that should be made in considering U.S. counterterrorism policy. Certainly, U.S. forces have had many successes in stopping intended terrorist attacks against the United States. Yet there have also been a number of failures in the war against terrorism or al-Qaida

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Middle East, USA

U of Haifa’s School of Social Work faculty to help provide post-fire counseling

HAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa’s School of Social Work has set out to provide assistance to the Regional Council of Hof Hacarmel in the wake of the massive fire. Hof Hacarmel is the regional council responsible for managing much of the area affected by the great fire in the Carmel Mountains over the past

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Middle East

Haifa fire controlled; experts suggest letting landscape recover on its own

By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM, Monday, Dec 6 — Light rain and a change in the direction of the wind overnight signaled the end of the 4-day fires in the Carmel Forest. This morning, as grey skies and cooler temperatures blanketed the country, officials announced that the foreign fire-fighting help would be heading home and

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