USA

Dental care program to aid Holocaust survivors

MELVILLE, N.Y., (Press Release)– Henry Schein Cares, and Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity announced on Wednesday, Nov. 12, the launch of the Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program. The program was created in response to the White House’s call to action to help Holocaust survivors in the United States age with dignity […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

U.S. Jewish leaders accuse Abbas of incitement

NEW YORK (Press Release) — “The escalating terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and other areas are of grave concern and must be put to an end. Israel must do everything possible to protect its citizens and restore peaceful conditions.   The Palestinian Authority must immediately take steps to restore order.  Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials must

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Middle East, USA

Kfar Kana: Too facile to compare it with Ferguson?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Arabs/Palestinians of Israel and the West Bank have another martyr that justifies continuing their wave of demonstrations that began when? Maybe with the recent wave of Jews going demonstrably to the Temple Mount. Now it’s a young man, Kheir al-Din Hamdan, killed by the police in the village of Kfar

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

GOP, Demo major givers back IAC

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Philanthropists and political power players Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban shared a stage for the first time Sunday, Nov. 9, to culminate the Israeli-American Council (IAC)’s First National Conference, debating a wide range of political issues but agreeing on the need for the U.S. to toughen its stance on a nuclear Iran. Adelson,

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Middle East, USA

Author faults Israel for 1979 killing of CIA asset

  By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – A Pulitzer Prize winning historian told attendees of the Jewish Book Fair at Temple Solel here that Israel’s Mossad was wrong in 1979 to assassinate P.L.O. intelligence chief Ali Hassan Salameh notwithstanding the fact that he was suspected of helping to mastermind the murder of Israeli athletes

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Romney: Obama’s letter to Iran ‘naive’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Speaking at the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) National Conference, former Presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney blasted President Obama for his Iran policy and recent secret letter to Iranian leaders, saying he was “stunned” the administration would attempt to connect with a “rogue” state. “That the president would write a letter

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Middle East, USA

El Al, Jet Blue ink code share deal

NEW YORK (Press Release) – EL AL Israel Airlines and JetBlue Airways have signed a code share agreement, providing travelers to Israel with expanded options and easier connections. Travelers living in 38 cities in the U.S.A. can now experience convenient connections to their EL AL nonstop flight to/from Israel. Luggage is automatically transferred between the JetBlue and

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Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

At least 30,000 American Israelis voted in election

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– Over 30,000 U.S. citizens living in Israel cast their vote in this week’s U.S. elections. iVoteIsrael, the leading organization facilitating the ability of Americans in Israel to vote in US elections, has successfully completed its 2014 campaign making voting from Israel more accessible to as many Americans in Israel as

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Middle East, USA

Rights group heads for German anti- Semitism confab

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the 5th Anniversary of the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA). Next week, Henderson will head a delegation including Jewish, Muslim, Latino, African-American, Asian-American,

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International, USA