A federal judge ordered the FBI Thursday to disclose more details about how it handled its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret email account. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said court papers describing the grand jury subpoenas the FBI obtained to compel information from Mrs. Clinton’s Internet service providers can be made public. In doing […]
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By Jeanette Friedman PARADISE VALLEY, Pennsylvania — I will never forget the first question I asked my father about the Holocaust. Believing Ben Gurion’s lie, and the Zionist party line about sheep going to the slaughter, I asked him why he didn’t fight back. He laughed and gave me the perfect example of something we
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Jewish History, USABy Amanda Tewes, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Old West, as seen through 1967 Orange County eyes. Orange County Archives, CC BY In 1940, just a year before Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into a world war, Walter and Cordelia Knott began construction on a notable addition to their thriving berry
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USABy Moshik Temkin, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University. Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left), handcuffed to Nicola Sacco, 1923. Boston Public Library Ninety years ago, on Aug. 23, 1927, two Italian immigrants were executed. The deaths of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Charlestown Prison in Massachusetts marked the end of a raucous seven-year legal
After opening the doors of Lakewood Church, Joel Osteen’s megachurch saw an outpouring of support and volunteers — such an incredible outpouring that they diverted donations to other shelters. Buzzfeed News, which is reporting from the grounds, says the church attracted “mountains of clothes, shoes, pillows, blankets, towels, school supplies, toys, books, canned food, bottled
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USALos Angeles City Council voted Wednesday in favor of changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, citing the opinion of many who consider the Italian explorer a symbol of genocide for native indigenous peoples in North America and elsewhere. L.A. became the latest of American cities to have opted to rename the day, which was
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USATwo Republican senators say they’ve reviewed evidence that indicates former FBI Director James B. Comey began drafting a statement to announce the closure of the bureau’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server months before key witnesses, including the former Democratic presidential candidate, were interviewed. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham
Poland’s tourism minister on Wednesday announced the dismissal of the head of the national tourism organization after he said he wanted to remove the Auschwitz memorial and a Jewish history museum from tours for foreign journalists, The Associated Press reports. The minister, Witold Banka, said on Twitter he was dismissing Marek Olszewski immediately over “scandalous
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InternationalProfessor offers trends, lessons in condensed Jewish history Jewish history professor David Myers said despite a recent resurgence of anti-Semitism, American history is “bending toward ever greater integration into American society.” Photo by Scarlett Freund It may sound unlikely, if not impossible, but in just over 100 pages of his new book and in the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASecretary of State Rex Tillerson has thanked Mexico for its offer of relief for the victims of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Tillerson did not say whether the U.S. would be taking Mexico up on its offer of help, but he has said more on the matter than President Trump, who has not yet commented
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International, USABritish Prime Minister Theresa May takes part in a tea ceremony at Omotesenke Fushin’an in Kyoto, western Japan August 30, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] KYOTO, Japan – Prime Minister Theresa May said she wanted to continue as Britain’s leader beyond the next parliamentary election, not due until 2022, dismissing expectations she could stand down after Brexit as
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InternationalPresident Obama is about to become the most expensive ex-president, costing taxpayers $1,153,000 next year, according to a new Congressional Research Service memo looking at the official allowances for the five living former chief executives. His $1,153,000 budget request for 2018 is more than $100,000 higher than President George W. Bush’s request for next year
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USARepeating radio signals from a mysterious source in a dwarf galaxy three billion light years away have been detected by astronomers. Using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, scientists with the Breakthrough Listen initiative—a massive project dedicated to finding signs of intelligent alien life—recorded 15 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) on August 26th. The
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The World We Share, USAEdwin Black’s latest 5-part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 70 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails. You may hover with your cursor to find links for Part 1 and Part 2. NEU Hillel Protests “Fear-Based Tactics” By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C.
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