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Campus trips to Mideast win friends for Israel

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Subsidized trips to Israel for non-Jewish student leaders have helped improve understanding of the situation in the Middle East as well as the campus climate at San Diego State University, Hillel representatives reported at a parlor meeting Thursday night in the home of Jeremy and Joan Berg. The […]

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Hillary Clinton to launch new anti-Trump group Onward Together as early as next week: Sources

An anti-Trump political group spearheaded by Hillary Clinton may launch as soon as next week. Onward Together, a political action committee expected to rise from the ashes of Mrs. Clinton’s failed presidential bid, will set its sights on President Trump in the near future. Sources told Politico on Thursday that a board of directors is

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Obama endorses Macron in French presidential race: ‘He appeals to people’s hopes and not their fears’

Former President Barack Obama weighed in on France’s heated presidential runoff Thursday, saying he supports Emmanuel Macron over his far-right rival because the candidate “appeals to people’s hopes and not their fears.” In a video message posted on Macron’s Twitter account, Obama said he wasn’t planning to get involved in many elections now that he

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International, USA

Watch A Police Officer Rescue Autistic Toddler From Pond

Aaron Bulmer, a Kansas police officer, rescued a 4-year-old autistic boy from a pond in Topeka. In a press conference, Bulmer explained he was on his way to respond to another call, when he saw the toddler, Elijah, approaching a pond near the Central Park Community Center. Read: Autism Awareness: Quick Test Shows How Children

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump: Middle East Peace Deal ‘Not Difficult’

U.S. President Donald Trump told Palestinian leaders visiting the White House Wednesday that he does not think achieving peace in the Middle East will be as difficult as previously thought. Sitting down to lunch with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and senior U.S. and Palestinian officials, Trump said securing a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians

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Middle East, USA

LA Children’s CEO: Jimmy Kimmel triggered ‘flood of calls’ from families needing treatment

Since Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about his son’s lifesaving heart surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, phone calls have overwhelmed Paul Viviano’s switchboard. “We’ve had a flood of calls,” said Viviano, the hospital’s CEO, told STAT in an interview Thursday. “Patients and families are calling about, ‘Will you treat this? Can we see you for that?’

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

With a push from Trump, House Republicans pass Obamacare rollback

WASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly passed legislation Thursday to roll back the Affordable Care Act, delivering on a yearslong campaign promise despite mounting concerns from patient advocates and health care groups that the legislation would strip protections enjoyed by millions of Americans. The tight vote, 217-213, with all Democrats opposed, underscored the limited appeal of

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Op-Ed: What Trump should do about Venezuela’s drift toward a full-blown dictatorship

President Trump has remained surprisingly silent about the recent events in Venezuela, which is drifting into a full-blown dictatorship under his watch. It’s time he does something to help restore democracy there. In recent weeks, Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, has curtailed some of the last remaining powers of the opposition-majority National Assembly, announced that he

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International, USA

Saudi Arabia will be Trump’s first foreign visit; Israel and Vatican will follow

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia will be the first country President Donald Trump visits since his inauguration, the White House announced Thursday. The president will then visit Israel and the Vatican before attending previously announced summits in Belgium and Italy, the White House said. Senior administration officials, briefing reporters on the condition of anonymity, said Saudi

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International, Middle East, USA

Trump signs order inviting more politics at church, but no ‘religious liberty’ clause involving LGBTQ debate

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at protecting politically active churches from losing their tax-free status. The order, timed for Thursday’s National Day of Prayer, does not include the broad religious liberty provisions leaked in February that could have allowed businesses to discriminate based on sexual orientation and other

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United States Jewish roundup: May 4, 2017

Reform Judaism leaders oppose church-state changes WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In response to President Trump’s dangerously broad executive order masquerading as protection of religious freedom, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement Thursday on behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference

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Middle East, USA