WASHINGTON, December 14, 2016 – The Fed has just announced what investors have long expected. With Election 2016 over and done with (more or less), the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has unanimously voted to increase its target interest rate range from the current 0.25-0.50 percent to a new range of 0.50-0.75 percent, effective on […]
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USAWASHINGTON — As widely rumored for a week, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday gave his nod to Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel taking the reins of the GOP national committee next year. The Republican National Committee — a 168-member body that coordinates national platforms, fundraising and policies for the party — put out
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Even if we don’t theologically celebrate Christmas, we in the Jewish community honor and venerate the true meaning and implication of this national holiday season. This year, there is a complete calendar intertwining; the first light of Hanukkah will be lit on Christmas Eve. Though the December holiday
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By Alanna Sobel (c) National Park Foundation Near Oyster Bay on the North Shore of Long Island, you can walk in the footsteps of the 26th President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt’s “Summer White House,” as it was affectionately known, is called Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in the park world. Heirlooms, hunting trophies,
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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As the widow of billionaire Carnival Cruise Lines founder Ted Arison, Lin Arison has had the chance to travel wherever she wants to around the world. The Carnival Corporation owns not only Carnival Cruise Lines, but such other cruise lines as Princess Cruises, Cunard Lines, Holland-America, Seabourn Cruises,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Travel and FoodFrance has decided to postpone its international peace conference aimed at resuming talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), Channel 10 News reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the PA envoy to France said that France informed the Palestinians that the peace conference, originally scheduled to take place later this month, has been
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International, Middle EastIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday was welcomed at the presidential palace in Astana by an honor guard and the national anthems of both countries. Netanyahu then held a private meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, followed by an expanded meeting. This is the first visit to Kazakhstan by an Israeli Prime Minister. The
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International, Middle EastKenya is giving serious thought to withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC). During a public address Monday for Kenya’s Independence day celebrations, the country’s president gave the clearest sign yet it may be headed out of the ICC. President Uhuru Kenyatta said the government will consider two motions passed by parliament for Kenya’s withdrawal
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InternationalDeputy Mayor of Jerusalem Ofer Berkovitch turned to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kachlon, saying the Israeli government should move the offices it maintains in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, before President-elect Donald Trump moves the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital city. Berkovitch, who also serves as chairman of
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Middle East, USARussian President Vladimir Putin has revealed that judo is his “first love” ahead of a presidential visit to Japan. In an interview with Japanese state media ahead of his visit, transcribed by the Kremlin, Putin was cheerful and keen to showcase his fondness for Japan—he greeted journalists with his four-year-old Japanese Akita dog, Yume. When
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International, Sports & CompetitionsAuthor Elizabeth Bettina wrote her book, I t Happened in Italy, to highlight “the goodness” of the Italian people in protecting Jews during the Holocaust. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bettina Hadassah members serving on the program committee included, from left, Judy Tabak, Judi Harrison, Aimee Braverman, Judy Slutzky, and Rena Kallman. Photo by Debra Rubin On
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International, Jewish HistoryMember of terror group’s political bureau boasts of military capabilities, praises leadership under which he claims ‘nobody has died of hunger or anything’ By Times of Israel staff Hamas political bureau member Fathi Hammad speaks to Al-Aqsa TV, December 8, 2016. (Screenshot/MEMRI) A senior Hamas official said that the terror group has built a so-called
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Middle EastThe academic pair, who hit it off over their mutual love of Tanach, will each represent their home countries of Canada and the US in the upcoming Jerusalem-based competition By Cathryn J. Prince NEW YORK — This married couple is most definitely not on the same team and they couldn’t be happier. On December 28,
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International, Middle EastRabbi Yehuda Kelemer, 70, a prominent figure in the West Hempstead Jewish community in Long Island, New York was seriously injured Monday night in a hit-and-run accident just outside of his synagogue. The incident occurred at approximately 7:35 p.m. local time on Monday, as Rabbi Kelemer was crossing the street on Hempstead Avenue, just across
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