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How ordinary consumers can help stop Iran

By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. –At the moment, the world remains unsure what deal may yet emerge from negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Iran’s R-265 spheroidal three-stage warheads are almost ready to load into Teheran’s Shahab-3 missile nosecones. The Shabab-3 missiles, remonikered from their North Korean origin, are designed to airburst at a […]

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Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USA

Hackers threaten April 7 assault on Jewish websites

NEW YORK (Press Release)–International hackers are setting their sights on Jewish and Israeli targets as part of what has become an annual anti-Israel cyber-attack campaign. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which is tracking cyber campaigns against Jewish and Israeli targets around the world, issued a security advisory this week to Jewish institutions in the U.S. about

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Schiff to read names of Armenian genocide victims

WASHINGTON, DC  (Press Release)– Rep. Adam Schiff (D-California) has announced that on April 22nd, for an entire hour on the House Floor, he will read the names of a small fraction of the 1.5 million people killed during the Armenian Genocide. Congressman Schiff invites the descendants of Genocide victims — in his district and around the nation — to submit

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Middle East, USA

79 House members urge 2-State solution

(Editor’s Note:  Names are boldfaced for members of the Jewish community in the list below.)   WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release) – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NewYork) and 78 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama encouraging the president to continue working towards a two-state solution. Congressman Nadler said, “The two state solution is the hallmark

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Middle East, USA

Cardin named to top Foreign Relations spot

Editor’s Note: In the wake of Sen Robert Menendez’s (D-New Jersey) indictment on a charge of bribery, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has named Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) as Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. WASHINGTON (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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International, Middle East, USA

Nazi looted Pissarro painting to be returned to owner

BERLIN (WJC)–The German government said Wednesday that a Camille Pissarro painting from the trove hoarded by the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt had been looted by the Nazis and would be returned to its rightful owner’s descendants. The taskforce entrusted with checking the provenance of the 1,500 works left by Gurlitt, who died in May 2014,

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International, Jewish History

Company declines to insure Jewish k’garten

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is outraged by a Belgian insurance company’s refusal to renew insurance for a Jewish kindergarten in Brussels. The firm denied the school’s request, saying “it is too risky to insure a Jewish kindergarten these days,” Rabbi Menachem Margolin, director of the European Jewish Association, told AJC on

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