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AMCHA, AJC, SWU decry UAW 2865 vote for BDS

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director, issued the following statement in response to Wednesday’s announcement that UAW 2865, the union representing 13,000 graduate instructors on nine University of California (UC) campuses, has voted to join the international campaign for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” (BDS) against Israel. “An academic boycott […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

JNS news briefs: December 10, 2014

U.S. not giving up on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, ambassador says (JNS.org) America will not give up on the prospect of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations during the final two years of President Barack Obama’s term, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said during a speech at Bar-Ilan University’s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies on Tuesday. “The main

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ADL: Hate crime down, but not enough

  NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday welcomed publication of the FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report, which documented the lowest hate crimes since the enactment of the record-keeping law in 1991. The FBI HCSA report is the most comprehensive national snapshot of hate crimes in America.  At the same time ADL

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USA

Americans tour Israel sci-tech charter schools

TEL AVIV (Press Release) – Friends of Israel Sci-Tech Schools has brought its first mission of board members and prominent supporters to survey the newest initiatives and niche institutions from the charter school network. This is the first time that a large group of donors toured the institutions, equipment, facilities and programs which they have

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

UC asked to shield students from anti- Israel hatred

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Following last week’s UAW 2865 Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) vote, 22 education, civil rights and Jewish advocacy groups want to know whether University of California (UC) policies that prohibit UAW 2865 graduate student instructors from promoting BDS and anti-Israel, and often anti-Semitic, propaganda in the classroom also apply to

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Jim Joseph Foundation awards $5 million in grants

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)– Jim Joseph Foundation based here recently announced grant awards from its Fall 2014 Board meeting, totaling more than $5 million to a variety of Jewish education organizations. Grants were awarded to the Contemporary Jewish Museum, American Institutes for Research, Birthright Israel Foundation, and Kevah.The Foundation focuses on creating effective and compelling Jewish

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Speakers of several faiths stand with Israel

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Solange SAN DIEGO – With Islamist terrorism striking globally and Palestinians and their supporters attempting to intimidate Jewish college students across America, StandWithUs put together a multi-religious line-up of speakers Sunday evening, Dec. 7, whose message, taken in the aggregate, was that the Jewish community is not alone,

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JNS news briefs: December 8, 2014

Syria, Iran, Russia condemn Israel over Damascus airstrikes (JNS.org) The Syrian government accused Israel of a “flagrant attack” in which the Jewish state allegedly bombed military targets in Damascus in airstrikes on Sunday. Reports indicate that the two targeted sites were weapons warehouses, one near the city’s international airport and another close to the Lebanese

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Pollard illness triggers new calls for his release

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Statement by Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “The reports of Jonathan Pollard’s hospitalization, following his loss of consciousness underscores the need for immediate action for his release. It is regrettable and inexplicable that the Parole Board denied

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France agrees to compensate Holocaust deportees

NEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee(AJC)  described as a “milestone” an agreement between the U.S. and France that will provide compensation to Holocaust survivors who were deported from France by SNCF, the French national railway, and live in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world. “The U.S. and French governments have admirably found a

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