USA

Sanders’ campaign or UNESCO, which is more offensive?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It is difficult to determine what is most offensive: The Jewish candidate for President condemning Israel’s actions, exaggerating by a multiple of five the deaths in Gaza during the military operation in 2014 without anything like an appropriate weighing of chronic attacks on Israel from Gaza; his emissary to Jews […]

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International, Middle East, USA

What John Kerry told J Street

Editor’s Note: The following excerpt of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech to J Street on April 18 was taken from a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department. By John Kerry WASHINGTON (Press Release) — I think J Street has long embraced the absolute necessity of pursuing justice, the urgency of pursuing peace, and

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Middle East, USA

Imitation wax museum is a great teaching vehicle

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Famous people in American history came to life Monday, April 18, at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School. Whenever a visitor dropped a ticket into a cup, third grade pupils from two classes, who had been standing uncommonly still, transformed themselves from imitation wax figures to animated characters from the nation’s

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Propriety of violence against Israeli civilians debated

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — The ZOA is horrified that at the recent April 9-11, 2016 U.S. Universities Debating Association (USUDA) national championship, held at African-American Morehouse College in Atlanta, (Martin Luther King’s Alma mater) top college debaters from all over the country were given the unprecedented Nazi-like anti-Semitic debate topic: “This House

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Hillary Clinton: Lessons I’ve learned from Passover

By Hillary Clinton/JNS.org I didn’t grow up celebrating Pesach. But over the years, I’ve attended seders where I was inspired by the remarkable story told in the haggadah—a tale of a people who, sustained by fortitude and faith, escaped slavery and reached their freedom. As Jewish people around the world prepare for this festival, I wanted

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Poll: Clinton widens New York Lead

Will Vermont Sen. Bernie Sander’s meeting with the Pope change the numbers? Will Sanders’ tougher line of Israel which actually mirrors an emerging (young versus) old split among American Jews change the numbers? Tuesday will tell, but the latest poll from New York shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton widening her lead: Hillary Clinton

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USA

Information held by Pollard ‘still top secret’

The information Jonathan Pollard obtained while spying for Israel in the 1980s continues to be deemed “top secret,” and could still cause real damage to American national security, Channel 10 reported Friday, citing a written statement by US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. According to the report, Clapper, in a document he submitted to

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Middle East, USA

Who Won The Democratic Debate?

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton traded sharp barbs and even contempt for each other Thursday night in a heated Democratic presidential debate that showcased the candidates’ major differences on policy areas such as climate change, gun control and Israel. While the Democratic primary began much more civilly than the Republican contest, it has

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Middle East, USA