International

Blumenthal praises NTSB’s railroad safety recs

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) released on Monday, May 19, the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Metro-North urging the agency and railroad to remove an exemption that lets busy commuter railroads inspect their tracks several at a […]

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USA

Engel: Russian persecution of Crimean Tartars continues

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-New York)  released the following statement commemorating the 70th anniversary of the deportation of more than 200,000 Crimean Tatars from their homeland in Crimea. “Seven decades ago, more than 200,000 Crimean Tatars were forced from their homeland in Crimea by Soviet forces. Nearly half of those

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International, USA

Levin: Action needed to prevent Chinese cyber- theft

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement Monday, May 19, after a federal grand jury in Pennsylvania handed down an indictment of five Chinese military hackers accused of breaking into the computer systems of U.S. companies to steal valuable commercial information: “Commercial cyber

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International, USA

Schumer joins drive to name Jackie Robinson home an historic landmark of Brooklyn, New York

NEW YORK (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, joined by City Councilman Jumaane Williams, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and other advocates, on Monday, May 19, urged the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission to reverse course on its decision and designate the home at 5224 Tilden Avenue in East Flatbush, once occupied by Jackie Robinson, as

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Wyden applauds decision ending gay marriage ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)  issued the following statement in response to a U.S. District Court’s decision to strike down Oregon’s ban on gay marriage: “Judge Michael McShane’s decision marks a significant moment in Oregon’s civil rights history, and it’s an important step toward equal rights for all Americans. “Every American

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USA

Hadassah, Young Judaea name Leaders of Tomorrow

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (HWZOA), and Young Judaea have inaugurated a  Leaders of Tomorrow Award for Young Women.  This highly selective merit-based award gives two high school women the opportunity to receive full tuition for a four-week Young Judaea Teen Summer Program in Israel.   With this gift, these young

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Middle East, USA

AJC sends Sam Kliger to Kiev; Jewish Policy Center names Scheinmann as director of policy

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The American Jewish Committee announced that Sam Kliger, its director of Russian Jewish community affairs and a top expert on the former Soviet Union, will spend the next several months in Kiev to serve as the global advocacy organization’s representative to the Ukrainian Jewish community, government and civil society. “Sam has the

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International, USA

Foxman urges graduates to practice Tikkun Olam

BOSTON (Press Release) — Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman urged Suffolk University Law School graduates to use their legal expertise to recognize injustice and to be courageous enough to speak out against bias in a commencement speech May 17 at the Citi Performing Arts Center-Wang Theatre in Boston’s Theatre District. Foxman asked graduates to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

TAU honors Brazil’s former President Fernando Cardoso

      TEL AVIV (Press Release) — In a lively ceremony during Tel Aviv University’s annual Board of Governors Meeting, the university conferred its most distinguished award — the degree of Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa — on former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso and six outstanding leaders from diverse disciplines. The recipients were individually

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Elie Wiesel’s boyhood home opened as museum

  SIGHET,  Romania (Press Release)– The first public Holocaust education center in Romania opened Sunday, May 18, in the pre-war childhood home of Nobel Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, with special events in his hometown of Sighet. The “Holocaust Cellar” became a new feature of the existing Holocaust museum, in the old Jewish Ghetto of Sighet in Maramures

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International, Jewish History

China’s vice premier recalls Jewish doctor of Shanghai during visit to Israel; honors Dr. Jacob Rosenfeld

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday morning (19 May 2014), in his Jerusalem office, with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong. Following are their remarks: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: I’m very pleased to welcome Vice Premier of China, Liu Yandong, to Jerusalem. Madam Liu, it’s a pleasure to see you here

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Two U.S. Congress members tour Judea and Samaria

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Since last summer, 16 U.S. Congressmen have visited Judea and Samaria including two recent visitors, Andy Harris (R-Maryland) and Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) who toured the region with the Yesha Council on a Yes! Israel Mission last week. The two members of the U.S. House of Representatives and their wives visited Gush Etzion,

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Middle East, USA