Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton told The Jewish Week in an interview on Tuesday that “it is unfair to put the onus on Israel” for the lack of progress on the Middle East peace front. In a signal to Jewish voters she would be more openly supportive of Israel and tougher on Iran than President […]
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By Ezra Friedlander BROOKLYN, New York — A regular Tuesday turned into an exciting day for the children and staff of Shema Kolainu (Hear Our Voices) School & Center for Children with Autism, as Dr. Joshua Weinstein, CEO & Founder, welcomed and led Governor and Presidential candidate, John Kasich on a tour of the school! During Governor Kasich’s visit, he
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A poster from the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, made the rounds on U.S. campuses recently. It reads: “White man: are you sick and tired of the Jews destroying your country through mass immigration and degeneracy? Join us in the struggle for global white supremacy at the Daily Stormer.” If I had seen that poster
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International, Middle EastIsrael urges Passover travelers to avoid Turkey, crowded places in Europe (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Ahead of the Passover holiday, with more than 1 million Israelis preparing to jet off for vacations abroad, the Counterterrorism Bureau in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office updated its semiannual travel warnings to include 34 countries and 10 regions. Given
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is the leader of Israel’s Likud party. Currently, Heinz-Christian Strache, the head of Austria’s notoriously anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic Freedom Party, is visiting Israel as the invited guest of Likud. The prime minister is also the acting foreign minister. That ministry strongly objects to Strache’s visit and
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO — Stav Shaffir, a member of the Zionist Union party, said Tuesday evening that too many financial transactions authorized by Israel’s ruling government coalition are hidden from the public, and would not withstand scrutiny if light were shined upon them. Among the most notable examples, she
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Donald H. Harrison, Ken Stone, Middle East, San Diego County, Shor M. MasoriSenate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley told Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland to his face Tuesday that the Senate won’t consider his nomination. Over breakfast, the Iowa Republican “explained why the Senate won’t be moving forward during this hyper-partisan election year,” his office said. The statement added that Mr. Grassley “thanked Judge Garland for his service,”
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USAOpposition leader Isaac Herzog on Tuesday said he will cooperate with any police investigation into his election financing irregularities in an effort to bring a probe to a close “as soon as possible.” The Zionist Union leader was responding to reports on Monday night that police were seeking to question him under caution on graft
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A Palestinian Arab author condemned anti-Semitism last month, Palestinian Media Watch reports Tuesday – defying, on Palestinian Authority (PA) official television, the constant undercurrent of hatred against Jews the PA instills in its national consciousness. “The world is trying to split us apart,” author Ounallah Abu Safieh stated in a March 14 interview. In his
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastHigh jumper Gretel Bergmann was a gold medal contender in the high jump for the 1936 Olympics but dropped from the German team because she was a Jew. A man disguised as a woman took her place. Now Bergmann celebrates her 102nd birthday, accepting but not forgiving what happened under the Nazi regime. New York/Dusseldorf
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International, Sports & Competitions
Latvia News Agency Content provided by Asianet-Pakistan WASHINGTON, D.C. (LETA) — Latvia will always remember the victims of the Holocaust, said Saeima speaker Inara Murniece (National Alliance) when visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “The Holocaust is an incomprehensible tragedy of the Jewish nation and the Latvian history. The memory of the Holocaust victims
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International, Jewish HistoryBy Adam Clark Displayed with permission from NJ.com TRENTON, New Jersey — The state Board of Education this week approved a list of religous holidays in the upcoming school year on which schools must allow excused absences. The list, updated annually, includes more than 100 holidays for the 2016-17. Students celebrating those holidays must present a
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Egypt informed Israel in advance of its intention to transfer the sovereignty over two islands in the Gulf of Aqaba to Saudi Arabia, Haaretz reported Monday night. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had ceded the Sanafir and Tiran islands, off the coast of Eilat, to Saudi Arabia. The two islands provide Israel’s only access to
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Middle EastDefense Minister Moshe Ya’alon will not be leaving Likud despite threats and incitement against him, he stated to the press Tuesday evening. “There are among us kippah-wearers [i.e. national-religious Jews – ed.], some not – but there certainly are many who have wished evil upon us,” Ya’alon began. “We nevertheless will continue to lead the
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