The Coalition for Jewish Values, a public policy institute representing hundreds of Orthodox Rabbis, today rebuked Jewish clergy who publicly announced their refusal to participate in an annual conference call with the President preceding the Jewish High Holy Days. Rabbis from four non-Orthodox Jewish organizations said last Wednesday they would not hold the annual call […]
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Middle East, USAFrench President Emmanuel Macron completed a shake-up of his communications team on Tuesday by appointing prominent columnist Bruno Roger-Petit as his spokesman in an effort to stem an alarming hemorrhage in support. An outspoken political commentator, Roger-Petit, 54, is expected to give the Élysée Palace’s media strategy a more combative edge amid a slide in
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InternationalIsraeli security establishment split over whether restricting privileges of inmates from Gaza could spark a new round of violence By Avi Issacharoff Oron Shaul, Hadar Goldin and Avraham Mengistu. (Flash90/The Times of Israel) A senior Hamas official has denied a report that the terror group is demanding the release of thousands of prisoners held by
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Middle EastHOUSTON — Tropical Storm Harvey continued to deluge southeastern Texas with rain and surging floodwater Tuesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and thousands in shelters as it slowly crept toward Louisiana. With historic flooding engulfing vast parts of the nation’s fourth-largest city as well as much of the Gulf Coast, federal officials have estimated
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USABerkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin has called for authorities to tackle left-wing violence by classifying members of AntiFa, the loosely organized group of “anti-fascists” who believe that violence is acceptable in countering right-wing extremism, as a gang. A largely peaceful demonstration in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Civic Center Park was disrupted Sunday by black-clad AntiFa counter-protesters,
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USASEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, demonstrating its commitment to advancing its missile program despite international sanctions and other pressure to halt it. The missile traveled hundreds of miles over Sea of Japan and Hokkaido, an island prefecture in northern Japan. President Donald Trump said the U.S.
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International, USAA now-viral photo showing Dasani water being sold for $43 a case at a Houston Best Buy was “a big mistake,” the company said Tuesday. A photo taken by Houston resident John McGovern made the rounds on social media on Tuesday amid reports of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Mr. McGovern told
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USAThree Democratic senators seen as potential candidates in the 2020 presidential election—Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Kamala Harris (California) and Kristen Gillibrand (New York)—could earn the historic opportunity to end Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House and in the process become the first female American president. But before any of them even get a chance to
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USABy Jennifer Brett, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Author and evangelist Joel Osteen, senior pastor of Houston’s Lakewood Church, is responding after getting some criticism after posting messages of prayer on social media. Many have posted on social media demanding to know why the megachurch hasn’t been turned into a shelter for storm refugees. RELATED: Joel Osteen’s
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USALate Wednesday night, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its so-called “study” on grid reliability. Secretary Perry commissioned the report in this April memo, asking the DOE to investigate whether our electric grid’s reliability is threatened by the “erosion of critical baseload resources,” meaning coal and nuclear power plants. Perry took the unusual step
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The World We Share, USAChocolate often gets a bad reputation for how it treats your waistline and your teeth, but a new Italian study found that a daily serving of dark chocolate enriched with extra virgin olive oil was good for participants’ heart health, and lowered their risk for cardiovascular problems down the road. Before you get too excited,
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodBrazil’s government is scrambling to respond to public outcry after it dismantled a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) banned mining in roughly 46,000 square km of Amazon rainforest, an area larger than Denmark. It was set up in 1984
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International, The World We SharePresident Donald Trump traveled to Texas on Tuesday to get an up-close look at the devastating damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. Unprecedented flooding has driven thousands out of their homes throughout the region. In the Greater Houston area, some of those displaced by catastrophic flooding are finding refuge inside local mosques. “They’re not just
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USAWASHINGTON — Pentagon officials said Tuesday that National Guard assets are at full readiness to assist in the unfolding disaster in Texas wrought by Tropical Storm Harvey. Maj. Gen. James C. Witham, director of domestic operations for the National Guard, told Pentagon reporters that up to 30,000 guardsmen as well as a U.S. naval amphibious