USA

AJC backs non- Orthodox services at Southern Wall

By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK  — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) strongly urges Knesset passage of a proposed bill permitting egalitarian non-Orthodox prayer services (tefillot) at the southern side of the Kotel (Western Wall). The measure is slated for a vote on Sunday. For decades the Conservative and Reform movements have demanded equal rights at the […]

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Holocaust survivor appeals for Syrian refugees

By Gene Klein THE VILLAGES, Near Orlando, Florida –The journey of a refugee is never forgotten. The sense of danger just behind, of hope just ahead, and of uncertainty ever present is indelible. I vividly remember many things about my Holocaust experience: being forced from my home, my three-day journey in a closed cattle car, and

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

London mayor joins campaign against anti- Semitism

By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK  – London Mayor Boris Johnson has signed on to Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism, an AJC (American Jewish Committee) initiative calling on municipal leaders across Europe to publicly address and take concrete actions against rising anti-Semitism. “However it manifests itself, anti-Semitism is totally unacceptable and can never be justified,” said Mayor

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International, USA

Anti- Israel protesters disrupt LGBTQ gathering

By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The  American Jewish Committee (AJC) is outraged that a pro-Israel LGBTQ organization’s peaceful reception at the national Creating Change conference was invaded by hateful protestors, who interrupted the event and threatened people gathered to hear gay rights activists from Jerusalem. “Groups hostile to Israel, aligned with the BDS (boycott,

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Middle East, USA

Did Obama sell missiles to Iran via Cuba?

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Hellfire anti-tank missile — a weapon launched from Predator drones in anti-terrorism operations, among other uses — found its way into the hands of Cuba’s government in 2014. But the route it took, twice crossing the Atlantic, was less mysterious than the U.S. government’s

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USA

I-8 Jewish Travel: ‘The Yiddisher Cowboy’

  -40th in a Series- Exit 13 A, Spring Street, La Mesa, California – ‘La Mesa Village’ By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – In the quaint shopping village on both sides of La Mesa Boulevard stands a furniture and accessory store that identifies itself as “Mostly Mission.”  A plaque further identifies the building

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

French reject keeping kippah off

PARIS, France (WJC)–More than two-­thirds of French citizens are opposed to the suggestion that the kippah should be removed in public places, a survey found. Seventy percent of respondents in an opinion poll commissioned by the Paris Match magazine said it would be giving in to terrorists if Jews were forced to remove their yarmulkes for security

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International, USA

AMCHA Initiative database tracks anti- Semitic incidents

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin SANTA CRUZ, California– As a resource to current and prospective students, parents, university administrators, elected officials, researchers, and donors, AMCHA Initiative has unveiled a database that chronicles anti-Semitic incidents that occurred over the past academic year by state and university. The incidents are organized into three categories: Targeting Jewish Students and Staff, Anti-Semitic Expression and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

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Jewish History, USA