The following are opening remarks by ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt at the Anti-Defamation League’s “Never Is Now” Summit on Anti-Semitism, which is taking place on November 17, 2016 in New York City. By Jonathan Greenblatt NEW YORK — Thank you for that kind introduction, and thank you all for coming here today for ADL’s inaugural Summit […]
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) moved to aid military families being blocked from benefits that help them put food on the table. Rep. Davis, the Ranking Member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, introduced the Military Hunger Prevention Act to ensure eligibility for food supplement benefits for service members and their families. “Those
By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes when decisions do not work out exactly as intended, they work out just fine. In the midst of Operation Protective Edge — Israel’s response to 182 Hamas rockets and mortars fired at Israeli towns and villages in the first week of July 2014 — the
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — It was brought to my attention this morning that the story about paid protesters to which I alluded in a column, here linked, was indeed a fake story. For this I apologize. Paul Horner loves fooling people with fabricated articles. In fact, Horner’s con was so effective,
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK – In a recent conversation I had with students, faculty, and alumni at New York University just before the start of my program “Global Leaders: Conversations with Alon Ben-Meir” on November 3, I had the opportunity to answer some questions concerning the turmoil in the Middle East and America’s role
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump is not the only midtown Manhattan resident encountering problems with his transition game this week. So too is Saturday Night Live, which failed to consider the possibility of the erstwhile star of NBC’s The Apprentice becoming the 45th president. Who will SNL’s longtime producer, Lorne Michaels, install to impersonate the most bombastic
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAFifty years after Star Trek first beamed onto U.S. television screens, fans continue to be fascinated by stories of behind-the-scenes dramas. Now handwritten notes written by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, to be auctioned Thursday, are giving diehard Trekkies an inside look into some of the problems that plagued the cult hit in its infancy.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAColson Whitehead won the National Book Award in fiction on Wednesday for his bestselling novel and Oprah Book Club pick The Underground Railroad. His fellow winners that evening were Ibram X. Kendi in nonfiction for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America; Daniel Borzutzky in poetry for The Performance of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAChalking off another thing on his list of things to do before he exits the Oval Office, President Obama has chosen 21 new recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award is the nation’s “highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the
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USASupporters of President-elect Donald Trump are using online retailer Amazon to attack Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly through harsh reviews of her new book. More than 100 negative one-star reviews appeared on the Amazon page selling Kelly’s memoir “Settle For More,” within hours of its Tuesday release. Many of the comments came through a link
Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee apologized Wednesday for posting and incorrectly citing an article to his official Facebook page that claimed two Northwestern University students charged with hate crimes and vandalism in March were “liberal, Jewish” students. The students, who have since been expelled, reportedly vandalized Alice Miller Chapel on Northwestern’s
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) -The House of Representatives voted 243-174 on Thursday, Nov. 17, to pass H.R. 5711, which blocks the Treasury Department from issuing licenses to finance aircraft sales to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Rep. Peter J. Roskam has announced. The Islamic Republic has a history of using commercial aircraft to transport weapons,
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Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump has made many promises — and a few threats. Often, the latter are directed at Mexico. For example, he’s promised that Mexico will pay for the border wall he says must be built. His idea to do that is to stop people in the US from sending money back to their families
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International, USABefore Donald Trump was elected the next president of the United States, Reynaldo Zamora and Leanne Zinn were planning an intimate, detail-oriented destination wedding. The couple wanted to host the ceremony of their dreams, a night both had planned for their entire lives, complete with family and friends from across the country. Zamora’s siblings, who
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