By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Alas, we’re beyond the holidays. This week marks the effective beginning of the new year. Americans might think of the period between pre-Christmas and the post-New Year return from too many parties, too much food and alcohol. In our case, however, the pre- to post- holiday bash lasts for more […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Rex Tillerson refuses to confirm or deny whether he called President Trump a moron. The more important issue is whether President Trump is a moron. I will employ the moronic version of Jeff Foxworthy’s redneck test to determine if Trump is a moron. * He might be a moron if he
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump, introduced to gefilte fish only recently, likes it so much he wants to make it the official U.S. fish. He said he was planning an executive order “to make gefilte fish our national fish.” Declaring “It can be enjoyed so many different ways,” he offered as
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAOAKLAND, California – StandWithUs congratulates pro-Israel activists for succeeding in getting their case dismissed on October 10, 2017 after a meritless lawsuit was filed against them in Oakland, California, by the owner of a bakery which glorifies terrorism against Israelis. Reem’s Bakery in Oakland displays a floor-to-ceiling mural honoring terrorist Rasmea Odeh who was convicted
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USAPrince George and Princess Charlotte’s new sibling will arrive in the spring, Kensington Palace has said. The third child of Britain’s Prince William and wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due in April — the same month the couple will celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary. “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to confirm
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InternationalAn 88-year-old woman dubbed “Nazi Grandma” by the German press has been convicted of Holocaust denial. Ursula Haverbeck was found guilty by a court after she denied at a Berlin event in 2016 the vast, systematic murder of Jews under Adolf Hitler. She has been sentenced to six months in jail. Haverbeck has repeatedly downplayed
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International, Jewish HistoryWhite House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has suggested Ivanka Trump would be far more popular if she had a different surname. In an interview with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, Huckabee Sanders suggested people would be “thanking god” Ivanka was in her current position if she was not a Trump. “I frankly,
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USACHICAGO — The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia forced the remaining eight members of the nation’s highest court to work harder toward compromise, Justice Elena Kagan said Monday during a speech at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. In an hourlong appearance before law students and high-profile lawyers including Illinois Attorney General Lisa
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USATwelve ultra-Orthodox protesters were arrested Monday at two separate anti-draft demonstrations in the capital and outside Tel Aviv. In Bnei Brak, four protesters were arrested, while eight were arrested in Jerusalem where the deminstrators blocked major roads adjacent to the city’s Central Bus Station. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never
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Middle EastThe Obama administration signed a controversial nuclear deal with Moscow despite prior FBI findings that Russian officials were bribing their way into the U.S. atomic energy industry, according to government documents just published by The Hill. A confidential U.S. witness deployed by the FBI infiltrated Russia’s nuclear industry and made secret recordings, collected financial records
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International, USAA federal judge in Hawaii on Tuesday issued an order blocking major parts of President Donald Trump’s newest travel ban, suggesting it violated immigration law. The decision from U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu stops the administration’s travel restrictions nationwide before they were scheduled to take full effect Wednesday. The newest travel rules, issued
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International, Middle East, USAUS President Donald Trump reignited a long-standing feud with John McCain Tuesday, warning “I fight back, and it won’t be pretty” after the respected senator appeared to take aim at him in a speech. The relationship between the pair — one a veteran lawmaker and war hero, the other a real estate tycoon and political
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USAThe Federal Government may try the embattled leader of the proscribed Indegeniuos People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, in absentia, Vanguard learnt on Monday. Kanu was billed to appear before trial Justice Binta Nyako to be re-arraigned on an amended five count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, alongside three other pro-Biafra agitators- Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu,
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InternationalA “historically-accurate” Halloween costume sparked controversy. Originally listed on the popular costume retailer website, Holloweencostumes.com, children were given the choice to dress up as Anne Frank – Jewish diarist and victim of the Holocaust. Frank is considered the most discussed Holocaust victim, and widely known through her published diaries – “The Diary of a Young
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