By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Merrick Garland, who if approved would be the 4th Jewish person to sit on the current United States Supreme Court, was not the first member of his family to receive an appointment from a president. What relative of his shares that honor? A. As Merrick Garland said […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Tammi Rossman-Benjamin SANTA CRUZ, California — As a vote looms on how to address the alarming rash of anti-Semitism at the University of California (UC), AMCHA Initiative today released letters from dozens of Jewish and education advocacy groups, nearly 750 UC faculty and UC alumni and state and federal legislators calling for UC to recognize
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Middle East, USABy John Kerry WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2014, the terrorist group Daesh began to seize territory in Syria and Iraq, overrunning major cities and committing atrocities. The United States responded quickly by denouncing these horrific acts and – more importantly – taking coordinated actions to counter them. In September of that year, President Obama mobilized
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Middle East, USABy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — J Street has not endorsed a candidate for President in the three Presidential elections since our founding in 2008, and we do not intend to change that policy in 2016. However, the statements made and actions taken by Donald Trump are so deeply at odds with our values and our
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Middle East, USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is strictly non-partisan. It abstains from taking stands on candidates and is content to let the electoral processes play out. But when the process is infected with threats of violence and disruption, it is not a candidate at issue; it is the viability of democracy itself. Violence and threat
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org) President Barack Obama has nominated Merrick Garland, a Jewish judge who currently serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court to fill a vacancy left by the recent death of Judge Antonin Scalia. At a ceremony at the
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-48th in a Series- Exit 17A, Johnson Avenue, El Cajon, California — Tilly’s and Home Depot By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – Near the intersection of Johnson Avenue and Fletcher Parkway stands the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center, in which the trendy tween-teen-20’s clothier Tilly’s is one of the tenants. Across the street at
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — “My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward,” wrote Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in his 1987 book, Trump: The Art of the Deal. “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.” How Mr. Trump’s
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, USABy Tammi Rossman-Benjamin SANTA CRUZ, California –After numerous independent surveys have suggested alarming rates of anti-Semitic activity on college and university campuses across the country, AMCHA Initiative today released the first empirical study of its kind demonstrating that anti-Zionist activities, including BDS, anti-Israel student groups and faculty who endorse an academic boycott of Israel, are at the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There have been recent mutterings about the personal enmity between the great leaders, with the greatest of them all wondering about his years at the top. And Israelis arguing about the nature of Palestinian violence. Connecting the two kinds of speculation is a widespread need to know, despite the reality
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) New England Office deplores the anti-Semitic chants during a local high school basketball game, and expresses confidence that the Catholic Memorial High School will address this deeply unfortunate incident. During the game in Boston between Newton North High School and Catholic Memorial High School,
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Has Prime Minister Netanyahu really insulted the President of the United States and the whole American establishment by canceling a scheduled meeting at the White House? Can we believe the announced reason, that he did not want to be seen involving himself in US politics during a contentious presidential primary
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
Actor Dustin Hoffman delves into Jewish identity on ‘Finding Your Roots’ (JNS.org) Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman learned about the importance of his Jewish identity, after being raised without much knowledge about his family’s faith or religious identity, as he delved into his family history in a new episode of the PBS program Finding Your Roots.
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International, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As Thursday, March 10, dawned there were 39 would-be candidates for seven municipal offices in San Diego, including the offices of mayor, city attorney, and five city council positions. At the end of the business day, 36 candidates were left. The other three failed to return their nominating
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA