WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement on Tuesday, June 10, at the hearing on “Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part One.” “With colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I am developing […]
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Ted Deutch (D-Florida), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement after joining Subcommittee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) on a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry questioning the U.S. decision to work with a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas and
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, on Tuesday, June 10, joined Attorney General Eric Holder in urging the U.S. Sentencing Commission to make certain non-violent drug offenders eligible for reduced sentences if they are incarcerated in federal prisons under
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) wrote a letter to President Obama on Tuesday, June 10, urging him to issue an executive order that would implement new standards – modeled on legislation introduced by Boxer in December 2013 – to help ensure that people held in immigration detention and processing facilities
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Democratic U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (California), Dick Durbin (Illinois), Tom Harkin (Iowa, Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Jack Reed (Rhode Island) and Edward J. Markey (Massachusetts) on Tuesday, June 10, urged the Department of Transportation to finally prohibit the use of e-cigarettes on airplanes. DOT first proposed a ban more
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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut.) on Tuesday, June 10, joined Connecticut Borinqueneers Celestino Cordova of New Haven and Jose Pickard of Wethersfield at a White House signing ceremony of a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the renowned 65th Infantry Regiment. The segregated military unit, whose members were known as
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USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman left today on a 10-day “strategic visit” to Rwanda, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ethiopia and Kenya. FM Liberman will be joined by a delegation from the Israel Export Institute that will include representatives from some 50 Israeli companies, with the goal of of developing
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ROME (Press Release)–Israel’s President Shimon Peres, at a ceremony here on Monday, June 9, bestowed the Presidential Medal of Distinction upon Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The award is the highest civilian honor in Israel. The ceremony took place the day after President Peres attended the joint event in the Vatican hosted by Pope Francis
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International, Middle EastBy Anav Silverman NEW YORK – In honor of the World Autism Awareness Day, the artwork of Israeli children with autism is being showcased in a unique exhibition called “Speaking Colors” at the UN Headquarters in New York. The exhibition opening will take place on Tuesday, June 10, with the attendance of UN Secretary General Ban
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy J.J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — I just came back from attending – for the first time – the J Street National Symposium in San Francisco, and I find myself still scratching my head. I’m not sure where to start, so please bear with me as this will be somewhat of a hodge-podge of impressions
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Middle East, USAIsraeli public schools seek to integrate Wikipedia into curriculum (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A new initiative promoted by the Israeli Education Ministry seeks to have public school students produce Wikipedia entries. The program was recently suggested during a meeting between Education Minister Shay Piron and Wikimedia Foundation Chairman Jan-Bart de Vreede, with the Education Ministry
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International, Middle East, USABy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –This is the second part of my review of Israel’s achievements during the seven weeks I was absent from the blog scene. The recent Jewish festival of Shavuot (Pentacost) showed us the proper way to treat those less fortunate than us. There were many examples of that principle in the
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ATHENS (WJC) — Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ choice of new health minister has come under criticism by the local Jewish community. Samaras last week appointed Makis Voridis, a man accused of promoting anti-Semitic views and who considers France’s Jean-Marie Le Pen a mentor and friend, as new minister for health. The 49-year-old Voridis ran
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) –Reuven Rivlin was elected Tuesday, June 10, by the Knesset as Israel’s tenth president. One after the other, 119 Members of Knesset cast their confidential ballot for one of the five candidates. No one candidate received the required 61 votes, and so a second round between Rivlin who came in
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