A 24-year old Lodi, New Jersey man was convicted of terrorism on Friday for his 2012 attacks on two synagogues and the home of a local rabbi. Anthony Graziano, who carried out the attacks in January 2012 with an accomplice, Aakash Dalal, is the first person convicted under New Jersey”s anti-terrorism law, which was enacted […]
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — When I visited—and wept in—New York’s September 11 Memorial Museum last week, I was again struck by how many of the nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11 were men and women in uniform. They were police officers and fire fighters mostly but they were all soldiers. America is a
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USAWhile Hillary Clinton chases around California trying to nail down the Democratic nomination for president, she continues to be chased by the “scandal” over the private email server she used while she was secretary of state. As scandals go, this one is fairly puny, but it is, nevertheless, a nagging problem, A new report done
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USAThe California primary is coming up on June 7, and Bernie Sanders continued his efforts to sustain momentum by following Thursday’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a Friday-night sit-down with one of his biggest supporters in the media, Bill Maher. Throughout the 11-minute interview, Sanders and Maher covered everything from Hillary Clinton’s email—which Sanders
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump won’t debate Sen. Bernie Sanders after all. In a statement released Friday afternoon, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said it would be “inappropriate that I would debate the second-place finisher.” “As much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders — and it would be an easy payday —I will wait to
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USAGenealogical tools aid NJ and Russian relatives’ discovery of bonds Jessica Katz and her grandfather, Abram Belzycki, who died in 2011 at age 95. The Russians, top, and their American cousins have a conversation on Skype. Abram Belzycki in 1948, at age 32. Chaim Belzycki, Abram’s younger brother, who escaped the ghetto and fled to
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International, Jewish History, USAConsultation on Conscience focuses on civil rights and nonviolence Rabbi Bennett Miller, left, of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple continues the discussion with Harry Belafonte after the program as Rabbi Philip Bazeley looks on. Keynote speaker at the Gertrude and Milton Kleinman Consultation on Conscience Harry Belafonte, seated right, is joined by Rabbi Bennett Miller. From
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump on Friday, May 27, lashed out at a San Diego federal judge presiding over a civil suit in which Trump is a defendant, and also heaped scorn upon the news media, particularly representatives of the New York Times
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Donald H. Harrison, Shor M. Masori, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is appalled by the fact that Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D–VT) has chosen for his slate of five delegates to the 15-person Democratic Party Platform drafting committee, three figures who are well known hostile critics and even relentless haters of Israel: the academic Cornel
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– The leadership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on Friday, May 27, denounced the World Health Organization adoption of a one sided resolution which falsely accuses Israel of actions which prevent proper medical care for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. The resolution was based
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– Nearly 800 students from more than 40 Jewish day schools nationwide presented year-end capstone projects last week, exhibiting their engineering and problem solving skills as part of the CIJE-Tech High School Engineering Program. CIJE Tech Young Engineers conferences were held recently in the 5 Towns, New York, Los Angeles and Southern Florida.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — An old joke has it that when a rabbi who knew both countries was asked to describe the difference between Israel and America, he said: “In Israel they give me advice and ask me for money; in America they give me money and ask for advice.” It was an
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are about 6 million Jews in both Israel and in the US, about a million in Western Europe, 300,000 or so in Russia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, and other centers ranging from 30,000 to a few hundred thousand in Canada, Latin America, and Australia. All told, leaving unaswered
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International, Middle East, USAAmericans who fear Muslim terrorists love Donald Trump, as do Americans who want to keep out illegal Mexican immigrants. Trade protectionists and foreign-policy isolationists also love Trump. These voting groups, all part of the Trump coalition and all marginalized by elites because of their stance would see themselves as vindicated and count themselves as winners