Edwin Black’s latest 5–part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 70 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails. This is Part 1. By Edwin Black Part 1 of a continuing series WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Hillel International CEO Eric Fingerhut stands at the window of […]
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International, USALOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Joe Davis is 29, not even a full year older than Kirk Gibson’s home run. He is an active participant on social media, unlike his Hall of Fame predecessor, Vin Scully. As Scully once told his audience, talking about a tweet: “I called it a ‘twit.’ But I
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Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALior Lotan, who was in charge of efforts to return IDF soldiers’ bodies held by Hamas, says in recording he wants to play ‘with a full hand’ in talks By Alexander Fulbright Lior Lotan speaking to Channel 2 television in 2011. (screen capture:Channel 2) A former official appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to oversee
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Middle EastSocial media criticized Pastor Joel Osteen for apparently not allowing misplaced Hurricane Harvey victims to use his massive Houston-based Lakewood church for shelter over the weekend. Many questioned why the wealthy pastor refused to house the victims or publicly donate funds to relief efforts. Osteen, 54, has an estimated net worth of $40 million, according
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USAThe yen rallied on Tuesday and Asian equity markets sank after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan, ratcheting up geopolitical tensions in the region. The rocket test is the latest in a series of recent provocations by Pyongyang, testing US President Donald Trump, his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In and Japanese Prime Minister
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International, USAAn Indian judge on Monday handed a 20-year jail sentence to self-styled ‘godman’ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape on Friday. Prior to the verdict, tens of thousands of police had enforced a lockdown in large parts of the northern states of Haryana and
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InternationalWASHINGTON — On the 54th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, religious leaders and political activists staged separate marches here and in Charlottesville, Va., to call for many of the same things the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had championed in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In the nation’s capital on Monday,
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump seemed eager to field questions during a Monday news conference, defending his decision to pardon former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, still insisting Mexico will pay for his promised border wall and again refusing to criticize Russia. The defense of Arpaio came amid a longer than expected news conference with Finnish
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International, USANearly a month before a car driven by an alleged neo-Nazi plowed into counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, white supremacists planning the “Unite the Right” rally joked about using vehicles to run over their opponents. That message and thousands of other conversations among white supremacists were leaked from a chat app called Discord
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USAHOUSTON — At least eight people are now dead in Tropical Storm Harvey’s assault on southeast Texas, authorities said Monday, as the nation’s fourth largest city remained awash in murky brown water that submerged highways, houses, shopping plazas and entire neighborhoods. More than 30,000 people in Houston and across the Gulf Coast were likely to
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USADonald Trump’s presidency already has been one of the most controversial in American history, and its ending could be just as action-packed and unpredictable as his first seven months in office. As the 45th president deals with his stalled agenda, his sinking approval ratings and the investigations into his presidential campaign’s possible ties to Russia,
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USASAN DIEGO — The following notice was received from the Jewish Federation of San Diego County: Help us help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey, the category 4 storm that bombarded the Gulf Coast on Saturday with home-ripping winds and extensive damage, continues to dump rain in large areas of central Texas. Despite difficult
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USAThe Jerusalem Post today (Sunday) reports a growing tendency among key United States congressman to look beyond the accustomed two-state solution for a Middle East peace model. The US-Israel Education Association (USIEA), a pro-Israel Christian organization that among other activities sponsors tours of US Congressman to Israel, completed Saturday night a week-long fact-finding mission that
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Middle East, USAIn Tel Aviv-Jaffa, American comedian discusses plans for the rest of his Israel trip and how he dresses like a vampire in the August sun By Times of Israel staff Conan O’Brien visits Jaffa, with the Tel Aviv skyline in the background, on August 26, 2017. (Screen capture: Facebook) American comedian and talk show host
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