Lapid: Sanders ‘quoted Hamas lies without checking’
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SFSU protesters crash Barkat speech
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters, calling for the liberation of Palestine “from the river to the sea,” disrupted a lecture being delivered by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat at San Francisco State University on Wednesday. Carrying Palestinian flags, they called for the continuation of the current wave of violence and an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAJC asks Sanders to recant statement about Israel
NEW YORK (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC ) today acknowledged the correction by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-VT, of his statement that “over 10,000 innocent people were killed in Gaza” in 2014. At the same time, it called on the Senator to clarify his charge that Israel’s self-defensive response to deadly
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Middle East, USALatino Jews seek to express their multiple identities
By Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK– An AJC survey of Latino Jews in the United States offers fresh insights into a portion of the American Jewish and U.S. Latino communities that until now has received scant attention. Estimates of the number of Latino Jews in the U.S. range from 200,100, or 3 percent, to 227,700, or 5
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International, USAThe peril of not listening to Iran
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Supporters of President Obama’s Iran deal (JCPOA) are starting to worry — but that is because they believed him when his lips moved. They heard “snapback sanctions” and pretended those were an actual “thing.” They are not, and never were. They heard Treasury Secretary Jack Lew say
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USATrump’s son-in-law’s newspaper to stop helping him
The New York Observer said its editor would no longer consult with the campaign of Donald Trump, whose son-in-law, Jared Kushner, owns the weekly. The statement Tuesday, reported Monday by the Huffington Post, came a day after a New York magazine profile of the front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nod said that
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USAOrthodox donor hosts Clinton ahead of NY primaries
Even as she was losing the Wisconsin Democratic primary to Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton spent Tuesday evening with top Jewish donors at a fundraiser hosted by Jack Bendheim in Riverdale, NYC, Jewish Insider reported. The next major contest between Clinton and Sanders in the race for the 2016 Democratic party presidential nomination will be on
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USABest choices June 7: Clinton, Kasich
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — With California’s June 7th primary drawing closer, as editor of San Diego Jewish World and as a registered independent voter, I have come to some non-partisan conclusions about which candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries are the best choices for our community. On the Republican side, I favor the
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USANine Jewish baseball players on opening day
(Statistics through April 4) Top of the week: Nine Jewish ballplayers made their team’s opening day rosters, including All-Stars Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers), Ian Kinsler (Detroit Tigers), and Joc Pederson (Los Angeles Dodgers). Defensive magician Kevin Pillar moves into the leadoff spot for the Toronto Blue Jays. Danny Valencia earned a full-time spot for the
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Sports & Competitions, USAObama still has plans for Palestine, Hoenlein warns
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, warned Monday that US Jews and pro-Israel advocates were being distracted by the 2016 election instead of focusing on the damage President Barack Obama could still do in his remaining months in office. “The obsession, I have to say, with the
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Middle East, USAWhat Sanders told the Daily News about Israel
Editor’s Note: The New York Daily News’ interview with Bernie Sanders on April 1 has generated considerable controversy, particularly concerning Israel. Here is a transcript of that portion of his interview that dealt with Israel. We congratulate the editorial staff of that newspaper on its efforts to pin Senator Sanders down on the issues. Daily
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Middle East, USAIn 1930s, Nazis called for the boycott of Jewish firms; in 2016 BDS wants to do the same thing to Israel
Editor’s Note: Several pieces of legislation are currently being weighed by the California Legislature to counter the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. Two companion measures by Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) were introduced in January and another measure by Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) was introduced earlier this month. In the Op-Ed below, Rabbi
Trump to skip Republican Jewish Coalition event
WASHINGTON — After a rocky week on the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not attend the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Spring Retreat this coming weekend in Las Vegas. The Republican Jewish Coalition confirmed Monday that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will be addressing the annual event, hosted by Republican billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson,
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