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Morning sickness medicine certified as kosher

January 20, 2015

ROSEMONT, Pennsylvania (Press Release)–Kosher and Halal certifications will now be carried on the labels of Diclegis® (doxylamine succinate 10mg and pyridoxine hydrochloride -vitamin B6- 10mg) delayed-release tablets, the only FDA-approved prescription treatment for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), more commonly known as morning sickness. Diclegis also received Kosher for Passover certification and confirmed as […]

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1,000 Reform Jewish youth to assemble in Atlanta

January 20, 2015

ATLANTA, Georgia (Press Release)–Thousands of Jewish teens and adults will come together for the NFTY Convention and Youth Summit February 13 through 17, 2015, in this city. NFTY, which celebrates its 75 th anniversary this year, is the Reform Jewish Youth Movement. NFTY Convention will attract more than 1,000 teens from across North America. They

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Jewish Religion, USA

ZOA accuses Hatikvah slate of ‘false advertising’

January 19, 2015

Editor’s Note: The HaTikvah slate for election to the World Zionist Congress has been asked for comment on the following story, but had not replied at press time. NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has filed a false advertising complaint this week regarding the HaTikvah slates’s official platform page, which was published

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Middle East, USA

Renewed Voting Rights effort urged

January 19, 2015

By Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky CHICAGO – Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to celebrate the life, accomplishments, and dreams of one of our greatest American leaders. Dr. King stood for equality, freedom and peace; his work inspired a generation to advocate – non-violently – for the recognition of civil rights and liberties that

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USA

Israel and Japan build ties

January 19, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) warmly welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Israel. It is the first trip to Israel by a Japanese prime minister since 2006, and follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s successful visit to Japan last year. “Prime Minister Abe’s presence in Israel confirms the

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International, Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: January 19, 2015

January 19, 2015

Hezbollah vows to avenge Israeli airstrike that killed members of terrorist group (JNS.org) Hezbollah vowed to avenge an Israeli airstrike in Syria that reportedly killed six of the Lebanon-based terrorist group’s members, including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh. “Hezbollah’s leadership cannot accept the blow it received from the Israeli

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International, Middle East, USA

Martin Luther King Jr. and economic justice

January 18, 2015

Compiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont) on Sunday, Jan. 18, linked the Civil Rights struggles of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King with the proposals being forwarded by President Barack Obama to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans. About King: the senator said in a statement issued by his

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Martin Luther King Jr.: The man and the myth

January 18, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SALEM, Virginia—Serving here at Roanoke College as visiting lecturer for the MLK Holiday, it occurs to me that there is a discomfiting gap between our impression of King and the actuality of the man. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 86 years old the other day, January 15. As a

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USA

New Americans Museum debuts again

January 17, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Nonagenarian Deborah Szekely has succeeded at many enterprises, most notably as a visionary behind the Rancho La Puerta spa and resort in Tecate, Mexico, and the Golden Door spas that even found their way onto cruise ships. In 2010, she experienced what seemed like a failure when the New Americans

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Donald H. Harrison, International, USA

Last texts of a Hyper Cacher shooting victim

January 16, 2015

By Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California–Many of us are still reeling from the events in Paris last week. Besides for the massacre in Charlie Hebdo, four holy souls were murdered at Hyper Cacher, a kosher supermarket, shopping for Shabbat. I came across something remarkable today. Rabbi Hattab, father of the murdered Yoav Hattab, 21,

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

ADL: Turkey’s leaders spawn anti- Semitism

January 16, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 16, said it is increasingly disturbing to see Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ratcheting up their anti-Israel rhetoric by using the tragedy of the Paris terror attacks to further virulently anti-Israel views, which contributes to a growing anti-Jewish atmosphere within

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Middle East, USA

Anti- Semitism makes a comeback in the West

January 16, 2015

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — On the day that we watched scenes from the funeral in Jerusalem of four French Jews who were murdered at a kosher market in Paris for being Jewish, I received my copy of the Johns Hopkins Magazine, an excellent publication from my alma mater. As I leafed through it,

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

A diary of Paris in the aftermath

January 16, 2015

By Rabbi Avi Weiss PARIS — “A fire is burning” Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky declared to European Jewry during the 1930s. Too few heeded his cry. As I leave Paris after a solidarity mission following terrorist attacks at Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher, I offer a similar cry. While French prime minister Manuel Valls proclaimed, “France

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International, Middle East, USA

Gross hears what children sang while he was prisoner

January 15, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Alan Gross, the former prisoner held by Cuba, got to hear the song children from Solom Schechter School on Long Island composed and sang in his honor during daily programs during his imprisonment. The very special performance came during a meeting with Gross hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American

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International, USA

Morning sickness medicine certified as kosher

1,000 Reform Jewish youth to assemble in Atlanta

ZOA accuses Hatikvah slate of ‘false advertising’

Renewed Voting Rights effort urged

Israel and Japan build ties

Jewish news briefs: January 19, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. and economic justice

Martin Luther King Jr.: The man and the myth

New Americans Museum debuts again

Last texts of a Hyper Cacher shooting victim

ADL: Turkey’s leaders spawn anti- Semitism

Anti- Semitism makes a comeback in the West

A diary of Paris in the aftermath

Gross hears what children sang while he was prisoner

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