WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will keep the records of who visits the White House secret, ending a practice started under the Obama administration of partially releasing visitor logs, a White House official said Friday. Even though President Donald Trump led chants of “drain the swamp” during the campaign and promised to protect government business […]
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USANEW YORK, April 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC is urging Secretary of State Tillerson to fill without further delay the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. The vital position, created by Congress in 2004, has been vacant since the new Administration took office in January. “For reasons of substance and perception this
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International, USAPinchas Eliyahu Sadai was born in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, immigrated to Paris and then fell in love with Judaism. After studying and completing his conversion, he immigrated once again (to Israel), married and set up his home in the Old City. As if this is not unusual enough, Sadai, also
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has condemned a deadly knife attack on a British national in Jerusalem on Good Friday. “Terror will never destroy our lives here,” Rivlin said. The attack came as thousands of Christian and Jewish pilgrims thronged Jerusalem’s Old City to commemorate Easter and Passover. An Israeli-Arab man was
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Middle EastAs a group of US navy ships led by an aircraft carrier head to the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang has accused Washington of pushing the region to the brink of war. The North Korean foreign ministry said the US was bringing “huge nuclear strategic assets” to the area. Tension is rising amid concerns the North may
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International, USAThere are just two days to go until Turkey goes to the polls in a referendum that could give sweeping new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He wants to replace Turkey’s parliamentary system with an executive presidency. It would mark the biggest change in Turkey’s political system in the nation’s modern history. After a
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Middle EastNorth Korea’s vice foreign minister on Friday blamed President Donald Trump for building up a “vicious cycle” of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, saying that his “aggressive” tweets were “making trouble.” In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in Pyongyang, Vice Minister Han Song Ryol also warned the U.S. against provoking North Korea militarily,
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal JERUSALEM — We spent Seder night and the First Day of Passover at Kibbutz HaSolelim in the Galilee. This is where Dan, Michal, his bat zug (partner), and their adorable baby daughter Kerem live. Like many kibbutzim, HaSolelim is now “privatized.” This means that members’ salaries are differentiated and gone are
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Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — No matter how hard I try, and believe me, I have and do try, passing over Passover is very hard to do if you live in Israel. The countdown to the festival begins for some people one month beforehand, namely, as soon as the previous festival is over
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Middle EastPittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney died on Thursday, the team announced. He was 84. No cause of death was released. Rooney was admitted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. He served as general manager of the club from 1975-2003. Rooney’s father, Art, purchased the Steelers in 1933 and the family has run
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USANew Zealand’s north island is being hit by Cyclone Cook, which many fear will be the severest storm in generations. The country is still recovering from Cyclone Debbie which destroyed houses and saturated land with heavy rains. It left the town of Edgecumbe flooded by thigh-high water with many people still unable to return to
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International, The World We SharePHILADELPHIA — Student leaders of Pennsylvania State University’s fraternity system apologized to the family of Tim Piazza, the sophomore who died after pledge night in February, in an open letter released this week. “The fraternity experience failed your son,” wrote Penn State’s Interfraternity Council Executive Board, in a letter released publicly Wednesday evening. The letter
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACHICAGO — The United Airlines passenger dragged from a plane at O’Hare International Airport Sunday will require reconstructive surgery, and both United and the city of Chicago are responsible for Dr. David Dao’s injuries, his attorney said Thursday. Blaming an overly aggressive response by the city’s Aviation Department officers and accusing United of failing to
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Travel and Food, USAThe first Muslim woman to serve as a judge in the United States was found dead in the Hudson river in New York on Wednesday. Police found the body of Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, floating in the river near Harlem. A New York Police Department spokesman tells Newsweek that the death is not believed to be
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