International

For this Venezuelan, Christmas isn’t Christmas without hallaca

It’s that time of year when many Americans turn to time-honored traditions of Christmas carols, eggnog and kissing under the mistletoe. In our search for holiday traditions outside the US, we came across a Venezuelan tradition: Hallaca. Resembling tamales, hallaca is a staple of Venezuelan Christmas. It’s only made during the holiday, says Juan Freitez […]

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International, Travel and Food, USA

‘Ink Master’ Star Clint Cummings Dies At 35

“Ink Master” contestant Clint Cummings died in Texas Friday after a battle with Stage 4 colorectal cancer. He was 35 years old. “Ink Master” host and judge Dave Navarro confirmed Cummings’ untimely death via Twitter. “We have lost a member of the #inkmaster family Friend and cast member Clint Cummings has passed @ArtofClint our prayers

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Carl Paladino, Trump campaign co-chair, in hot seat over anti-Obama remarks

New York businessman and Donald Trump ally Carl Paladino is being urged to resign from his position on the Buffalo School Board after he told a local publication this week that he wants to see President Obama and his wife killed and sent to Africa, respectively. Mr. Paladino, an honorary co-chairman of Mr. Trump’s New

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USA

Humoring the Headlines: December 24, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−This year Hanukkah and Christmas conveniently coincide, but Donald Trump worries about the next four years when he knows wishing Ivanka Merry Christmas may offend her husband Jared. Consequently, he has tasked Jared, who is so Jewish and smart he will negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinians, to create a

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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

UN resolution: No love lost between Netanyahu and Obama

In what many see as a final defiant diplomatic move, US President Barack Obama has allowed a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, a move highlighting the stark deterioration of US-Israeli relations The US abstained from a UN Security Council vote on Friday allowing all remaining 15 members of the Council to pass the first UN

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International, Middle East, USA

Tunisian police arrest nephew of alleged Berlin attacker and two other suspects

Tunisia arrested the nephew of the suspected Berlin truck attacker and two other jihadist suspects who are “connected” to Anis Amri, the interior ministry said Saturday, as German investigators continued their hunt for possible accomplices. A statement said the three suspects, aged between 18 and 27, were arrested on Friday and were members of a

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International, Middle East

Hijacked Libyan plane lands in Malta with 118 people aboard: Media

Updates: 22:53 Hijackers of Libyan plane surrender, detained The two hijackers of a Libyan internal flight have surrendered, searched and taken into custody at the Malta International Airport, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Friday on Twitter. All of the 109 passengers and seven crew members had been released unharmed earlier. The Libyan plane, flying

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International, Middle East

Putin offers cooperation with Trump in Christmas letter

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked to “restore the framework of bilateral cooperation” with the U.S. in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month – which the transition team released Friday. The letter offers Christmas and New Year’s wishes, then Mr. Putin suggests the two nations find a way to get beyond the loggerheads

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International, USA

Sen. Rand Paul singles out National Science Foundation grants as wasteful. Are they?

WASHINGTON — The National Science Foundation might cross Sen. Rand Paul’s name off its Christmas card list next year. The Kentucky Republican, a frequent critic of government spending, released a new list this week of government studies he considers wasteful, and the foundation was naughty, in his estimation. According to his report Wednesday, the foundation

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USA

U.S. abstains on U.N vote that condemns Israeli settlements; measure adopted on 14-0 vote

By Sean Savage/JNS.org UNITED NATIONS, nEW yoRK — With the U.S. abstaining from Friday’s vote, rather than exercising its veto power, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction beyond the 1967 lines. The resolution was put forward Friday by four non-permanent Security Council members—New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal—just a

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International, Middle East, USA

‘The Falconi Effect’ envisions the Third Temple transforming the world

By Susie Rosenbluth TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — The symbol of Jerusalem’s Third Temple and its implications for Messianic Times, including world peace, universal brotherhood, and the end goal of the Jewish mission, looms large in Jewish, Christian, and even some Muslim traditions. According to the Bible, both the First and Second Temples stood on

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle East

Trump and Sisi discuss Middle East peace

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday night spoke with U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump, Sisi’s office said, according to Reuters. The call came hours after the UN Security Council postponed indefinitely a vote on Egypt’s draft resolution denouncing Israeli “settlements”. “During the call they discussed regional affairs and developments in the Middle East and in

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Middle East, USA

‘The fight against anti-Israel UN resolution isn’t over yet’

The delay, perhaps indefinitely, of the UN Security Council vote on an Egyptian-sponsored resolution ordering Israel to cease all “settlement activity” does not mean that the struggle against anti-Israel resolutions at the UN intended to harm Jewish rights in Judea and Samaria is finished, according to Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon. “We are

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International, Middle East, USA