The White House called Thursday for a thorough investigation related to the arrest of an IT staffer for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who remained on the job and with congressional computer access for about five months after FBI began investigating him for fraud. “I do think it is something we should fully look into and […]
“We Are Jews Again,” Jewish Activism in the Soviet Union by Yuli Kosharovsky, translated by Stefani Hoffman, edited by Ann Komaromi, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, © 2017, ISBN 978-0-8156-3519-2, p. 319, plus appendices, notes, bibliography, and index, $37.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Many Jews participated in the 1917 Russian Revolution, ousting
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish HistoryBecause he loves to chow down on delicious pizza and hamburgers, President Donald Trump is certainly not a member of the “elite” and can relate to the common man. At least that’s what new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci claimed to a befuddled and questioning BBC reporter. Scaramucci, named to his post alongside the
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USASome 3,000 people gather in Umm al-Fahm for burials of Arab-Israelis, all relatives, who shot dead Israeli Druze police officers near compound on July 14 By Times of Israel staff The funerals in Umm al-Fahm on July 26, 2017 of the three terrorists who killed two Israeli police officers in a shooting attack on the
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Middle EastThe Duke of Cambridge is stepping down from his career as an air ambulance pilot. On Thursday, Kensington Palace released confirmed it was Prince William’s last day as an air ambulance pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance. William joined the EEAA as an ambulance pilot in March 2015 after flying rescue helicopters with the
Republican senators are warning that any effort to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be met with stiff resistance – with Sen. Lindsey Graham saying Thursday that “there will be holy hell to pay” if the attorney general is pushed out. President Trump has lashed out at Mr. Sessions repeatedly in recent days, saying he’s
In June, Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and one of his most trusted advisers, tweeted her support for the LGBTQ community in recognition of LGBTQ Pride Month. The 35-year-old, who traded in her corporate life to become an official White House employee in March, said that she was “proud to support” her LGBTQ friends and
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USA‘Hands off Poland!’ That is the message from nationalist protesters who gathered in Warsaw to express outrage after the EU said it would take legal action over Polish plans to give politicians more power in hiring and firing judges. Their anger was aimed among others at Donald Tusk – former Polish Prime Minister and now
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InternationalComedian who played Democratic senator in ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketches says the two are ‘third cousins or something’ By Stuart Winer Larry David played democratic candidate Bernie Sanders in a Saturday Night Live skit of the first 2016 Democratic Presidential Debate, October 17, 2015 (Screenshot from YouTube) Veteran comedian Larry David revealed Wednesday that he
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe ugly spectacle of Donald Trump trying to bully Attorney General Jeff Sessions into resigning leads inevitably to one question: What is the president afraid of? Why has Trump unleashed a flood of verbal and twitter abuse against Sessions, one of his earliest and most loyal supporters, a man beloved by Trump’s base and backed
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International, USAThe United States issued a travel warning Wednesday urging caution to any U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico. The State Department said those who drink alcohol in Mexico should “do so in moderation” and “stop and seek medical attention if you begin to feel ill.” The statement appeared to refer to the possibility of tainted drinks
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International, Travel and FoodLong-awaited projects in Alaska – including the potentially life-saving King Cove road and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – are now in jeopardy as President Trump reportedly looks for revenge on the state and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski in particular after her vote against the GOP health care bill earlier this week.
WASHINGTON — A knife fight for control of the West Wing broke into the open Thursday morning as President Donald Trump’s new communications director Anthony Scaramucci lashed out at White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus in a televised interview, accusing Priebus of leaking and standing in the way of Trump’s agenda. “The fish stinks
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USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson LONDON, England — As is our custom, Yigal and I take each grandchild to London as a bar-or bat-mitzva present and in order for them to familiarize themselves with their ‘roots.’ These are truly rather farcical roots, as the fact that their grandmother (i.e., yours truly) was born and brought up in
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