WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28, President Obama addressed in detail the issues that are at the heart of APN’s mission and activities. APN’s President and CEO Debra DeLee offered the following comments on the address: “In his State of the Union — his […]
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International
BRUSSELS (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) hosted 30 young Jewish professionals from 18 different countries for a two-day training session in diplomacy and outreach. Core members of the Jewish Diplomatic Corps, a program of the WJC, met in the European capital to learn about the art of building and nurturing relationships with diplomats.
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International
GOLAN HEIGHTS, Israel (TNA) –For the past three years a brutal civil war has been waged in Syria. The main victims of this internal conflict are the Syrian civilians themselves. According to the United Nations, at least 120,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting over the past three years. Since the outbreak of the
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Middle East
WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- The National Jewish Democratic Council on Wednesday, Jan. 29, congratulated President Obama on a visionary and practical State of the Union address delivered the day before. NJDC Executive Director, Rabbi Jack Moline said: “The President’s agenda- environmental responsibility, protection of voting rights, educational excellence, immigration reforms and financial security for all
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan. 29, highlighted the danger of proselytizing and harassment within the U.S. military and called for effective, uniform guidance promoting religious respect. The League submitted its statement to the “Religious Accommodations in the Armed Services” hearing before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel. ADL
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Sarah Netanyahu’s reputed objections to Naftali Bennett joining her husband’s government – after the near-spectacular success of Bennett’s Habayit Hayehudi party in last year’s elections – may have been vindicated, even though her opposition was personal and the present rift between the prime minister and Bennett is ideological and political.
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Middle EastIsraeli-Palestinian conflict talks a ‘non-issue,’ says Ya’alon (JNS.org) The current U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations are a “non-issue,” Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Tuesday at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Tel Aviv. “The Palestinian subject is a non-issue,” Ya’alon said. “Behind closed doors the Palestinian issue does not even come up. In
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InternationalWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- The Jewish Council for Public Affairs welcomed President Obama’s support for unemployment insurance as part of the robust agenda to increase opportunity that he described tonight in his State of the Union address. In addition to extending unemployment insurance to those out of work the longest, a priority of the organized
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USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) On Tuesday, Jan. 28, welcomed the statement issued by Scarlett Johansson on her role as a spokesperson for the Israeli company SodaStream, and commended her “principled opposition” to the anti-Israel BDS movement. As a reaction to the recent SodaStream announcement that Johansson will appear in their new Super
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Middle East
NEW YORK (Press Release) –Jack Rosen, president of American Jewish Congress has thanked Members of the House of Representatives who signed on to the bipartisan letter opposing the American Studies Association (ASA) vote calling for an academic boycott of Israel. “AJCongress is in full support of the Members who stand with those who believe in
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USA
By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org BOSTON–The Ruderman Family Foundation on Monday, Jan. 27, announced that Dr. Michael Ashley Stein, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and an internationally recognized expert on disability rights, will receive the inaugural $100,000 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion. Stein is the co-founder and executive director of the Harvard Law School
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Jacob Kamaras, USASyrian opposition, Lebanese military blame Israel for strike on S-300 missiles (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) On Monday, Syrian opposition groups and the Lebanese military claimed that Israeli Air Force planes bombed S-300 missile launchers in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Sunday night. The S-300 is an advanced Russian anti-aircraft system. Despite the claims,
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International, San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Uncertainty, and overdeveloped egos in high places are two realities of politics. First, uncertainties. They prevail in the competitive world of politics. Even the banal stuff of domestic policy can set the commentators wondering about what comes next. Currently the Middle East is in worse shape than the local squabbles
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Editor’s Note: Following is a summary report by an Iran Task Force co-chaired by Ambassadors Eric Edelman and Dennis Ross that was issued Monday, Jan. 27, by the Gemunder Center of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Preventing a nuclear-capable Iran remains the most pressing national security challenge
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