International

Foundation aids World War II rescuers in financial need

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Thousands of non-Jews from across Europe and Eastern Europe saved Jewish lives from the horrors of the Holocaust, placing their lives and the lives of their families at risk. Over 25,000 known non-Jews have been recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” including Christians and Muslims. Today many […]

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International, Jewish History

Kerry’s reported ‘apartheid’ comment draws rebukes

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release) —  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)  said on Monday, April 28,  it was “startled and disappointed” by reports that Secretary of State John Kerry used the highly inappropriate and offensive term “apartheid” to warn what might become of Israel should an agreement not be reached with the Palestinians. Kerry reportedly said that Israel

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Middle East, USA

As violent anti- Semitism declines, verbal variety increases

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM–An annual report on Anti-Semitism worldwide during 2013 was released Sunday, April 27, a day before Israel marks Yom Hashoa, the Holocaust day. The report, compiled by Prof. Dina Porat of the Moshe Kantor database for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the European Jewish

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International

The cantor who rides on an ambucyle to save lives

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — They are a familiar site in Jerusalem and across Israel – United Hatzalah volunteers rushing in their orange vests and red motorcycles to save lives during calls of emergency distress. Each of the 2,100 registered volunteers which include secular Israelis, Ultra-Orthodox, Arabs, settlers, and citizens across the spectrum, carry

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

AJC deplores racist remarks attributed to Sterling

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW) — The American Jewish Committee’s executive director, David Harris, said he was “dismayed” by racist comments attributed to Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and said the NBA should take action against the basketball team owner. While the Jewish organization did not say so in its press release, it’s

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Arab professor visits Auschwitz with his students

By Rabbi  Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The language of empathy is hardwired into the consciousness of many higher mammals.  Human beings share the capacity to experience empathy for others. Of course, human beings are different in one basic respect from the animal kingdom. Whereas empathy is something that is instinctual in the

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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East

APN leader says peace effort pause may be helpful

By Debra DeLee WASHINGTON, D.C. — APN (Americans for Peace Now)’s position is clear: Negotiations are the only route to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the only resolution to this conflict will be a mutually agreed-on two-state solution. However, the past nine months of peace efforts, led with admirable commitment and energy by Secretary of

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Middle East, USA

U.S. should send more Ukraine aid — Levin

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, met on Friday, April 25, with reporters in Kyiv, Ukraine, during a visit there. Following are Levin’s opening remarks as prepared for delivery: “Today I am completing a two-day visit to Ukraine to understand the security situation facing this country. I have met

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International

Dutch plan monument to Holocaust victims

By Dorian De Wind AUSTIN, Texas — Dutch Jews suffered immensely and disproportionately so under the Nazis in World War II. Out of 140,000 Jews living in the Netherlands at the outbreak of the war, some 107,000 Jews were deported to death camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Buchenwald, Treblinka, Belzec and Sobibor. At the

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Dorian de Wind, International, Jewish History

Bill advances for 4-year degrees at comm. colleges

SACRAMENTO (Press Release) — A bill aimed at closing California’s job skills gap by allowing community colleges to offer four-year degrees, where a local workforce need can be documented, was approved Thursday in the Senate Education Committee on an 8-0 bipartisan vote. Senator Marty Block (SD-39), who authored the legislation – SB 850 – described his measure

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Ukraine’s Deputy F.M. calls anti- Semitism ‘barbarism’

NEW YORK (Press Release) – Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky visited AJC headquarters in New York on Friday, April 25, only days after meeting in Kiev with an AJC delegation. Speaking at a breakfast with AJC leaders, including AJC President Stanley Bergman, Lubkivsky spoke passionately about the efforts of the Ukrainian government and people to achieve

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