Schenectady resident, who claims to be Jewish, charged with reporting a false crime; local rabbi says man never converted By Times of Israel staff Andrew King, who was arrested on March 20, 2017, for falsely claiming his home was graffitied with swastikas, February 10, 2017 (Screen capture: Daily Gazette) A New York man who claimed […]
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The received wisdom in Israel today is that Iran is the greatest threat to its security, perhaps to its very existence. Prime Minister Netanyahu is the most vociferous proponent of this view; he speaks of it often, perhaps never more forcefully than when he addressed the United States Congress,
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Middle East, USASix years ago, Ari Beser, a photographer from Baltimore, received a grant to visit the city of Hiroshima for the first time. He wanted to trace the path his grandfather had once taken. Jacob Beser, who died in 1992, flew over Japan as a member of the Army Air Force during World War II. On
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International, USAJerry Krause, the general manager as the Bulls became a global brand with a dynamic dynasty that produced six NBA championships in eight seasons, died on Tuesday after battling persistent health issues, including osteomyelitis. He was 77. Krause, who always called himself a scout at heart, retired last spring from Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Sports & Competitions, USAFlorida Senator and 2016 Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio visited Israel over the weekend as part of a four-member delegation from the US Senate, wrapping up a tour of the Middle East. Rubio, a staunch ally of Israel, visited Israel twice before: once prior to winning his first term as senator in 2010, and again
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Middle East, USAOne of the heads of a Jewish center on the campus of Virginia Tech University (VT) called the scattering of more than 100 hand-drawn swastika leaflets in front of his building on Saturday a “disgusting act of hatred, ” according to a report by Algemeiner. The co-director of VT”s Chabad Librescu Jewish Student Center, Rabbi
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USAThe Orange Coast College professor who was secretly filmed in class calling President Trump’s election an “act of terrorism” has reportedly been chosen as “Faculty Member of the Year” by the community college. Executive Director of College Advancement Doug Bennett told Campus Reform that a committee of faculty, staff and administrators made the decision to
The ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee called for a special prosecutor and an independent commission to investigate Russia’s role in President Trump’s election Monday following a visit to CIA headquarters. Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, made the request after he said officials showed him classified evidence proving Russian President Vladimir Putin
North Korea has reacted without fear to U.S. secretary of state Rex Tillerson’s threat that “strategic patience is over.” Tillerson had warned that “all options were on the table” in a meeting in South Korea on Friday, and that a “ comprehensive set of capabilities” were being created to deal with the country. A North
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International, USAWASHINGTON — After the heads of the FBI and the National Security Agency denied President Donald Trump’s claim that then-President Barack Obama had wiretapped him, Trump’s Twitter account provided the best clue to how the White House would respond: Tuesday morning, it was silent on the subject. Trump had started the day Monday with a
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International, USABALTIMORE — A day after the eldest son of Henrietta Lacks admonished HBO for an upcoming movie about his mother and the use of her cells, a second son threw his support behind the drama starring Oprah Winfrey that will air next month. David Lacks Sr. was among a group of family members who issued
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s decision to skip a NATO meeting in Europe next month and later travel to Russia has raised fresh questions about the Trump administration’s foreign policy priorities. State Department officials said Tuesday that Tillerson will not attend a NATO meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels on April 5-6 so
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International, USABritain followed in US footsteps on Tuesday by banning larger electronic devices from cabin luggage on flights from several Middle Eastern and North African countries, amid fears they could be used in a terrorist attack. Direct inbound flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are affected by the new restrictions, in which
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