USA

Rivlin: ‘Our friendships are above political parties’

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin met with heads of the Israeli diplomatic missions in North America, including Israel’s Ambassador to Canada and consul generals from across North America, including a number of diplomats about to take up appointments there. The President welcomed the representatives, and expressed to them the importance of their roles to the […]

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International, Middle East, USA

Quartet powers call for new Mideast peace talks

MUNICH, Germany (Press Release)–Representatives of the Quartet – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United States Secretary of State John Kerry, European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson (representing UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon) – met in Munich on February 8. Recalling its previous

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International, Middle East, USA

ADL protests ship named for Nazi war criminal

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Feb. 6, expressed its outrage to Allseas USA, the U.S. affiliate of the Dutch company, Allseas Group SA, which named its newest ship after a convicted Nazi war criminal and SS member, the father of the company’s owner. ADL urged the maritime construction service company to rename

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

AJC fosters Cyprus, Greece, U.S., Israel ties

NEW YORK (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation just concluded a two-day visit to Nicosia. The trip’s highlights included a private luncheon at the Presidential Palace hosted by Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and the First Lady, and attended by the Minister of Defense and other top officials. In addition, the group met

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International, Middle East, USA

News priority: sex scandals or U.S. – Israel discord?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Two separate issues are competing for media attention. Our most senior cops, except, hopefully, the Chief of Police and maybe a few others, are having trouble keeping their pants zipped. About half of the most senior officers (Deputy Chief and Heads of Major Departments and Regional Commands) have resigned, been

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Jewish museum offers spots for 4 interns

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–The National Museum of American Jewish History is pleased to announce that it has received a $16,000 grant from The Weinberg Family Internship Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation to support full-time internships for four students during Summer 2015. The grant will provide stipends for qualified undergraduate students enrolled full time at a four-year

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

ADL confers Pearl awards on Foley, Sotloff

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Feb. 6,  recognized two conflict journalists who, despite the inherent risks of their chosen profession, remained tirelessly committed to “finding the humanity behind the headlines” in Syria and Iraq before their lives were horrifically ended by members of the Islamic State terrorist group. Journalists James Foley and

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: February 6, 2015

    Poll: More Americans support than oppose Netanyahu’s Congress speech (JNS.org) More Americans support than oppose Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 speech before a joint session of Congress on the Iranian nuclear threat and radical Islam, a new poll released by Rasmussen Reports revealed. Forty-two percent of respondents agreed that Netanyahu “should

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International, Middle East, USA

24 Jewish groups press AG Harris for ruling

SANTA CRUZ, California (SDJW)–Twenty four Jewish organizations have sent a joint letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking that she respond to questions raised about whether professors at public colleges and universities may use the facilities and resources of those institutions for the purposes of anti- Israel propaganda. A request for comment from San

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA