Donald Trump has won over several prominent Jewish Republicans to his candidacy, but the announcement of their support came with a reminder of the awkward dance Republican Jews have been forced to perform in 2016. Throughout the primary season, many Republican Jews debated whether to fall in line behind their party’s rising star or distance […]
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C– Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, lost a 17-29 vote on her amendment to the FY2017 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill that would have blocked known or suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms. “It is common sense that individuals involved in terrorist activity should not be permitted to purchase
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Middle East, USAForeign policy drives a deep wedge between the Sanders and Clinton supporters. According to a new report from Pew Research Center, voters on both sides of the new Democratic divide disagree on a plethora of prominent issues in the international arena. With six primaries and three caucuses remaining in the Democratic nomination process, and both
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — In response to the announcement of Senator Bernie Sanders’ five nominations for the Democratic Party platform drafting committee, including BDS-supporter Cornel West, American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) President Jack Rosen issued the following statement: “Of all the social activists that Senator Sanders could have nominated to help advance his message, we
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Middle East, USAA red swastika was spray-painted at a synagogue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, reports the local WPRI-TV. According to the report, the graffiti was found on Sunday and was widely condemned by local and state leaders. Pawtucket Police have opened an investigation into the vandalism. “This is the kind of thing that makes your whole body
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USARobert Allen Zimmerman was born on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minn. He’s better known as Bob Dylan, the man who changed popular music with his words, voice and vision. In honor of Dylan’s diamond jubilee birthday on Tuesday, we offer 25 things to know about rock’s greatest songwriter. 1. He lived his first six
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California –Hey, so what’s new? Is that a new shirt? Do you have the new iPhone 6 or the new Apple Watch? Did you see my new Corvette? I want you to meet my new boyfriend. I will be 90 this year, and I am trying to keep up
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Natasha Josefowitz, USAVISTA, Calif. — For months now, Bernie Sanders and the other white-haired gentleman on the campaign trail, Bill Clinton, have feuded over how closely the future of the Democratic Party will resemble its past. They have disagreed over trade and crime policies pushed by Clinton, and health care and college tuition policies pursued by Sanders.
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USAHillary Clinton tried to draw a sharper contrast with Donald Trump on Sunday, saying the central message of her campaign was “We’re stronger together,” even as a new poll showed the two candidates in a statistical tie. The new Washington Post/ABC News survey found the presidential frontrunners in “a virtual dead heat” among registered voters.
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USADennis Ross, President Barack Obama”s former Middle East advisor, on Sunday criticized Obama and his decision to distance himself from Israel during his time in office. Speaking at the Jerusalem Post conference in New York, Ross said that Obama “is one of five presidents in modern history who have made a conscious decision to try
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Middle East, USAWith his chances of capturing the Democratic presidential nomination virtually nil, Sen. Bernie Sanders declined to rule out accepting an offer to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate. With just a handful of primaries left, Sanders trails the former secretary of state in the delegate count by 274 pledged delegates and 486 superdelegates. Clinton needs just
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USAWASHINGTON — Three weeks after The New York Times Magazine published its profile of deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, in which he describes creating an “echo chamber” of nongovernmental organizations, nuclear proliferation experts and journalists to sell the Iran nuclear deal, it was revealed a group he cited as disseminating the administration’s narrative had
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Middle East, USAThe leftist American Jewish group J Street on Sunday issued a response to the revelation that it received more than half a million dollars to advocate for the Obama administration’s controversial nuclear deal with Iran. The expose, revealed by Associated Press, noted that the Ploughshares Fund was named in an explosive New York Times profile
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori VISTA, California – On the crowded football field of Ranch Buena Vista High School, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders endorsed a California measure that will be on this November’s ballot to legalize recreational use of marijuana. “We have got to rethink the so-called war
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