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State Dept. honors the 6 million on Yom HaShoah

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday, April 24, issued the following statement concerning Yom HaShoah: “Today on Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising – we honor the six million Jews systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. We also […]

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Calif. Insurance Dept. to fight ‘unconscious bias’

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release)– State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Monday that unconscious bias training is being provided to California Department of Insurance (CDI) employees. Research shows that despite the prevention of explicit bias, unconscious biases can affect how people make decisions, communicate or interact with one another. Based on this research and the

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Legislators in 20 states back genocide education bills

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, the independent U.S. national organization among Anne Frank organizations worldwide, has obtained commitments from 26 state legislators across 20 states, including Republicans and Democrats, to introduce legislation that would require education in public schools on the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide and other genocides. Those 20 states are

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Jewish History, USA

Anti- Semitism spiking in the U.S.

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. surged more than one-third in 2016 and have jumped 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In its annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, ADL reports that there has been a massive increase in the amount

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North Korea threatens to nuke Australia

North Korea may strike Australia for “blindly and zealously toeing the US line,” sources said. The Australian government had “better think twice” about Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s “reckless tongue-lashing,” North Korea said, warning the country was “inching close to the brink of war.” “What she uttered can never be pardoned,” a North Korean Foreign Ministry

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I’m a scientist. I marched for science on Saturday. Here’s why.

On Saturday, at 4 am, I hopped on a bus from Pittsburgh to Washington DC to march for science. I was soaked and freezing within five minutes of arrival, and for five hours, without a poncho, I stood soggy and bedraggled, shielding my laptop from the light mist that eventually turned into a downpour. But

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John Kelly, Homeland Security chief: ‘Dreamers’ aren’t deportation targets

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly on Sunday said anyone in the country illegally is subject to deportation by law but so-called “Dreamers” should rest easy and that undocumented residents should still report domestic violence and other crimes. Mr. Kelly said President Trump tasked him with two key objectives on immigration – secure the Southwest

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Who will tell their stories? “We will!” students answer

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – One of the nightmarish questions we Jews ask ourselves is “After all the Holocaust survivors have passed on, who will tell their stories?” Following a Havdalah service on Saturday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, a group of pre-teens and teens affirmed in unison: “When they are gone, we

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American Airlines attendant makes mother cry, challenges man to hit him

DALLAS — American Airlines grounded a flight attendant duty after a video posted to Facebook showed an escalating confrontation with passengers Friday night on a flight from San Francisco to Dallas. The video, posted by passenger Surain Adyanthaya, shows a woman passenger holding a baby and crying near the plane’s entrance. According to Adyanthaya’s post,

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