The White House, with the backing of Ivanka Trump, will end an Obama-era policy that would have required business owners to document how much they pay their workers alongside their gender, race and ethnicity. The Trump administration is scrapping the scheme, which was due to come into force in the spring this year, on the […]
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release) –Rob Eshman, longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of the Jewish Journal, has announced he will be leaving his position on September 26. Eshman, who has written and sold two movie projects while at the Journal, said that after 23 years at the paper, he wants to switch the focus of his career
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USAEdwin Black’s latest 5–part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 70 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails. This is Part 2. Click here to read Part 1: How Things Broke Down in Boston By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Northeastern University Hillel
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Edwin Black, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — I find it extremely hard to call you “President Trump” because sadly for America, you neither act like a president nor speak like one. You neither have the moral authority that a president needs to project, nor the courage of one. You have neither the vision of an enlightened
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) –the Israel Rescue Coalition (IRC) mobilized Wednesday to dispatch a team comprised of elite members of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to Houston, Texas, in order to provide mental and emotional stabilization to people who need it. The team includes psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists and will be arriving in
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Middle East, USAThe State Department will retain a special envoy to monitor anti-Semitism, but other roles dealing with high-profile topics such as climate change and the closure of Guantánamo Bay will be scrapped as standalone positions, as part of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s efforts to streamline department functions. Tillerson made his decisions public Monday in a
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International, The World We Share, USAAmid a climate of ‘hate-baiting’ in the US, a bizarre choice of license plate numbers is driving one reporter up the walls By Marshall Weiss DAYTON, Ohio — A bizarre byproduct of the surge in hate activity and hate-baiting in the United States is debate about the nature and usage of the word “goy.” When
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Travel and Food, USAThe Coalition for Jewish Values, a public policy institute representing hundreds of Orthodox Rabbis, today rebuked Jewish clergy who publicly announced their refusal to participate in an annual conference call with the President preceding the Jewish High Holy Days. Rabbis from four non-Orthodox Jewish organizations said last Wednesday they would not hold the annual call
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Middle East, USAHOUSTON — Tropical Storm Harvey continued to deluge southeastern Texas with rain and surging floodwater Tuesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and thousands in shelters as it slowly crept toward Louisiana. With historic flooding engulfing vast parts of the nation’s fourth-largest city as well as much of the Gulf Coast, federal officials have estimated
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USABerkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin has called for authorities to tackle left-wing violence by classifying members of AntiFa, the loosely organized group of “anti-fascists” who believe that violence is acceptable in countering right-wing extremism, as a gang. A largely peaceful demonstration in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Civic Center Park was disrupted Sunday by black-clad AntiFa counter-protesters,
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USASEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, demonstrating its commitment to advancing its missile program despite international sanctions and other pressure to halt it. The missile traveled hundreds of miles over Sea of Japan and Hokkaido, an island prefecture in northern Japan. President Donald Trump said the U.S.
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International, USAA now-viral photo showing Dasani water being sold for $43 a case at a Houston Best Buy was “a big mistake,” the company said Tuesday. A photo taken by Houston resident John McGovern made the rounds on social media on Tuesday amid reports of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Mr. McGovern told
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USAThree Democratic senators seen as potential candidates in the 2020 presidential election—Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Kamala Harris (California) and Kristen Gillibrand (New York)—could earn the historic opportunity to end Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House and in the process become the first female American president. But before any of them even get a chance to
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USABy Jennifer Brett, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Author and evangelist Joel Osteen, senior pastor of Houston’s Lakewood Church, is responding after getting some criticism after posting messages of prayer on social media. Many have posted on social media demanding to know why the megachurch hasn’t been turned into a shelter for storm refugees. RELATED: Joel Osteen’s
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