Following the news that the American Jewish Committee will open an office in Abu Dhabi, the organization hosted United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday at its 2021 AJC Virtual Global Forum. [JNS.org]
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Middle East, USA
Published by Al-Araby Dozens of Iraqis gave blood samples in Baghdad Wednesday as the country carries out a campaign to identify hundreds of victims of the Islamic State group found in a mass grave. The Badush prison massacre was one of the worst crimes IS carried out after it seized control of a third of
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Middle East
Published by Reuters By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s government on Wednesday praised U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris following talks aimed at curbing undocumented immigration, and said another top Biden administration official would visit next week for more discussions. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called Harris an “extraordinary woman” and said bilateral relations had
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International
How does the Black Lives Matter movement find the time and energy to brand Israel as an apartheid and genocidal state and equate its policies with police brutality? And why don’t any BLM members speak up about those among their associates who have diverted attention from the primary issue that inspired the Black Lives Matter campaign? [Bruce S. Ticker]
Black Lives Matter Should Stick to Its Core Issue; Leave Israel Out of It Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USA
Jewish Community Centers and Jewish Community Camps (JCCs) – overnight summer camps in particular – are instituting new wellness safeguards to support both campers and staff, ensuring a successful experience for all. JCC Camps represent the largest network of Jewish camps in North America, at more than 170 sites. Well-being issues also have touched the lives of camp staff members, many of them in later adolescence themselves.. [Mark S. Young]
Lawrence Family JCC, Camp Mountain Chai Participate in National Wellness Program Read More »
Lifestyles, San Diego County, USA
StandWithUs commends the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for rejecting a destructive and one-sided resolution calling for an academic boycott against Israel on Monday, June 7, 2021. GPSA representatives instead voted to form a committee that will include Israeli, Jewish, and Palestinian students who will work together to develop an unbiased resolution that supports both Israeli and Palestinian student communities. [StandWithUs news release]
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by Reuters By Nandita Bose and Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday defended herself from Republican critics who criticized her for making her first international trip to Mexico and Guatemala instead of visiting the U.S. border with Mexico, saying she has visited the border and will do
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USA
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that “hundreds” of US sanctions will remain on Iran even if the United States rejoins a nuclear accord. President Joe Biden’s administration has been engaged in indirect talks with Iran about reversing former president Donald Trump’s exit from the 2015 nuclear accord,
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USA
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US authorities are poised to reunite 29 migrant families separated under the “zero tolerance” policy of the Trump administration, but hundreds of children still remain apart from their parents, officials said Tuesday. “The Department of Homeland Security is committed to the relentless pursuit of reunifying families who were cruelly
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USA
Published by DPA Following the controversial airstrike on a building housing media offices in the Gaza Strip several weeks ago, Israel’s military has elaborated on the reasons for the destruction of the high-rise building. The Islamist Hamas movement had been working there on technology to disrupt the deployment of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defence system,
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Middle East
Christians United for Israel (CUFI),, announced on Tuesday that the organization’s founder and Chairman, Pastor John Hagee, would be joined on an upcoming solidarity mission to Israel by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. (Christians United for Israel news release)
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USA
The Toy Movement, a philanthropic initiative founded by Canada’s largest children’s toy and entertainment company Spin Master, on Tuesday distributed toys to Arab and Jewish children at four nursery schools in Jaffa, in partnership with the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. (The Toy Movement news release)
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Business & Finance, International, Middle East
Retired pediatric dentist Dr. Bruce Baker of San Diego was sentenced in federal court Monday to 15 months in custody for evading over $644,000 in taxes as part of a brazen, decade’s long tax-evasion scheme with former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. [U.S. Attorney’s Office news release]
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Jewish History, San Diego County, USA
A pair of ‘We Are the Tree of Life’ programs, May 27, with Ali Viterbi interviewing Francesco Lotoro, and June 1, with Nuvi Mehta and Kate Hatmaker introducing nine Holocaust composers, were both impressive and informative. [Eileen Wingard]
Holocaust music showcased during ‘We Are the Tree of Life’ Programs Read More »
Eileen Wingard, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County