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Obama still has plans for Palestine, Hoenlein warns

Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, warned Monday that US Jews and pro-Israel advocates were being distracted by the 2016 election instead of focusing on the damage President Barack Obama could still do in his remaining months in office. “The obsession, I have to say, with the […]

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Middle East, USA

In 1930s, Nazis called for the boycott of Jewish firms; in 2016 BDS wants to do the same thing to Israel

Editor’s Note: Several pieces of legislation are currently being weighed by the California Legislature to counter the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.  Two companion measures by Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) were introduced in January and another measure by Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) was introduced earlier this month.  In the Op-Ed below, Rabbi

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Middle East, USA

Trump to skip Republican Jewish Coalition event

WASHINGTON — After a rocky week on the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not attend the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Spring Retreat this coming weekend in Las Vegas. The Republican Jewish Coalition confirmed Monday that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will be addressing the annual event, hosted by Republican billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson,

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Middle East, USA

Sanders claims Israel killed ‘10,000 innocents’

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has accused Israel of killing over 10,000 innocent civilians during 2014’s war with Gazan terrorists – in a gross inflation of the casualty statistics enough to make even Hamas’s own propaganda chiefs blush. Sanders, who trails Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by a significant margin, made the comments in a meeting

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Middle East, USA

Anti- BDS bill blooms in California Legislature

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauds the introduction of the California Combatting BDS Act of 2016 (AB 2844), which would prohibit California from entering into contracts with companies that boycott Israel.  Assemblymember Richard Bloom authored the bill and is joined by several Assemblymembers and State Senators from across the state in introducing

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Middle East, USA

Trump skips grandson’s brit ahead of Wisconsin primary

The Trump dynasty welcomed a new member on Sunday, with the brit of Donald Trump”s eighth grandchild. The latest addition to the Trump family, Theodore James Kushner, was celebrated during an Orthodox Jewish ceremony on Sunday in Manhattan. Trump”s daughter, Ivanka, converted to Judaism in 2009 when she married businessman Jared Kushner. Trump himself did

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How Streisand turned looking ‘too Jewish’ into stardom

When she decided to go into show business, iconic Jewish-American performer Barbra Streisand had to overcome tremendous odds, not the least of which was what some viewed as her distinctively Jewish appearance, according to an upcoming biography of the singer and actress. Long before she became a cultural icon, the Brooklyn-born Streisand was mocked, derided

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