NEW YORK (WJC) — The governors of all 50 states, along with the mayor of the District of Columbia, signed an initiative to reject the BDS (boycott, divest and sanctions) movement, the American Jewish Congress (AJC) announced on Wednesday. “Governors across our country know very well the enormous value of the US-Israel partnership in every sphere imaginable,
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic attitudes have risen sharply in Mexico in the past three years amid challenges the country is facing with a faltering economy and growing pessimism about the country’s direction and future, according to a new poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL’s Global 100 Index Survey in Mexico found
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations today condemned the decision by the Walloon Parliament in the southern region of Belgium mandating all animals be stunned before slaughter, making it impossible to comply with Jewish religious requirements (shechita) for kosher meat. Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman and
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) strongly criticized Venezuela President Maduro for using Nazi imagery to defend his regime against a growing wave of protesters. “We are the new Jews of the 21st century that Hitler pursued,” Maduro told his Cabinet meeting. “We don’t carry the yellow star of David,” he continued.
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International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is worth getting out of the weeds of Washington on occasion and looking at the big picture. This is one of those occasions. President Trump is going to Israel, visiting the one stable, prosperous, multiethnic, multicultural, democratic ally the United States has in a region marked by war,
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Middle East, USAWhile President Donald Trump reportedly criticizes his own staff as “incompetent” following a barrage of controversies over the Russian election probe, James Comey’s firing and beyond, Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin seems to be enjoying every minute of it all. The Russian president openly mocked an encounter shared between Trump, Sergey Lavrov, the Kremlin’s foreign
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USARep. Joseph Crowley of New York asked Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson on Tuesday to deport a former concentration camp jailer deemed persona non grata over a decade ago. The Democratic congressman outlined his request concerning longtime Queens resident Jakiw Palij, 92, in a letter sent to Mr. Tillerson, in the wake of addressing
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International, Jewish HistoryNew York (dpa) – UN ambassadors from Bolivia and Uruguay joined Caracas on Wednesday in rebuffing US attempts to address the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela before the UN Security Council. US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley scheduled the last-minute council meeting Wednesday as anti-government demonstrations in the capital of Caracas reached
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International, USAJapan’s Princess Mako arrives before a meeting with Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes at the presidential residence in Asuncion, Paraguay September 8, 2016. [Photo/Agencies] It remains a controversial topic in Japan to revise the males-only succession law TOKYO – Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will wed a former college classmate, Japanese media
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InternationalWashington (dpa) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel turned Wednesday to the United States for help in resolving a spat with Ankara over access to a Turkish air base. During a meeting in Washington, Gabriel asked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to use his influence after Turkey denied German lawmakers access to the Incirlik
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International, Middle East, USASenate Democrats said Thursday they won’t accept a new FBI director with a political background, which would seem to rule out former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Republican, and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, who was a Democrat and even served as his party’s vice presidential nominee in 2000. Those were two of the four names
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USATouring settlements, opposition leader says he’s committed to ‘separation’ from Palestinians, but wouldn’t dismantle large blocs By Raoul Wootliff Opposition leader Isaac Herzog tours the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim with members of his Zionist Union faction on Thursday, May 19, 2017 (courtesy) In what he described as “a signal to US President Donald
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Middle East, USAStephen Miller, who also wrote a campaign speech criticized for ‘anti-Semitic overtones, reportedly writing addresses to be delivered in Riyadh, Jerusalem By Times of Israel staff Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a session on law enforcement held at the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
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Middle East, USAA man sped his car the wrong way up a street in New York’s Times Square midday Thursday, ploughing into crowds of pedestrians, killing one and injuring at least 23 others. The police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism, but the bomb squad responded as a precaution to check
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