By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO– Regarding the recent vote by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to join the BDS – a.k.a. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel: Perhaps the most sarcastic among us should be saying, with a quasi-sincere heart, “congratulations!” Your organization has finally bitten the poisoned apple, a process of seduction which has been […]
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –When word came, like an advancing nightmare, that three Jewish teenagers had been abducted in the West Bank—a tortured, biblical landscape of stony hills and olive groves—we held little faith that they would ever see their parents again. Old men, so many of them wearing the garb of piety
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — “If indeed an Arab youth has been murdered for nationalistic motives, this is a horrifying, shocking act. There is no difference in blood. Murder is murder, whatever one’s nationality or age. There is no justification, no forgiveness and no atonement for any murder whatsoever.” These are not the
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Immigration, Civil Rights and the murder of a Palestinian teenager were among the preoccupations of Jewish members (names in boldface type) of Congress in the week leading up to the nation’s Independence Day holiday on July 4th. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) released a statement on efforts to address the humanitarian
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, urged Congress to find an immediate fix that would replenish the Highway Trust Fund before the current authorization expires. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrote a letter to transportation officials in all 50 states warning them
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NORTH HAVEN, Connecticut (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) stopped by a Target store here, and bought his favorite candy to commend Target Corporation on its recent decision to adopt a no-guns policy prohibiting customers from carrying guns in its stores, including stores in states with open-carry laws. _____________________________________________ Keeping Up With Jewish
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — Maurice Sosnowski, the head of the Belgian Jewish community umbrella group COOJB, has warned that European Jews should brace for further terrorist attacks. In an interview with the Israeli newspaper ‘Haaretz’, Sosnowski said “every Jewish community in the world today has to be prepared for such a kind of incident.” Citing terrorism
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BRUSSELS (WJC)– The World Jewish Congress on Thursday lent its support for the creation of a special committee of the newly elected European Parliament to fight extremism and anti-Semitism and praised German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for taking the lead on this matter. “It would be more just a symbolic gesture if the European lawmakers
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week With a little more than a year until convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is eligible for parole, a group of nine prominent legal scholars has sent a letter to President Barack Obama arguing for Pollard’s early release. The group of scholars and professors at top universities—led by Harvard Law
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — Children around the world have begun their summer vacation this week; many will attend camps, experiencing the riches of life summer can offer. They will play, do arts and crafts or go to the pool. The summer camps in Gaza offer a different kind of summer experience. This year,
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Middle EastGaza rockets strike several houses in Sderot (JNS.org) A barrage of 13 rockets from Gaza pounded Israel’s southern communities on Thursday, July 3. Overnight and in the early morning hours, six rockets hit the city of Sderot alone, with three of those rockets hitting houses in the city. No injuries were reported, but the blasts
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Soon after finding the bodies of three young men, right wing politicians and activists called for the death penalty, large scale aggression against Hamas and other Palestinians, in order to solve the problem of terror once and for all. The killing of three young men touched a lot of Israelis,
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By Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — I know you are worried about what’s going on in Israel. I am too. Israel buried three teenagers who were kidnapped and murdered. It was a devastating act perpetuated by extremists determined to shed innocent blood and to provoke further conflict. Even while the funeral was going on Tuesday,
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Middle EastWASHINGTON. D.C. (Press Release) – With recent data showing an increase in sexual assaults on college campuses across the nation, U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) is taking steps to make colleges safer. “Colleges and universities are places of learning and mentoring. Students should feel safe on campus in their academic pursuits as they work
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