By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — During my college years, I sang with the Men’s Glee Club, mostly classic vocals and many freedom songs inspired by the still lingering memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The preacher was gone six years when the club crossed the Mason-Dixon line from Cincinnati for a grand […]
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –AJC applauds the introduction of bipartisan legislation amending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 so that it will continue to ensure fair treatment of all voters. “Voting rights are a foundation of democracy,” said Richard Foltin, AJC Director of National and Legislative Affairs. “The Voting Rights Act remains an important bulwark
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USAFirst of Two Parts By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Despite the recent conventional wisdom that America “could not drill itself out of energy dependence,” North America is estimated to be on the verge of doing just that. I believe that this fact is having important consequences for America’s foreign policy and Israel’s perpetually
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Middle East, Steve KramerIsrael summons four envoys over European criticism of Israeli construction (JNS.org) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday summoned ambassadors to Israel from Britain, France, Italy, and Spain, in response to those countries’ reprimanding of Israeli envoys for the Jewish state’s announcement of the planned construction of 1,400 new residential units beyond the 1967 lines.
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Warning: The following isn’t nice. The liberal moaning and wailing has begun. The circumstances of the referendum on Egypt’s new constitution, the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, and what appears to be the impending crackdown on Hamas have produced calls for “inclusion” and “democratic norms,” and the denunciation of the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) on Thursday, January 16, applauded Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and John Conyers (D-MI) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for introducing a bipartisan, bicameral update to the Voting Rights Act. The JCPA urged Congress to consider this critical legislation quickly and ensure that every
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu returned to Israel a short while ago after meeting Thursday, Jan. 16, in Amman with King Abdullah II of Jordan. The meeting was not previously announced. PM Netanyahu and King Abdullah discussed recent developments in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. According to the Prime
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By Rafael Medoff/JNS.org For American Jews, the birthday of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an occasion to recall the impressive Jewish contributions to the movement for African-American civil rights—from the Jewish Freedom Riders such as Schwerner and Goodman, to the rabbis who marched with Dr. King, to the Jewish attorneys who
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By Philip Carmel BRUSSELS (WJC) — In depressing late-1970’s Britain, one of life’s little pleasures was watching the young West Bromwich Albion soccer team with Laurie Cunningham running down the flanks, Cyrille Regis popping in the goals and Remi Moses kicking lumps out of opposing mid-fielders. West Brom were different than other clubs. Maybe they
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), has been forced to defend herself after a report of her split with other leading pro-Israel Democrats who support legislation for increased sanctions on Iran. The Washington Free Beacon, citing undisclosed sources, recently reported
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USAIron Dome intercepts five Gaza rockets fired at Ashkelon (JNS.org) The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted five Gaza rockets fired at Ashkelon on Thursday. In response, the Israel Air Force made “direct hits” on four terror targets in northern Gaza, the Jerusalem Post reported. Earlier in the week, Hamas fired rockets at Israel on
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The indiscreet and disparaging comments about John Kerry’s endeavor to bring peace to Palestinians and Israelis, and about Kerry as a person, by Moshe Ya’alon, Israel’s minister of defense, did a lot of damage to US-Israel relations. It was tellingly reflected in the angry reactions from the White House and from
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WASHINGTON (SDJW) — U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) on Wednesday, Jan. 15, called on her colleagues to let the Obama administration continue on course in its nuclear negotiations with Iran, and not to adopt legislation that provides for new sanctions should those negotiations fail. Her speech was promptly criticized by the Republican Jewish Coalition as
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC (American Jewish Committee) continues to be deeply concerned about Iran’s motives in negotiations with the U.S. and five other world powers over its nuclear program. Ahead of Monday’s start date for the six-month interim agreement between Iran and the P5+1, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared in a tweet that “the
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