Middle East

Buenos Aires mayor empathizes with 3 Israeli teens

JERUSALEM (WJC) — Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri spoke of his cordial feelings toward Jews and the Jewish state during a meeting with the World Jewish Congress-Israel and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) in Jerusalem. Macri, who is a candidate in the forthcoming Argentine presidential elections, stressed the important contribution of Jews in […]

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International, Middle East

Defense budget bill includes ‘War Powers’ amendment

WASHINGTON, DC  (Press Release)–The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, HR 4870, contains Congressman Brad Sherman’s War Powers Resolution provisions, which prevents the President from engaging American military forces for more than 60 days without Congressional approval. “The War Powers Act requires Congressional approval of deployments over sixty or ninety days,” said Congressman Sherman. “Presidents have

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Middle East, USA

Kidnapped teens mocked in Internet campaign

NEW YORK (WJC) – The World Jewish Congress has denounced the social-media hate campaign, reportedly launched by Hamas supporters, to ridicule the three Israeli youths kidnapped by terrorists last week. “This disgusting campaign shows that the totalitarian death cult is alive and well in Palestinian politics,” said World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer. “The exploitation

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Middle East

Abayudaya tells of journey in behalf of his fellow Jews

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some day Armstrong Gidongo will be an airplane pilot, but it’s debatable whether he will ever experience as exciting a trip as the eight-month solo journey that he took  as a boy, not yet 18, from his impoverished village of Navugoya, Uganda, to Israel, where he hoped

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Sondra Berk an honorary fellow of Technion

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Sondra Berk of San Diego, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on June 15 for her leadership and dedication to the Technion and the San Diego community. A natural leader and passionate advocate for the Technion, Berk is a long-time member of the American Technion Society

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli scientists develop device to sniff out lung cancer

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Lung cancer causes more deaths in the U.S. than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast, and pancreatic). The reason for the striking mortality rate is simple: poor detection. Lung cancer attacks without leaving any fingerprints, quietly afflicting its victims and metastasizing uncontrollably — to the point of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education