Speaking to CNN”s Jake Tapper on Thursday afternoon, Senator Kamala Harris of California renewed Democratic calls for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign over the firing of FBI director James Comey. “There is good reason to believe that he was not truthful when he testified before Congress,” Harris said, in reference to Sessions’s confirmation hearing, […]
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USAThe Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill that allows adoption agencies and foster carers to reject applicants based on their religious beliefs and lifestyle choices. The bill will let state-funded and private organizations make decisions about prospective parents based on their religious beliefs, meaning that couples who are gay, Jewish, Muslim or interfaith
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USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening attended a conference of Likud activists and expressed his full support for the moving of the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people. It is the capital of the State of Israel. All the embassies, and especially the Embassy
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International, Middle East, USAChinese rocket forces tested a new type of missile aimed at the country’s waters west of the Korean peninsula, the defence ministry announced in a rare public statement. The statement did not say what missile was tested or when the launch took place but the announcement was likely aimed at South Korea and the United
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International, USABALTIMORE — The FBI raided a Republican campaign consultant’s Annapolis office Thursday, causing Maryland Republican lawmakers to say they will stop doing business with the firm. Kelley Rogers, president of Strategic Campaign Group, said half a dozen FBI agents arrived at his Main Street office about 8:30 a.m. with a warrant to search and seize
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USAWASHINGTON—Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe defended James B. Comey’s integrity and performance Thursday, distancing himself from White House claims that the ousted FBI director had damaged morale at the bureau. McCabe’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee implicitly rebutted assertions by President Donald Trump earlier Thursday that Comey’s tenure had left the FBI “in turmoil.”
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USADisplaying an exhibit panel on Ahavas Sholom, Newark’s oldest functioning synagogue, are, from left, Max Herman, Linda Forgosh, and Phil Yourish. Photos by Robert Wiener Harold Kravis surfs the Internet in pursuit of local Jewish history. The first location of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, on Washington Street in Newark. Photo courtesy Jewish Historical Society of New
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Jewish History, USAU.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed his name Thursday to a document that affirms the need for international action against climate change, adding further uncertainty to the direction of climate policy under the Trump administration. The document, signed by Tillerson and seven foreign ministers from Arctic nations meeting this week in Fairbanks, Alaska, says
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International, The World We Share, USAAMHERST, Massachusetts (Press Release) – The Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project is celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month with a special video series that looks at the culture and customs of Jewish communities across the United States. Throughout the month of May, the project is featuring excerpts from oral history interviews highlighting the history, culture,
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The Hillel of San Diego Board of Directors has named Rabbi David Singer Acting Executive Director of Hillel of San Diego, effective July 1, 2017. Hillel of San Diego’s current Executive Director Michael Rabkin has been named to a key new position with Hillel International as a Campus Support Director. In
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — To considerable applause, Russell Robinson, the chief executive officer of the Jewish National Fund, announced Thursday, May 11, that the next national president of JNF will be San Diegan Dr. Sol Lizerbram. Lizerbram, active with his wife Lauren for 35 years in JNF, will begin his two-year term
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USAJewish Americans are connected to Israel a lot more than some think, strategic adviser Charlie Harary told Arutz Sheva on Tuesday. “People in Israel don”t fully understand how much the American Jewish community loves and adores them,” he said. “I go to Israel. I bring a group of 200 men from all over the world.
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says U.S. allegations of Kremlin interference in last year’s presidential campaign did not come up during his meetings Wednesday at the White House and the State Department. Lavrov said the talks focused instead on building “businesslike relations” between Moscow and Washington after years of tension. Lavrov’s visit to
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International, USALOS ANGELES — The mounting sexual harassment claims at Fox News that led to the dismissal of Bill O’Reilly and an exodus of advertisers has dominated headlines and cast a shadow over parent company 21st Century Fox in recent weeks. But the controversy, which erupted last summer, so far has done little to dampen the
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