By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Corporal Diego Tapia, 28, is not your typical IDF soldier. Born a Catholic in Bogota, Colombia, Diego discovered Judaism during his research in university, converted and immigrated to Israel. After completing tree years of study in Yeshiva in Jerusalem he enlisted in the IDF. Last Wednesday was a unique […]
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International, Middle East
NEW YORK (Press Release) –AJC is enraged by a Polish lawmaker’s claim that Holocaust-era restitution by Poland should cease. MP Slawomir Kopycinski, of the Europa Plus party, called the Regulatory Commission for Jewish Communities “the fourth partition of Poland,” and said the government body should be shut. “Mr. Kopycinski’s claims are specious and completely divorced from
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InternationalBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Years ago, my elder daughter, graduating this week with an honors Master’s Degree from New York University, found herself once again treated like a vassal while working in the highly-pressurized, grueling environment of the city’s restaurants. Never one to shun hard labor and long hours, she and her
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USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — The Israel Ministry of Tourism is investing approximately NIS 10 million ($2.9 million) in marketing initiatives and infrastructure projects before, during and after the visit of Pope Francis to Israel, on May 25-26 May. The marketing investment is centered around the dedicated website for the Catholic Pilgrim (www.holyland-pilgrimage.org), including
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Middle East
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM–Over and above the scandal and shenanigans surrounding the prosecution, trial and eventual conviction for accepting bribes and betraying the voters’ trust by the erstwhile mayor of Jerusalem and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his associates is the very material existence of the building that lies at the heart of
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel is a fascinating place, a hot house of domestic and international pressures. The cities we recently visited in Italy are more peaceful, and the wine good and not expensive, but I’m too old to learn Italian. We recently experienced incidents on three of the cultural boundaries that are always
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)–U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) have criticized as far less than deserved the $35 million fine leveled against General Motors for failing to disclose safety defects in the ignition and airbag interface in 2,190,934 vehicles on the roads of the United States. The lack of disclosure
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USA
By Gabriel Rochelle/JNS.org MESILLA, New Mexico — I was in one of those big boxes in another city, waiting for a prescription. After wandering around for a few minutes, I sat down across the aisle from the pharmacy on one of the benches kindly provided by the store. I was wearing my cassock and vest
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Jewish Religion, USA
By David Bedein When the Pope visits UNRWA Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, he will see murals on the walls of a UN facility that glorify homicide killers who died in the act of murder. These pictures were photographed in Deheishe on May 10, 2014 A monument ALL OF PALESTINE hovers over Deheishe. Deheishe
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Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India, with Narendra Modi of Gujarat set to become that country’s next prime minister, is being greeted with interest and curiosity in the United States. The White House said that President Barack Obama called Modi on Friday, May 16, to congratulate him on his
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International, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined several U.S. Senators and Representatives today in urging the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, to bring more fairness to struggling students by establishing clear standards of eligibility for “undue hardship” discharge of federal student loans in bankruptcy. In a letter sent by Congressman Cohen, U.S.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama at dedication ceremonies Thursday, May 15, of a museum dedicated to the memories of victims and honor of first-responders after the 9-11, 2001 terrorist attacks. THE PRESIDENT: Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo, honored guests, families of the fallen. In those awful
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USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of comments made by Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Jerusalem on Friday, May 16, prior to their formal meeting. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Mr. Secretary, Chuck, welcome to Jerusalem. I’d like to express my deep appreciation and that of the people of
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– On the 60th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) celebrates the historic breakthrough in May 1954 and everlasting impact of that case and ruling. AJC Executive Director David Harris issued the following statement: “The ‘self-evident’ claim of the
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USA