Hillary Clinton announces presidential candidacy (JNS.org) Former U.S. senator, secretary of state, and first lady Hillary Clinton on Sunday announced that she will run for president in 2016. She lost to President Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) welcomed Clinton’s candidacy, saying in a statement that she […]
Jewish news briefs: April 13, 2015 Read More »
International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Barack Obama is not a bad man, or a stupid man. It’s hard to say that he’s a bad president for the United States. He has made a mark for himself in bringing US health care into the 20th century, and it may even make it into the 21th century,
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Experts in negotiation techniques tell us that the only viable deals are those that create win-win conditions. Judging by reactions from all sides, the outline of the deal with Iran doesn’t qualify. Not only are Prime Minister Netanyahu and his political colleagues against what’s being proposed, but so are many
Iran deal seems more win-lose than win-win Read More »
Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Barack Obama isn’t looking as good as he did when he had the interviewers all to himself in the first few days after negotiators left Lausanne with smiles and handshakes, but nothing more than oral reports about what had been agreed to date. Commentators have poked around the details and
Iran speculation prompts numerous scenarios Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAIDF praises soldier’s ‘composure’ during Samaria stabbing attack (JNS.org) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Staff Sgt. Tomer Lan, who was stabbed in the back by a Palestinian terrorist on Wednesday in Samaria, “prevented a larger terrorist attack” when he “acted with composure and as required by a combat soldier,” the IDF said. Lan was able to
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It seems like a head to head competition, verbal and political combat, with one of the participants vastly outweighing the other in the resources that usually determine such outcomes. Nobody in the world has been more powerful than the President of the United States since the end of World War
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASACRAMENTO (Press Release) – Comprehensive legislation, SB 15, by Senator Marty Block and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León to improve access, affordability and undergraduate degree completion in four years was approved Wednesday, April 8, in the Senate Education Committee on a unanimous vote. SB 15 addresses needs across all three higher education systems and
State weighs subsidies for achieving college students Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education, USABOSTON (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the announcement of the Wednesday, April 8, guilty verdict in the Boston Marathon bombing case. A federal jury found Dzhokar Tsarnaev guilty on all counts. “The jury’s guilty verdict against Dzhokar Tsarnaev sends a resounding message that those who engage in such acts of terrorism will be
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Press Release)– Congregation Shaare Torah in this suburb of Washington D.C. was spray-painted with swastikas and other racist graffiti. The vandalism at the Conservative shul i took place early Tuesday, April 7. “Gaithersburg is not a community that will tolerate such a hate crime,” Mayor Jud Ashman said in a statement. “We are
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Jewish Religion, USAIsraeli-developed cancer drug found to effectively treat autoimmune baldness (JNS.org) Researchers from Israel’s Hadassah Medical Center who gave a patient a cancer drug that is being studied as a possible treatment for rheumatoid arthritis discovered that the drug is also effective in treating alopecia areata, the autoimmune disease that causes baldness. In most cases of
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International, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— With obesity on the rise in households across America, the demand for weight-loss treatments, personal trainers, and lifestyle coaches is amping up. But when it comes to physical fitness, the best incentive to get in shape might be the very person sitting across from you at the dinner table. New research
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Lloyd Levy LONDON, England — The Ghost of Neville Chamberlain? The situation in Yemen has not really attracted the attention it deserves in the mainstream media. However it is incredibly serious, for it’s potential strategic implications. Yemen controls the southern entrance to the entire Red Sea, and hence the traffic through the Suez Canal. It
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International, Lloyd Levy, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What South Korea, Japan, and Israel have in common is some considerable degree of dependence on the United States, reinforced by pledges of unfaltering loyalty. South Vietnam might also be added to the list, but with a difference. The US paid a high price for its defense, but was not
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASen. Schumer defies Obama and backs Iran nuclear review bill (JNS.org) Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has broken with President Barack Obama and says he will back a bill that will allow Congress to review the Iran nuclear framework deal announced last week. “This is a very serious issue that deserves careful consideration, and I
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