By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The Three Stooges of Mar-a-Lago launched a hate-fest that is hardly the first that is directed at Jews. Nor are Republicans alone in enabling antisemitism in America. Democrats have been restrained in responding to antisemites in their own ranks and advocacy groups have failed to deter antisemites and other […]
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
By Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg and Rabbi Sam Michaelson The news about Donald Trump’s dinner meeting with his friend Kanye West (Ye) created more problems than Trump might have expected. West brought two people Trump did not know—Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes—to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Trump insisted that he only did so because Kanye
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Opinion, USA
(JNS) The University of Haifa held its first international interfaith conference last week, hosting more than 50 religious figures and academics. The JCM (Jews, Christians, Muslims) Conference included participants from Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Turkey, Albania, Greece, England, Ireland and Germany. “We live in a highly religious region, where religious leaders wield
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International, Israel, Middle East
Published by AFP The Hague (AFP) – TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying she was killed by Israeli forces. The Qatar-based channel said it had “unearthed new evidence” on the death of the Palestinian-American, shot while covering an Israel army
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By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Prospects of the Israeli government are frightening. Itamar Ben-Gvir will head the Ministry of Public Security, which might be expanded to include the Border Police, and Bezalel Smotrich will have two years as Minister of Finance. In that post, he’ll be given control over Jewish settlements in the West
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Sunday to oppose Israeli settlements or annexation in the West Bank, but promised to judge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming government by actions and not personalities. Netanyahu is expected to return to power after sealing a coalition deal with the extreme-right movements
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Israel
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin and Israeli contractor Rafael have teamed up to create a high-energy laser weapon system, based on a technology already under development in Israel that could be market ready next year. The idea, the companies said on Monday, is to produce a version of the
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Israel
Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will address rising antisemitism in a roundtable event with Jewish leaders on Wednesday focused on attacks against Jews across the United States and how to combat hate. The White House did not say which leaders from the Jewish community would attend the event, hosted by second
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USA
Published by Reuters (Reuters) -Nike Inc said on Monday it has cut ties with Kyrie Irving, a month after suspending its relationship with the Brooklyn Nets star in the aftermath of his promotion of an anti-Semitic documentary. Irving faced heavy criticism after he posted a link to the 2018 documentary film on Twitter in late
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USA
Published by Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Iran’s clerical rulers are likely to survive protests sweeping the country and could stay in power for years, the chief analyst for Israeli military intelligence said on Monday, prompting his commander to predict the enemy regime would eventually fall. Locked in a Cold War-style conflict with Iran,
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Middle East
(JNS) For the fourth straight year, hundreds of students from Jewish day schools and Hebrew schools across the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and even Poland are learning about the care, rehabilitation and advancement of children with severe disabilities by creating unique “Sensory Chanukah Cards” that will lift the spirits of their peers at ADI,
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International, Israel, Jewish Religion, USA
San Francisco State historian Marc Dollinger said only one Jewish group – the Reform rabbis of San Francisco – publicly objected to the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The rest of the organized Jewish community acquiesced to the imprisonment of these innocent American citizens, Dollinger said during the 18th annual Mimi Epstein Memorial Lecture at Temple Isaiah on Sunday, Dec. 4, here. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Published by Chicago Tribune “We will stand up to hatred and bullying wherever it rears its head.” Such was the message at the 2016 Risa K. Lambert Luncheon, Chicago’s massive fundraiser for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. That same season, Donald Trump was running his first presidential campaign, which was fueled with language and policy
Published by Relaxnews By Olivier DOULIERY / AFP Elon Musk kicked Kanye West off Twitter on Friday “for incitement to violence,” after the rapper posted a picture that appeared to show a swastika interlaced with a Star of David. Elon Musk kicked Kanye West off Twitter on Friday “for incitement to violence,” after the rapper
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USA