By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We can wonder if anger or pity should be our response to an item that has gone viral. It shows a young Jewish woman who reached a top place in Bernie Sanders’ campaign–his Jewish outreach director–expressing a hatred that goes over the boundaries of pathological. In a Facebook screed, Simone […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAWill Vermont Sen. Bernie Sander’s meeting with the Pope change the numbers? Will Sanders’ tougher line of Israel which actually mirrors an emerging (young versus) old split among American Jews change the numbers? Tuesday will tell, but the latest poll from New York shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton widening her lead: Hillary Clinton
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USAThe information Jonathan Pollard obtained while spying for Israel in the 1980s continues to be deemed “top secret,” and could still cause real damage to American national security, Channel 10 reported Friday, citing a written statement by US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. According to the report, Clapper, in a document he submitted to
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Active in Israel for over half a century, Motorola Solutions, the non-cellphone “twin” of the legendary electronics firm, announced that it was opening an innovation center in Israel. The company already has several hundred employees at a research and development center in the Tel Aviv area, which aims at finding and developing deals with Israeli
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Middle East, USAIn many ways, Bernie Sanders is similar to a typical Jewish-American millennial. Like most young American Jews, Sanders does not see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a top priority. Also like many young American Jews, when Sanders does talk about Israel, he acknowledges Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is far from perfect and says he wants to
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Jewish holiday of Passover is coming, and that means a chance for Republicans to pick up some badly needed GOP convention delegates. Yes, in this street brawl of a nominating process, every delegate matters. And since delegates often are awarded according to a candidate’s showing in each congressional district, that means
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — At the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations General Meeting on Thursday, April 14, Stephen M. Greenberg was re-elected for a second term as Chairman. Greenberg, an attorney specializing in high level mediation, has a long history of Jewish communal involvement and has been a leader in several of
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USAVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton traded sharp barbs and even contempt for each other Thursday night in a heated Democratic presidential debate that showcased the candidates’ major differences on policy areas such as climate change, gun control and Israel. While the Democratic primary began much more civilly than the Republican contest, it has
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Middle East, USASen. Bernie Sanders publicly disavowed Washington’s unwavering embrace of Israel, saying the United States could no longer be “one-sided” in the conflict with Palestine. Not only that, but he also scolded Israel for a “disproportionate” response to attacks from Gaza and expressed sympathy for the Palestinian people during a presidential debate in New York —
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By Chris Jennewein LA JOLLA, California — Academy Award-winner Richard Dreyfuss lamented Thursday the decline of civility in American politics, accusing the Republican front-runner of “public indecency.” “Donald Trump is the icing on the cake that will poison and kill this country,” he said at a press conference. “It’s not about politics. It’s a question of his
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — Hasidism had its beginnings in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century, a philosophy that moved away from the primacy of Torah study, but without veering from a commitment to Torah. It created a way of Jewish life that emphasized the ability of Jews to move closer to G-d
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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday revealed he is considering his former rival in the Republican presidential race Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) as his running mate, a day after Rubio gave him an unofficial endorsement. In a CNN town hall meeting on Wednesday, Cruz said that while frontrunner Donald Trump may be leading in the
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USASen. Bernie Sanders has gone further than any other Jewish candidate in a presidential campaign, but he’s not garnering much support from Jewish voters, polls indicate. The Vermont senator’s standing among Jews has been much speculated about since his campaign started to take off late last year. But until recently, the Democratic campaign has taken
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USABy Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — We live in a time when the debate over Israel’s direction, both on the ground and here in the diaspora, leads to overheated rhetoric and outrageous behavior. Sadly, we often see the discussion turn to spurious and baseless attacks on NIF, our organizations, and indeed virtually anyone who dares to
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