A group of Hollywood television stars are touring Israel in an attempt to strengthen ties between the US and the Jewish state, as well as to bolster the struggle against the BDS movement. The trip is organized by America’s “Voices in Israel” group (Conference of Presidents) in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs […]
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAFolks in Los Angeles woke up Sunday to a bit of surprise hanging over their town. The iconic Hollywood sign atop Mt. Lee read “Hollyweed,” leaving many to question what exactly happened in the darkness of New Year’s Eve. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division told KABC that they were aware of the vandalism
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Travel and Food, USASources say PM considering traveling to Washington for swearing-in ceremony of US president-elect; Trump says Jewish state ‘very, very important’ to him By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Donald Trump meeting at Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) US president-elect’s White House transition team has been
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Middle East, USATALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A quirk in the state constitution means Florida could be headed to a legal brawl over the ideological balance of the Florida Supreme Court that would decide the future of the court for decades to come. Three justices �� Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis and Peggy Quince �� will be forced under the state constitution’s
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USAPresident-elect Donald Trump’s use of Twitter to have a direct conversation with the American people “freaks the mainstream media out” and represents a fundamental shift in how an administration disseminates information, the incoming White House press secretary said Sunday morning. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Sean Spicer said major news organizations are transfixed by Mr.
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Many in Israel find it hard to know what the Obama administration really had in mind when it didn’t veto the Security Council resolution that condemns Israel’s settlement expansion and when it let Kerry make the speech that even Britain’s prime minister condemned. All official comments that I’ve seen
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International, Middle East, USADonald Trump, who a year ago criticized President Barack Obama for playing “more golf than Tiger Woods,” returned to the golf course Saturday, ditching the press pool tailing the president-elect. Trump actually joined golfing great Woods last week on the course, interrupting his schedule of transition meetings while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. And,
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Sports & Competitions, USAOn Friday, the San Francisco 49ers awarded Colin Kaepernick with the Len Eshmont Award, which is traditionally given to the player who “best exemplifies the inspirational and courageous play of Len Eshmont, an original member of the 1946 49ers team.” It was established after Len Eshmont passed away and is considered the most prestigious award
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will take office with a chance to fill more than 100 seats on the federal courts because of an extraordinary two-year slowdown in judicial confirmations engineered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Since Republicans took control of the Senate at the beginning of the 114th Congress in 2015, senators have
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Although I have known Nancy more than 50 years, and have been married to her for 48 plus, Gayle Midyette has even more bragging rights. She has known Nancy 60 years, ever since the Brownies matched them up as pen pals. They’ve only met in person a few
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA‘Obama doesn’t deal in revenge. It’s not how he makes decisions,’ Dan Shapiro tells Israeli TV By Joshua Davidovich Dan Shapiro speaking in Jerusalem on November 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster /Flash90) The American ambassador to Israel vociferously denied Thursday that the US decision to allow an anti-settlement resolution to pass the United Nations Security Council
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Middle East, USARALEIGH, N.C. — Gov.-elect Roy Cooper filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s special session law that revamps the state elections board. Cooper’s attorneys asked a Wake County Superior Court judge to block the law from taking effect while the lawsuit pends. Judge Donald Stephens granted the request after a hearing Friday
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USAWASHINGTON — After President Barack Obama on Thursday announced retaliatory measures against the Russian government for what the U.S. has concluded were efforts to interfere in the election, President-elect Donald Trump’s response was terse and dismissive, saying it was time to “move on to bigger and better things.” But after Russian President Vladimir Putin said
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International, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Great heat has been generated by the recent American decision to abstain at the UN Security Council on Israel’s settlements in the West Bank (or Judea and Samaria, as some of us Jews call the area). I have strong mixed feelings about the matter except in one category:
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