Nimitz-class USS George H.W. Bush arrives for 4-day visit, with crew set to tour the country and Netanyahu expected to hop on board By Times of Israel staff The USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Haifa, July 1, 2017 (Momi Gabay/Haifa Port Authority) The USS George H.W. Bush, docked outside Israel’s Haifa port […]
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — Eric Garcetti was sworn in Saturday night for his second and final term as mayor of Los Angeles, nearly four months after he cruised to re-election with a record 81 percent of the vote. As the 46-year-old mayor took the oath of office, protesters chanted, “Fire Charlie Beck!” Ahead of the speech,
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USAJakarta (dpa) – Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday delivered his first post-presidential speech in Asia, emphasising tolerance, democracy and youth empowerment at an congress of the Indonesian Diaspora in Jakarta where he spent four years as a child. Obama was greeted with a standing ovation by thousands in the audience which included Indonesian
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International, USAPresident Trump said Friday that the U.S. was taking a new hard-line approach to resolving the nuclear threat from North Korean, declaring that “patience is over.” In a joint statement in the Rose Garden with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Mr. Trump said that they were joining together with other allies in the region to
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International, USARabbi Rick Jacobs welcomes conversion bill delay, hails ‘unprecedented’ US Jewish opposition to Israeli government decisions on conversion, Western Wall prayer By Amanda Borschel-Dan Reform leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that the controversial conversion bill at the heart of two-pronged flare-up in Israel-Diaspora tensions would be frozen for
First lady Melania Trump has defended a tweet President Donald Trump sent out Thursday, which was viewed as a “sexist” attack on “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski by many. Trump wrote that Brzezinski “was bleeding badly from a face-lift” when she and her MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough “insisted” on joining the then-president-elect at Mar-a-Lago for
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USAPeter W. Smith, a Republican opposition researcher, contacted hackers ahead of 2016 presidential election seeking Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s emails that he believed were stolen by Russians, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The report indicated there was collusion between President Donald Trump’s supporters and Russia ahead of the election. While seeking those emails,
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump may officially shut down the White House Council on Women and Girls, an office tasked with liaising between women’s groups and monitoring federal policy impacts that has been effectively defunct since he took office. Officials said Friday the White House is reviewing the council, along with several other offices created under former
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USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — For months, President Trump has railed against what he alleges is “fake news.” Now, angered by criticism from synagogue pulpits of his immigration, climate and health care policies, he has a new target: rabbis and others he calls “fake Jews.” “They should know tax cuts for the rich
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump continued his pattern of publicly dressing down U.S. allies Friday, as he met for the first time, in the somber confines of the White House Cabinet Room, with South Korean President Moon Jae In. Along with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Trump criticized South Korea for its trade policies as Moon
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International, USARepublican San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who has been lobbied intensely by GOP leaders to run for California governor, on Friday rejected the idea and vowed to serve out his second term at City Hall. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and state Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte had urged Faulconer to run. As a
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USASAN JOSE, Calif. — For the first time in the year since critics vowed to recall Judge Aaron Persky for giving a relatively lenient sentence to a former Stanford athlete who sexually assaulted an unconscious, intoxicated woman, the judge has come to his own defense. In a statement filed Friday with the Santa Clara County
US Navy Chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff led an unprecedented — and never repeated — ecumenical egalitarian worship service at the site in 1983 By Amanda Borschel-Dan Arnold Resnicoff’s first tour of duty was spent at a kibbutz in Israel for the Jewish Agency’s Sherut La’am (Service for the Nation) program. During that year — between
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Middle East, USAAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said that while same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, the “reach and ramifications” of the rights of gay couples have yet to be determined. In a unanimous decision, the nine-member court reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of the city of Houston’s decision to extend spousal
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