NEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations today condemned the decision by the Walloon Parliament in the southern region of Belgium mandating all animals be stunned before slaughter, making it impossible to comply with Jewish religious requirements (shechita) for kosher meat. Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman and […]
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) strongly criticized Venezuela President Maduro for using Nazi imagery to defend his regime against a growing wave of protesters. “We are the new Jews of the 21st century that Hitler pursued,” Maduro told his Cabinet meeting. “We don’t carry the yellow star of David,” he continued.
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International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is worth getting out of the weeds of Washington on occasion and looking at the big picture. This is one of those occasions. President Trump is going to Israel, visiting the one stable, prosperous, multiethnic, multicultural, democratic ally the United States has in a region marked by war,
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Middle East, USAWhile President Donald Trump reportedly criticizes his own staff as “incompetent” following a barrage of controversies over the Russian election probe, James Comey’s firing and beyond, Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin seems to be enjoying every minute of it all. The Russian president openly mocked an encounter shared between Trump, Sergey Lavrov, the Kremlin’s foreign
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USANew York (dpa) – UN ambassadors from Bolivia and Uruguay joined Caracas on Wednesday in rebuffing US attempts to address the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela before the UN Security Council. US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley scheduled the last-minute council meeting Wednesday as anti-government demonstrations in the capital of Caracas reached
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International, USAWashington (dpa) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel turned Wednesday to the United States for help in resolving a spat with Ankara over access to a Turkish air base. During a meeting in Washington, Gabriel asked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to use his influence after Turkey denied German lawmakers access to the Incirlik
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International, Middle East, USASenate Democrats said Thursday they won’t accept a new FBI director with a political background, which would seem to rule out former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Republican, and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, who was a Democrat and even served as his party’s vice presidential nominee in 2000. Those were two of the four names
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USATouring settlements, opposition leader says he’s committed to ‘separation’ from Palestinians, but wouldn’t dismantle large blocs By Raoul Wootliff Opposition leader Isaac Herzog tours the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim with members of his Zionist Union faction on Thursday, May 19, 2017 (courtesy) In what he described as “a signal to US President Donald
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Middle East, USAStephen Miller, who also wrote a campaign speech criticized for ‘anti-Semitic overtones, reportedly writing addresses to be delivered in Riyadh, Jerusalem By Times of Israel staff Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a session on law enforcement held at the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
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Middle East, USAA man sped his car the wrong way up a street in New York’s Times Square midday Thursday, ploughing into crowds of pedestrians, killing one and injuring at least 23 others. The police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism, but the bomb squad responded as a precaution to check
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USAThe co-author of Donald Trump’s best-selling business guide and memoir The Art Of The Deal announced the president is undergoing a “significant meltdown” in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper. “I think he’s reacting from a survival place,” Tony Schwartz told Cooper Wednesday. He’s in pure defensive mode…he’s being run by the part of his
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAUS President Donald Trump would consider leaving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if member states do not follow through with pledges to increase their annual contributions to the Alliance, a senior White House official said. The White House official said, on condition of anonymity, that Trump wants to see faster and more concrete developments at
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration, taking the first formal step toward overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement, notified Congress Thursday of its intent to renegotiate the pact with Canada and Mexico in 90 days. The letter to lawmakers, sent by the newly confirmed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, means that Trump’s trade officials could
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International, USAWorkshopping resumes. Quietly discussing future job prospects. Sending out the classic, “I’d love to grab coffee and catch up!” email. What sounds like the inside of a fledgling business in the final weeks ahead of a Chapter 11 “restructuring” is actually President Donald Trump’s White House, as several staffers and aides scramble to save their
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