International

Menorah dispute, JCC bomb scare roil community

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A bomb scare delayed the opening of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, the same day local newspapers reported a dispute between the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot over the former’s request for permission to erect a menorah on the base […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

Netanyahu lands in Australia

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife landed in Australia on Tuesday evening Israel time (Wednesday morning Australia time) after a visit to Singapore. The Prime Minister will meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and with Israeli and Australian business people. Afterwards, he will attend a large event with Australian Jewish community leaders at

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International, Middle East

Israeli soldier sentence triggers Palestinian anger

Palestinian outrage to soldier sentence A “green light” for “executions” No immediate comment from Netanyahu Not clear if lawyers plan to appeal Palestinians have reacted with outrage to the 18-month prison sentence handed down to an Israeli soldier who killed a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant. The trial has been one of the most divisive

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Middle East

Trump finally denounces anti-Semitic attacks, but is it enough?

WASHINGTON — Days after he declined to denounce anti-Semitism, President Donald Trump finally condemned the reported increase in anti-Semitism in the United States that has been linked to his political rise. But it wasn’t enough. Trump was immediately pressed to speak more forcefully about the issue and to take specific steps to tackle hate crime

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USA

DHS cancels Obama policies, orders agents to expand deportations

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly officially ordered federal agents this week to begin arresting and deporting more illegal immigrants, releasing them from the handcuffs the Obama administration had imposed, and making headway on one of President Trump’s chief campaign promises. While young adult illegal immigrant “Dreamers” are still exempted, agents were told there are

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International, USA

Hillary Clinton Demands President Condemn Jewish Threats

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton condemned a string of anti-Semitic incidents and demanded President Donald Trump do the same when she took to Twitter Tuesday. In her tweet, Clinton referenced a series of bomb threats that targeted Jewish Community Centers throughout the country Monday. Jewish Community Centers in 10 states were evacuated in response

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USA

Ivanka Trump speaks out after a rise of anti-Semitic acts across the country

After a weekend in which Jewish Community Centers and graveyards in many states were vandalized, Ivanka Trump spoke out. RELATED: Yet another major retailer has dropped Ivanka Trump’s line from its website The elder daughter of the President of the United States converted to Judaism after she married her husband, White House senior staffer Jared

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USA

Russia’s U.N. envoy Churkin dies suddenly in New York

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin addresses members of the U.N. Security Council during a meeting about the Ukraine situation, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, March 6, 2015. [FILE PHOTO/Agencies] Russia’s combative ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at

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International, USA