WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a rare joint appearance of Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials, the kingdom’s Prince Turki al-Faisal and IDF Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror shared a stage Thursday night in Washington, debating ways to advance a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, while also expressing common concerns over the Iranian nuclear deal and […]
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Jewish American billionaire Sheldon Adelson on Thursday night revealed he will be supporting Donald Trump in his presidential campaign, and stated that the real estate mogul will be a good president in strengthening ties with Israel. Speaking to the New York Times at a gala dinner in Manhattan for the Jewish organization World Values Network,
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By Nina Brodsky EL CAJON, California — Pastor Dumisani Washington, African American Baptist pastor, a gentle and fiery Israel advocate and orator spoke here May 4 about “Zionism and Justice: Why Christians Need to Lead in Supporting Israel.” He delivered his case boldly and eloquently to more than 200 Christians and Jews at Skyline Church. Dumisani took
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAOne day after real estate mogul Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, a haredi magazine published an interview with the Manhattan billionaire in which the GOP standard-bearer discussed Iran, Israel, the rise of anti-Semitism around the world, and Jewish support for the Democratic Party. The interview, which appeared in Wednesday”s Mishpacha magazine, continued along
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Middle East, USAThe 9,000-square-foot home of the late industry titan Edgar Bronfman Sr. is up for sale in the tony town of Westport, Connecticut, home to celebrities such as Michael Bolton, Harvey Weinstein and Joanne Woodward. Sotheby’s International Realty listed the property for $7,995,000, or just over $10 million Canadian, on Tuesday. The 13-acre estate is currently
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Travel and Food, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday welcomed a statement by Donald Trump that he “totally disavows” conspiratorial anti-Semitic remarks made by David Duke suggesting that “Jewish supremacists” were attempting to undermine his bid for the White House. In a statement shared with various media outlets Thursday, Trump added: “Anti-Semitism has no place
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. President Barack Obama issued this statement for Yom HaShoah 2016: Today, on Yom HaShoah, we solemnly remember the six million Jews and the millions of others murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. On this day, we honor the memory of the millions of individuals – the mothers and
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Jewish History, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There hasn’t been Jewish unity since our ancestors began writing some 3,000 years ago. We can guess that Jewish literacy has something to do with Jewish creativity, individual capacity to express oneself freely, tolerance or enthusiasm for dispute, as well as economic success. Roots of self doubt and being disputatious
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Jewish History, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement on the occasion of Yom HaShoah: Teresa and I join all Americans in observing Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day, we pause to reflect on the irredeemable loss of six million Jews and countless Poles, Roma, LGBT people, Jehovah’s
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Joseph Werk embarks on his 20th stint as a Sar-El volunteer Joseph Werk displays the certificate recognizing his service as a veteran Sar-El volunteer. Werk receives his service pin as a Sar-El volunteer in May 2014. Joseph Werk is getting ready for his May 14 departure for Israel, where he will serve for three weeks
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Middle East, USALoss drove her to action to ‘protect the values this country was built on’ Devorah Halberstam, the mother of 16-year-old terror victim Ari Halberstam, said, “I think of Ari as everyone’s child and I think of everyone’s child as my own because organized terror does not differentiate between one belief and another.” Photo by Robert
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BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut/PRNewswire/ — A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday, May 3, against Rabbi Daniel Greer, a prominent member of the Orthodox Jewish community in New Haven and the former New Haven City Police Commissioner. The other defendants in the lawsuit are Yeshiva of New Haven, Inc. and The Gan School, Inc., both accused of…
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USANEW YORK (AJC)– In observance of Yom HaShoah, which begins Wednesday evening, May 4, the American Jewish Committee issued the following statement: WE REMEMBER In the Jewish tradition, we are commanded to remember (zachor) and not to forget (lo tishkach). This week we commemorate Yom HaShoah, the Day of Holocaust Remembrance. On this solemn occasion, 69 years
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