NEW YORK (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. surged more than one-third in 2016 and have jumped 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In its annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, ADL reports that there has been a massive increase in the amount […]
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USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel LA JOLLA, California — This year’s San Diego Yom HaShoah presented one of the finest programs I have experienced in many years since arriving in San Diego almost eight years ago. The musical selections were excellent; the theme of the program was “Memory and Morality” and featured Roberta Grossman, who is
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego CountyPresident Trump insisted Sunday he will keep his campaign vow to build a southern border wall and force Mexico to pay for it, even though he needs U.S. taxpayers to front the money. Mr. Trump is seeking a down payment on his signature barrier in a stopgap spending bill that must pass this week to
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International, USABerlin (dpa) – North Korea arrested a US citizen at Pyongyang’s airport as he was about to leave the country last week, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported citing unnamed sources. The report said the man, who was described as a former professor in his 50s, was in North Korea doing aid work. It was
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International, USANorth Korea may strike Australia for “blindly and zealously toeing the US line,” sources said. The Australian government had “better think twice” about Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s “reckless tongue-lashing,” North Korea said, warning the country was “inching close to the brink of war.” “What she uttered can never be pardoned,” a North Korean Foreign Ministry
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International, USAPro-European Emmanuel Macron will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential election, projections showed Sunday, making him clear favourite to emerge as the … Macron was projected to win 23-24 percent in Sunday’s first round, slightly ahead of National Front (FN) leader Le Pen with 21.6-23 percent, according to
On Saturday, at 4 am, I hopped on a bus from Pittsburgh to Washington DC to march for science. I was soaked and freezing within five minutes of arrival, and for five hours, without a poncho, I stood soggy and bedraggled, shielding my laptop from the light mist that eventually turned into a downpour. But
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHomeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly on Sunday said anyone in the country illegally is subject to deportation by law but so-called “Dreamers” should rest easy and that undocumented residents should still report domestic violence and other crimes. Mr. Kelly said President Trump tasked him with two key objectives on immigration – secure the Southwest
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International, USAIn lobbies throughout the capital, young ultra-Orthodox men and women sit down every evening to participate in a carefully rehearsed dating ritual By Tracy Frydberg Just inside the ornate glass doors stands a cluster of modestly dressed young women, not too overtly scanning the crowd. The objects of their attentions are sitting restlessly in the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastTokyo (dpa) – Two Japanese destroyers began a joint drill with a group of US warships in the Western Pacific Ocean on Sunday in the face of a growing nuclear threat from North Korea, the US Navy said. The destroyers Samidare and Ashigara and US warships, including aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, will carry out
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International, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — A petition signed by over 2,000 IDF reservists was sent last night (Saturday) to IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, calling on him to prevent the theft of military equipment from IDF bases and training grounds in the Negev. According to the petition, the theft of military equipment in the Negev by
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Nothing has changed in attitudes against the Jews in the last century. From the pogroms of a hundred years ago to the strain inflicted on Israel today there is an eerie similarity. Jews confined to their Russian shtetls suffered the murders and horrors of Jew haters. Polish Jews were
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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There’s always something to bother the Jews of Israel. Currently we’re smelling the preparations for a national election. Some may suspect that it wafts over the continent from Britain or France, but it comes from local pressures. The major responsibility may be those long-running police investigations into Sara and Bibi
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East50 Ways to Count on Israel By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The 50th anniversary of the re-unification of Jerusalem on May 24th will be celebrated during the 50 days between the Jewish festivals of Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Pentecost). This feature article focuses on the significance of the number 50 in many of the
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