USA

AJC says Turkey’s Erdogan slanders Netanyahu

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has denounced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for “his ongoing diatribes against Israel and hateful, personal attacks targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” Erdogan condemned Netanyahu’s participation in Sunday’s rally in Paris against Islamist terrorism, accusing the Israeli leader of “state terrorism.” On Thursday, Jan 15, Erdogan […]

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Middle East, USA

Jerusalem Unity Prize dedicated to three slain teens

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin expressed support on Thursday, Jan. 15, for the recent launch of the Jerusalem Unity Prize in memory of three slain teen kidnap victims at a ceremony attended by the families of the three boys and Jerusalem’s Mayor, Nir Barkat, who has been the main initiator behind the initiative. The prize was

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Middle East, USA

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 15, 2015

-Compiled by JNS.org ‘This is your land,’ Netanyahu tells Birthright participants at program’s 15th anniversary (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Taglit-Birthright Israel program celebrated 15 years of bringing young Jews (ages 18-26) on free 10-day trips to Israel on Wednesday evening in Jerusalem. The speakers and crowd at the event observed a moment of silence

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International, Middle East, USA

Jews divide 18-1 in House immigration debate

By Donald H. Harrison By a 236-191 margin, the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday, Jan. 14, to overturn President Barack Obama’s executive order providing relief from deportation for immigrants whose children were born in the United States.. The measure, tacked onto the budget for the Department of Homeland Security, also removed protections from deportation

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Abdallah al-Ashqar named as terrorist by State Dept.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Department of State has designated Abdallah al-Ashqar as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. The consequences of this designation include a prohibition against U.S. persons engaging in transactions with Abdallah al-Ashqar, and the freezing

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Middle East, USA

Rallies for Paris victims held in N.Y., Washington

-Combined news releases- A rally in New York City for the 17 murdered victims of the Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher attracted 1,000 participants in New York City and  more than 700 people gathered at Congregation Adas Israel for an AJC program of solidarity with France’s Jewish community. The Jewish community of New York held

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ADL raps Jimmy Carter’s ‘bias against Jews and Israel’

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan 14, strongly criticized comments made by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter suggesting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict helped motivate the terrorist attacks in Paris. ADL called President Carter’s views “divorced from the realities of the anti-Semitic and fanatical anti-Western beliefs” of the French terrorists. In a January

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Jewish Religion, USA

Retired Jewish admiral to lead chaplaincy group

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Harold Robinson, director of Jewish Welfare Board’s Jewish Chaplains Council,will be the first rabbi to serve as chair of the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF), an organization that represents a spectrum of faith organizations that serve as endorsers for military chaplains. Robinson, a retired rear admiral, will

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Jewish Religion, USA

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 14, 2015

Senate bill removes presidential waiver of Israeli embassy’s move to Jerusalem (JNS.org) U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Dean Heller (R-NV) on Tuesday proposed legislation that would remove the president’s authority to waive the relocation of America’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015 also requires

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Middle East, USA

For Obama, it would be ‘je ne suis pas Charlie’

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel   CHULA VISTA, California — As the world leaders boldly proclaimed in Paris, “We are Charlie” as the Sunday rally attracted more than 1.7 million people, and more than twice that nationwide. These people gathered to show solidarity to those brave souls who fought for the public’s right to enjoy

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Daily Jewish news briefs: January 13, 2015

Jimmy Carter says Israeli-Palestinian conflict ‘one of the origins’ of Islamic terrorism (JNS.org) Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as fueling Muslim terrorist attacks and contributing to the recent wave of terrorism in France. During an appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart asked Carter what he thought were

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