By Kenneth Bandler WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five young AJC staff members met in Jerusalem for an unprecedented – and wide-ranging – discussion on global Jewish affairs with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The video-recorded conversation was arranged in connection with the AJC Global Forum, the advocacy organization’s signature annual event, which began Sunday and was shown […]
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International, Middle East, USAThe UJA-Federation of New York on Sunday applauded New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, who had earlier issued an executive order directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. “UJA-Federation of New York applauds Governor Cuomo for being the first governor in the nation to
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Middle East, USAThe annual Celebrate Israel Parade in Manhattan was attended by over 30,000 Jews and supporters of Israel on Sunday. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon took part, as did New York State and City leaders, dozens of schools, Jewish organizations, synagogues and pro-Israel Christian groups. “It is heartwarming to see tens of thousands of
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Middle East, USAIf there’s one wholly unnecessary thing that presidential candidates would love to wipe off their plates, it’s the wrangling over a political party platform. The platform is exhaustively debated, but it doesn’t really accomplish anything. Some may argue that it is a critical statement of important issues for the party, but that’s not true at
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – More than 200 Jewish community members attended a talk on the history of American delicatessens on Sunday afternoon, June 5, many hoping that the turnout at the event would lure more Jewish Community Cente-sponsored programming in the eastern portions of the city.
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USAWith only two full campaign days left before major presidential primaries in California and New Jersey, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders hit the trail in the Golden State on Saturday. On the Democratic side, California has 548 delegates up for grabs while New Jersey has 142. Clinton leads the delegate count with 2,316 while
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USA25-year-old Erin Schrode is a rising star in the Democrat Party. She is hoping to become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the youngest person in the House of Representatives. But her ambitions have also attracted the attention of neo-Nazi online trolls, who have targeted her in a vile campaign of hate, prompting
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From Times of San Diego Likely Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in Oxnard, California on Saturday the San Diego federal judge criticized for being of Mexican ancestry is “as much of an American as Donald Trump.” The presumptive Republican nominee has accused U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a lawsuit brought by
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San Diego County, USABrian Teeman endured a “typical” barrage of anti-semitic tweets after sharing an article he spotted last week on the “Coincidence Detector,” a Google Chrome extension white supremacists were using to track and harass Jewish people. “Same anti-semitic crap I see all the time,” he told Newsweek. The 48-year-old Leeds, U.K. resident co-founded a software company
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International, USAHollywood actress and activist Susan Sarandon says former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would be a more dangerous U.S. president than Donald Trump – provided she’s not indicted first. Ms. Sarandon, a supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, told a liberal news outlets this week that Mrs. Clinton’s track record portends a much
Shortly after protesters clashed with Donald Trump supporters Thursday night in San Jose, California, conservatives began blaming liberals for rioting against a presidential candidate. Liberals pointed a finger at the Republican presumptive nominee for his incendiary rhetoric and the violence of his own supporters. It’s a cycle that seems likely to continue until November’s election.
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USAThis article originally appeared on the International Business Times. How democratic is the Democratic Party? Thanks to the pivotal role of unelected “superdelegates” in the party’s nomination process, the question has dogged both Democratic officials and likely nominee Hillary Clinton for months. That’s because superdelegates hold the balance of power in this year’s nomination. Among
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris, currently California’s attorney general, said on Friday, June 3, she believes there should be a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians that is directly negotiated by the parties. “That is the only way we are going to reach a resolution and
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Middle East, USAAfter saying her daughter was frightened by three tall transgender people “with deep voices” who entered a public restroom, the head of the Georgia ACLU resigned this week and then explained her reasoning on Thursday. “There are real concerns about the safety of women and girls in regards to this bathroom debate,” Maya Dillard Smith,
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