When Trump nixed a possible visit to Israel back in December, the GOP frontrunner pledged he would visit Israel after he became president. Despite talk in March of a spring trip, Trump declared he would not be flying abroad in the midst of primary season. Now that he has clinched the 1,237 delegates needed to […]
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-59th in a series– Exit 33, Willows Road, Alpine (eastbound) By Donald H. Harrison VIEJAS INDIAN RESERVATION, California — I wrote the following story for the Sept. 19, 1997 edition of the San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, of which I was editor. The sentiments expressed in this excerpt still apply today, and provide background for any
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USANEWARK, N.J. — Hillary Clinton, seeking to clinch the Democratic nomination for president in New Jersey’s primary next week, attacked presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday as “a fraud” who has “disqualified himself completely” from holding the nation’s highest office, likely offering a glimpse into the next five months of the 2016 White House
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USASACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge refused Wednesday to reopen voter registration in California ahead of next week’s presidential primary, telling a group led by backers of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that the rights of the state’s unaffiliated voters have not been harmed. “There’s absolutely no showing of any federal violation,” said U.S. District Judge
Even without a Democratic nominee yet, President Obama is jumping into the presidential campaign with both feet Wednesday, telling voters in Indiana that the choice in November “isn’t even close.” Mr. Obama will tell voters in Elkhart, Indiana, that economic issues should lead them to vote for the Democratic nominee, presumably Hillary Clinton, over Republican
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Prime Minister has generally avoided public comment about Sara, but he denied this story, and brought suit against a journalist who posted it on Facebook. . Israel’s media, with one prominent exception, has headlined Sara’s problems. TV and radio news programs have also provided opportunity for Netanyahu family
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAIt wasn’t long ago when the question of what to do about Iran’s nuclear program topped the foreign policy agenda in Washington and other world capitals. The matter receded after the nuclear agreement went into effect in January, but inescapable signs are emerging that Iran will return to the agenda under the next president. When
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Middle East, USAAs presidential candidate Bernie Sanders presses to have the Democratic party adopt a pro-Palestinian stance, his rival Hillary Clinton has remained noticeably tight-lipped on the subject, showing the balancing act she is playing in a shifting party. Sanders has been given five of the 15 seats on the party platform drafting committee at the Democratic
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Middle East, USAIsraeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon spoke to Arutz Sheva on the sidelines of the Building Bridges Not Boycotts international summit at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, terming the anti-BDS boycott movement conference an “historic event.” Danon noted that over 2,000 “Jewish students and Christians came together in order to
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International, USASDJW Editor’s Note: Transliterations vary on the spelling of the Defense Minister’s surname. Along with various publications, we use “Lieberman,” whereas others, including Arutz Sheva below, use “Liberman.” US State Department officials welcomed comments by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reaffirming his support of the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state in Judea
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Middle East, USAJewish historian pens bio of ‘seminal figure’ of the 20th century Linda Forgosh holds a copy of her new book, Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist. Photo by Robert Wiener Louis Bamberger, center, with shovel, at the ground breaking of The Newark Museum in 1930. Photos courtesy Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey A
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, USAOleg Ivanov, a member of the diplomacy and public policy group Jewish Diplomatic Corps (JDCorps), spoke to Arutz Sheva about his organization’s struggle against the BDS boycott movement targeting Israel, and about rising anti-Semitism on college campuses. Ivanov is a student at UCLA, where the BDS movement has a particularly strong presence. He noted on
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — In the wake of a series of disturbing incidents where journalists covering the 2016 presidential campaign have been targeted with anti-Semitic harassment and even death threats on social media, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced today it is convening a Task Force on Hate Speech and Journalism. Building on ADL’s decades of
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USABy Michael Mantell, PhD SAN DIEGO — Miley Cyrus who believes Donald Trump is a “F—king nightmare,” has said she’d “move out da country” if Trump wins. But wait there’s more. Far more. And in an age of positive psychology, meditation, gratitude journaling, “Namaste-ing” each other, and of course the multitude of mindfulness practices in
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