By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — We are in the midst of the story of the Exodus of our people, the Jewish people, from Egyptian servitude. This part of our collective history is rich in lessons that apply to our lives today. Many people mistakenly believe that the Torah is filled with ancient wisdom […]
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiThe Manus Island regional processing facility, where Australia sends illegal immigrants. (Photo: Australia Department of Immigration and Citizenship) By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is hard to complain about Australia — democratic, sunny, cheerful, and oh, those koalas and kangaroos. On a more serious note, Australia is a welcome ally, participating in military operations around
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABlaming Palestinians for stalled negotiations, deputy FM says government ‘elected to act on Jewish People’s right to build in all parts of our land’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely attend a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, December 21, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Responding to
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Middle East, USARep. Steny H. Hoyer, who spoke recently with the Australian ambassador to the U.S., said Friday he’s not sure how many more of those calls he’ll have to make to apologize to an ally for something from the White House. “I thought it was extraordinarily unfortunate, apparently, that the conversation between Prime Minister [Malcolm] Turnbull
Former ExxonMobil Corp. Chief Executive Rex Tillerson was sworn in only Wednesday, and already Congress is moving to benefit the new secretary of state’s former—and only—place of work by shredding two major oil industry regulations. Early Friday morning, the Republican-led Senate voted 52 to 47 on a House resolution scrapping a Securities and Exchange Commission
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International, USASouth Korea’s Defence Minister says the US Defence Secretary’s visit to Seoul – his first trip abroad as defence secretary – sends a clear message of strong US support. “Faced with a current severe security situation, Secretary Mattis’ visit to Korea…also communicates the strongest warning to North Korea,” Han Min-koo told reporters in Seoul. The
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International, USAThis week Donald Trump said something that has many terminally ill patients applauding the president. Meeting with pharmaceutical executives at the White House on Tuesday, Trump signaled that he would be pushing for some significant changes, including altering Food and Drug Administration regulations to allow smaller drug companies to compete with larger companies. Related, here
President Donald Trump’s counselor, Kellyanne Conway, has come under fire after blaming two Iraqi refugees for the so-called Bowling Green Massacre, which never actually happened. In an interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball” program on Thursday evening, Conway defended the executive order signed by Trump, which suspended the U.S. refugee resettlement program and temporarily blocked immigration from
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Middle East, USAThe Trump administration hit Iran with new sanctions Friday, one day after President Trump said he had put Tehran “on notice” for testing a missile. The Treasury Department announced sanctions against 13 individuals and 12 entities. Speaker Paul D. Ryan said the “swift and decisive response proves that our new administration is serious about holding
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Middle East, USABy Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — Imagine you have had a good life with a stable job and family. Then, imagine that your life turns upside down, be it from war, religious persecution, or social unrest, and you have to start from scratch in a new country with a different language, culture, even alphabet!
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International, Middle East, Mimi Pollack, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California, Berkeley was just mopping up after what appeared to be a small group of violent protesters from off campus shut down the speech of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos — an appearance university leaders had staunchly defended despite hundreds of requests to ban him. Then came the tweet from
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident Donald Trump has spent the past two weeks issuing a spate of executive orders that are stunning in their reach. There’s nothing unusual about the executive orders in and of themselves, of course. Presidents have been signing them since George Washington was in office. But the problem, says former ambassador and White House official
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USAThe Trump administration asserted that the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, but stopped short of taking an official position on settlement activity. “The American desire for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians has remained unchanged for 50
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – Four rabbis, three heads of Jewish organizations, and two elected officials urged opposition to President Trump’s seven-nation travel ban at a standing room only rally of more than 500 Jewish community members and friends at Congregation Beth El on Thursday night. Speakers included State Assemblyman Todd
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