USA

Harry Belafonte continues fighting injustice

Consultation on Conscience focuses on civil rights and nonviolence Rabbi Bennett Miller, left, of Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple continues the discussion with Harry Belafonte after the program as Rabbi Philip Bazeley looks on. Keynote speaker at the Gertrude and Milton Kleinman Consultation on Conscience Harry Belafonte, seated right, is joined by Rabbi Bennett Miller. From […]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Trump blasts judge in civil case; pours scorn on media

  Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump on Friday, May 27, lashed out at a San Diego federal judge presiding over a civil suit in which Trump is a defendant, and also heaped scorn upon the news media, particularly representatives of the New York Times

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Donald H. Harrison, Shor M. Masori, USA

ZOA ‘appalled’ by Sanders’ Dem. platform choices

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is appalled by the fact that Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D–VT) has chosen for his slate of five delegates to the 15-person Democratic Party Platform drafting committee, three figures who are well known hostile critics and even relentless haters of Israel: the academic Cornel

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Middle East, USA

COP condemns WHO’s anti- Israel stance

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The leadership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on Friday, May 27, denounced the World Health Organization adoption of a one sided resolution which falsely accuses Israel of actions which prevent proper medical care for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza.  The resolution was based

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International, Middle East, USA

CIJE winners: Playing children can recharge cellphones

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Nearly 800 students from more than 40 Jewish day schools nationwide presented year-end capstone projects last week, exhibiting their engineering and problem solving skills as part of the CIJE-Tech High School Engineering Program. CIJE Tech Young Engineers conferences were held recently in the 5 Towns, New York, Los Angeles and Southern Florida.

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Lawrence Solomon: Trump’s secret? Saying things about global warming, vaccines and Israel that no one else will

Americans who fear Muslim terrorists love Donald Trump, as do Americans who want to keep out illegal Mexican immigrants. Trade protectionists and foreign-policy isolationists also love Trump. These voting groups, all part of the Trump coalition and all marginalized by elites because of their stance would see themselves as vindicated and count themselves as winners

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Middle East, USA

Sanders aides pledge to push Democratic party away from Israel

While former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now all but assured the Democratic nomination this summer, her rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says the political revolution is far from over. As some Democratic officials fear, Sanders” claim may be more than an idle threat to the party establishment. Because of his performance in the

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Middle East, USA

U.S.: Lieberman Appointment ‘Raises Serious Questions’

The U.S. has expressed its concern about the Israeli government’s swing to the far-right after the appointment of ultra-nationalist former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman as the ruling coalition’s new defense minister. “This raises legitimate questions about the direction it may be heading in and what kind of policies it may adopt,” U.S. State Department spokesman

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Middle East, USA