NEW YORK (Press Release) — In a statement issued by an array of Holocaust institutions, scholars and educators from around the world, an alarm is being sounded on the rise of groups that promote intolerance and promote hate speech. These 90 institutions and 71 individuals call on lawmakers to condemn white nationalist groups and ask […]
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USALOS ANGELES — An overseas tip about an imminent bombing of the Metro Red Line’s Universal City station has forced federal and local law enforcement in Los Angeles to swiftly ramp up security across its sprawling transit system, authorities said Monday. An anonymous man warned of a potential attack to take place Tuesday and provided
Stockholm (dpa) – Although rock legend Bob Dylan, the 2016 Nobel Literature Laureate, will not attend the upcoming award ceremony his words will ring out there, organizers said Monday. US singer Patti Smith was to perform Dylan’s song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at Saturday’s award ceremony in Stockholm’s Concert Hall, the Nobel Foundation said.
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABerlin (dpa) – Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry is to receive the Grand Cross of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany at a ceremony in Berlin on Monday night. Kerry, who is in Germany as part of a farewell European tour, will be presented with the award by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
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International, USANikki Golomb Almost a year ago, I was in Israel with strangers who quickly became friends, as Israel trips always go. We were sitting in our hotel room in Jerusalem, and somehow the topic came up of whether we, a group of North American Ashkenazi Jews, were White. It was a thought that was new
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Middle East, USAST. LOUIS — Hours after Sheena Greitens was robbed at gunpoint Monday night, Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens and his wife called for law and order as well as compassion for the suspects apprehended Monday night. Speaking to reporters Tuesday morning in St. Louis, near the crime scene, Eric Greitens said the incident strengthened his resolve
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USATAIPEI, Taiwan – President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday downplayed her historic recent phone call with President-elect Donald Trump, stressing that “one phone call does not mean a policy shift” between Washington and the island nation that China regards as its territory. “The phone call was a way for us to express our respect for the
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Rocker Glenn Frey died before he could accept a Kennedy Center Honors award last year, but his Eagles bandmates and four other artists were feted Sunday at a bittersweet edition of the glitzy annual gala, the last of the Obama administration. Actor-director Al Pacino, singer-songwriter James Taylor, singer Mavis Staples and pianist Martha
Donald Trump has a problem—and it dates back to 1787. At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, the delegates were divided on many issues, especially slavery. But they agreed the new republic they were creating was vulnerable to subversion from European countries that wanted to once again rule the North American continent. “Foreign powers will not
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International, USAEverything may not be golden for President-elect Donald Trump in the Sunshine State. A group of Florida voters filed a lawsuit Monday demanding a statewide hand recount of the ballots, noting a “deluge” of voting problems, including alleged hackings on electronic voting machines and polling places illegally turning away people from voting. Trump won Florida
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USAThe nominations have been revealed for the 2017 Grammy Awards. Beyonce leads the pack, with a total of nine nominations including album of the year. Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West all earned eight nominations apiece, while Chance the Rapper picked up seven. The artists competing in the album of the year category are Adele, Beyonce,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– For the first time in its almost 200-year history, the University of Alabama will allow a Jewish student group to display a menorah on campus during the Chanukah season, December 24 through January 1. This new seasonal display demonstrates the University’s desire to create a campus life that embodies collaboration, collegiality,
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Is it an extraordinarily thick skin, an incurable addiction to power, or the conviction of being the one and only leader of the State of Israel in our time – or perhaps all this and much else – that keeps Binyamin Netanyahu in power as the longest consecutively serving
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — There is a place for power in politics. It should be obvious, but the use of power has often been absent in the policy of nation states. The world is currently suffering from the lack of American power projection. This diffident strategy has not been beneficial to America
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