Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday released a list of 11 names of judges he plans to vet to fill the empty seat on the United States Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Associated Press reported. Trump’s list includes: Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado, Raymond […]
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USABy Alon Ben-Meir, PhD NEW YORK — The influx of millions of Syrian refugees to Europe is more than likely to become another source of radicalization that could increase the number of violent extremists among the refugees and lead to further acts of terror in their host countries. Depending on how long the refugees
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Justice Department filed a suit against North Carolina’s law that mandates people use the bathroom commensurate with the gender on their birth certificates. Although this ultimately will be decided by a Federal judge, transgender groups hope that the case can be heard by a jury of their pee-ers. *
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABernie Sanders has lit a fire in millions of supporters with his critiques of Wall Street greed and the country’s “rigged political system.” But as his chances of winning the Democratic nomination wane, a question has grown: Will he be able to control the passions he has sparked? Over the weekend, some Sanders supporters at
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USAJewish American billionaire Sheldon Adelson is asking Republican Jews to support Donald Trump for president, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. “I’m asking for your support” for Trump, Adelson wrote in an email Monday to more than 50 Republican Jewish leaders, according to the news agency. Adelson told them he had met with Trump recently
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The United Methodist Church has rejected several resolutions calling for the 12-million-member Protestant church to divest from companies engaging in business with Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. Church committees over the weekend voted down four Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions resolutions brought to a vote at the church’s quadrennial United Methodist Church General Conference
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Middle East, USAA small Orthodox Jewish community nestled within one of New York’s most popular neighborhoods is unfortunately feeling the chicken pox itch. On Monday, the New York City Health Department confirmed an outbreak of chicken pox, more formally known as varicella, among Orthodox Jewish children in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. So far, 75 cases have been seen since
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USAFrance’s planned conference on Middle East peace has been postponed, President François Hollande said on Tuesday. It is vital for France to take “a strong initiative” in the dispute, Hollande said. “If not … what will happen? Settlement building, attacks,” he said. The original proposed date falls on the US Memorial Day holiday honouring members
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (Press Release)– Building on the global success and momentum of Character Day 2015, in which hundreds of thousands participated and viewed the films The Making of a Mensch and The Adaptable Mind, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Tiffany Shlain’s nonprofit Let it Ripple this year will broaden the initiative’s reach that uses film and discussion
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Jewish Religion, The World We Share, USAIn a sign that the billionaire class might now be ready to get behind Donald Trump, who spent most of the primary disparaging their influence, Sheldon Adelson—the second most important GOP financier after the Koch brothers—has announced he will pour $100 million into the formerly self-funded Trump campaign. Adelson, whose net worth is $26 billion,
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USANEW YORK — Inside the Second Avenue Deli the scent of cured meats with notes of spicy golden mustard and sour pickles wafts through the air. As one of the few bona fide Jewish delicatessens left in New York City, the eatery is more than a piece of living culinary history. It offers a glimpse
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Jewish History, USABranded by Breitbart columnist as a “renegade Jew” I’ve now found that reading strong ideological blogs is like asking the dentist to give me four root canals and pull out my toenails while he’s at it. Why? Our political “discussion” now seemingly can’t function without a personal attack on someone, rather than sticking to policy
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As luck would have it, our backstage tour of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego’s Balboa Park came the day before the opening of Camp David, a play by Lawrence Wright which premiered in Washington D.C. and now has its second opening here, at one of America’s
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Middle East, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — “Sometimes there’s a stink you just can’t wash off, kinda like a venereal disease. … That’s the problem Trump’s got.” It can’t get much worse than that, a quotation in The Economist attributed to a Republican Congressman. Polls are showing that stinking mess tied with Hillary. If there is such
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