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American Jewish Roundup: March 17, 2017

COP applauds Guterres on rejection of ESCWA’s anti-Israel resolution NEW YORK (Pess Release) –Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, issued the following statement: “We applaud Secretary General Guterres for his principled, forceful and swift rejection of the scurrilous report commissioned by the United […]

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International, Middle East, USA

‘Time to end Jewish Privilege’

Posters plastered across the University of Illinois at Chicago campus accusing American Jews of benefiting from “Jewish privilege” have rattled the local Jewish community amid a wave bomb threats and vandalism targeting Jewish institutions nationwide. The posters reference the idea of “white privilege”, a notion pushed by the American progressive-left that disparities in social and

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USA

New US Orthodox group seeks to counter leftist misrepresentation

A group of prominent Orthodox rabbis and thinkers have launched a new American rabbinic organization to counter the media”s tendency to cite left-wing partisans in the American Jewish community as representative of mainstream Jewish thought. The new organization is called the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV). “The media tends to solicit statements on Jewish concerns

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Middle East, USA

In defense of Sebastian Gorka

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –Once again, we have seen political opponents of the Trump Administration concocting a false charge of anti-Semitism against a senior White House official, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to President Trump. Dr. Gorka is a member of the Strategic Initiatives Group created by Steve Bannon, another senior official subjected

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International, USA

Israeli war planes strike Gaza in response to rocket fire

Gaza City (dpa) – Israeli war planes early Thursday launched two airstrikes on militant facilities in the Gaza Strip, ruled by the militant Islamic movement Hamas, in response to an overnight rocket attack, Palestinian security and medical sources said. No injuries were reported from the strikes on a militants’ facility in eastern Gaza and another

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Middle East

Donald Trump hosts Irish P.M. Enda Kenny for St. Patrick’s Day

President Trump on Thursday hosted Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the White House for its annual St. Patrick’s Day events, a tradition dating back to the 1950s that celebrates the bonds between the two countries. Mr. Trump welcomed Mr. Kenny, officially titled Taoiseach Kenny, in the Oval Office for bilateral meetings. All in attendance, except

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International, USA

PA furious over terrorist designation

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday slammed Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman”s decision to designate the Palestinian National Fund (PNF) as a terrorist organization. A statement issued by Abbas”s bureau said that the PNF is one of the institutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which operates according to international agreements and standards. “At

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Middle East

Justin Trudeau took Ivanka Trump to a Broadway play, but it’s what the show is about that has people talking

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led a delegation of 600 people brought by the Canadian consulate general in New York, including 125 United Nations ambassadors, to a Broadway play Wednesday night. He also brought President Donald Trump’s daughter and close adviser, Ivanka Trump. The show they attended, called “Come From Away,” focuses on Gander, a

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International, USA

Russians Paid Ex-Trump Security Aide Flynn $68,000

Michael Flynn, the retired Army lieutenant general whom U.S. President Donald Trump ousted as his national security adviser in February, was paid nearly $68,000 by Russian interests in 2015, according to newly released documents. The amount that Flynn received, higher than previously known, largely came from a $45,386 fee he was paid by the Kremlin-funded

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International, USA

Israeli military confirms jet strikes on several targets in Syria

Overnight Thursday, Syria and Israel engaged in the most serious incident between the two countries since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war six years ago, as Israeli Air Force Planes struck several targets in Syria. In response, the Assad regime deployed air defense systems and fired a number of missiles toward Israeli jets. None

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Middle East