International

Israel 21C launches video network

This week, newsmagazine and non-profit organization ISRAEL21c launched 21see, a new online video network that will uncover Israel’s most unique stories, happening scenes, and unconventional characters – spanning a 10th generation tattoo artist in Jerusalem, a team of expat American football players in Haifa, top Israeli microbrewers and fashion designers in Tel Aviv. Spearheaded by

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Yiddish Book Center video features U.S. venues

AMHERST, Massachusetts (Press Release) – The Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project is celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month with a special video series that looks at the culture and customs of Jewish communities across the United States. Throughout the month of May, the project is featuring excerpts from oral history interviews highlighting the history, culture,

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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

San Diegan Sol Lizerbram to head national JNF

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — To considerable applause, Russell Robinson, the chief executive officer of the Jewish National Fund, announced Thursday, May 11, that the next national president of JNF will be San Diegan Dr. Sol Lizerbram. Lizerbram, active with his wife Lauren for 35 years in JNF, will begin his two-year term

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

White nationalist group posts fliers with image of Hitler on Princeton campus

Jewish and Muslim students band together, promote Palestinian-Israeli initiative A flier from the Twitter account of the white nationalist Vanguard America, which was posted on the Center for Jewish Life-Hillel and three other buildings at Princeton University. Princeton University students learn about the solar panel project funded through donations of American Jews and Muslims through

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

No talk of election interference at meetings, Russian foreign minister says

WASHINGTON — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says U.S. allegations of Kremlin interference in last year’s presidential campaign did not come up during his meetings Wednesday at the White House and the State Department. Lavrov said the talks focused instead on building “businesslike relations” between Moscow and Washington after years of tension. Lavrov’s visit to

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International, USA

Kosovo government falls after no-confidence vote

Kosovo’s government lost a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, setting the scene for a snap parliamentary election next month. Seventy-eight MPs in the 120-seat parliament voted to dismiss Prime Minister Isa Mustafa’s cabinet, which the opposition had accused of failing to meet its campaign pledges and creating public distrust. It comes after months of political deadlock

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International

Fox sees earnings rise as fallout from sexual harassment scandal continues

LOS ANGELES — The mounting sexual harassment claims at Fox News that led to the dismissal of Bill O’Reilly and an exodus of advertisers has dominated headlines and cast a shadow over parent company 21st Century Fox in recent weeks. But the controversy, which erupted last summer, so far has done little to dampen the

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Austrian vice chancellor Mitterlehner resigns from cabinet and party

Vienna (dpa) – Austrian Vice Chancellor and conservative leader Reinhold Mitterlehner announced his resignation from politics on Wednesday, citing mounting tensions within his People’s Party (OeVP) and with the Social Democrats, the OeVP’s coalition partner. “I think that’s enough,” he said at the OeVP’s party headquarters in Vienna, adding that his job had become “joyless

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International

Andres Oppenheimer: Trump’s Mexico bashing helps leftist candidate

The race for Mexico’s 2018 presidential elections has drawn zero interest in the United States so far, but it should be in the headlines. Thanks to President Trump’s fake claims about Mexico, the country may soon elect its first populist leftist president in recent memory. The latest polls show that Trump’s Mexico bashing has had

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International, USA

Meet the female chess grandmaster who checked male privilege

Since shattering the (checkered) glass ceiling, Hungarian-Jewish champ Susan Polgar has engaged in friendly diplomacy and coached teams to seven consecutive titles By Rich Tenorio As a professional chess player, Susan Polgar has broken gender barriers, set records and even engaged in some post-Cold War bridge-building. Now she’s finding success mentoring the next generation. Polgar,

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Sports & Competitions, USA