Alito claims that his wife raised the flag to protest a “F**k Trump” sign on a neighbor’s lawn. I anticipate discovering evidence that points to a more damning explanation. [Laurie Baron]
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 18 (ANI/TPS): The US Navy completed the installation of a floating pier off the coast of Gaza, with humanitarian aid deliveries to begin “in the coming days,” US Central Command announced. “Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days. The United
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Published by ANI News Washinton, DC [US], May 18 (ANI): Seventeen of the 20 American doctors who were stuck in Gaza after Israel shut the border crossing from Rafah to Egypt have safely departed the enclave, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday. “They’re out. There was 20 American doctors, 17 are out
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From the 1920’s through the early 1950’s, luminaries like Harold Arlen (Hyman Arluck) Yip Harburg (Isidore Hochberg) and countless others wrote tunes that became the jazz standards that helped make Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Teddy Wilson, et al, world famous. [Yale Strom]
‘Kosher Jammers’ Links Jewish and African-American Jazz Read More »
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Various investigations of the anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses across the nation are yielding results. [Press Release]
ADL Report on Nationwide Campus Turmoil: May 17, 2024 Read More »
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Robert Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and television host. He portrayed Danny Tanner on the sitcom Full House (1987–1995) and its sequel Fuller House (2016–2020). Saget was the original host of America’s Funniest Home Videos (1989–1997), and the voice of narrator Ted Mosby on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014). He was also
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As several dozen students and supporters marched along the campus’s Library Walk to the Geisel Library, one sign read, “Imagine people calling your rapist a freedom fighter.” [Marsha Sutton]
Rapes by Hamas Terrorists on Oct. 7 Protested at UCSD Read More »
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted Thursday to force President Joe Biden to end his hold on high-payload bombs approved for Israel but blocked over concerns about their use in Gaza. The largely symbolic move — it has no chance of becoming law — is a response to
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Fifty of California’s 120 legislators joined the conference on Tuesday, May 14, to express their solidarity with the state’s Jewish community, and almost the entirety of the 19-member Legislative Jewish Caucus spoke about their close working relationship with JPAC. In addition to Governor Newsom’s remarks, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus Toni Atkins (by video), Attorney General Rob Bonta, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond addressed participants. [Press Release]
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The following organizations are working to support Jewish students and combat the rising anti-semitism and intolerance on college campuses. [Press Release]
Jewish Community Foundation Offers Pro-Israel Tips for Philanthropists Read More »
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Local Republican Congressman Darrell Issa is concerned that anti-Israel sentiment may influence decision-making at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. And, at UC San Diego and other University of California campuses, unionized graduate student workers, have voted to authorize a strike in reaction to campus officials calling in law enforcement to clear out war protesters’ encampments. [SDJW staff]
Federal Patents, UCSD Investments Become Issues in Gaza War Fallout Read More »
California, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology, USAIn a significant escalation, more than 30 anti-Israel protesters — from the groups behind the encampment still up at the Ann Arbor campus — early yesterday morning went to the homes of members of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. According to a statement put out by the University, “activities included placing tents and fake corpses wrapped in bloodied sheets on the lawn, marching and chanting, and posting demands on doors.” [Press Release]
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Debra Winger (May 16, 1955) is an American actress. She starred in the films An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Terms of Endearment (1983), and Shadowlands (1993), each of which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winger won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment, and the Tokyo International Film Festival
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President Biden withheld delivery of 3,500 bombs to Israel in part because critics of the Jewish state may abandon him next Nov. 5, denying Democrats another four-year term in the White House. However, a revealing New York Times piece on Sunday suggests that Biden’s prevailing reason was aggravation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Pique Cited as Reason Biden Canceled Bomb Deliveries to Israel Read More »
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