LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – StandWithUs initiated the following letter to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block in reaction to an incident in which a candidate for the UCLA Judicial Board was asked if being Jewish presented her with a conflict of interest. The questioners later apologized, but the 12 organizations below seek additional measures. February 20, […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on the eve of his departure for the United States where he will deliver a historical speech to Congress on Tuesday, March 3 at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) about the Iranian nuclear threat. “On the eve my
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Be the first of your friends to like this. Pop quiz: How can the threat of radical jihadists be countered? • President Obama: “Efforts to counter violent extremism will only succeed if citizens can address legitimate grievances through the democratic process and express themselves through strong civil societies. Those efforts
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAJeb Bush to Israeli newspaper: U.S. approach to Iran nuclear talks ‘inexplicable’ (JNS.org) Former Florida governor and expected Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said in an interview with Israel Hayom published Friday that the Obama administration’s approach in the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran is “inexplicable.” “It is inexplicable to me,” Bush said. “The administration
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– The concept of failed states has been around for a while, and has recently been morphed into the notion of fragile states. Perhaps the change is an expression of what is deemed politically correct in the halls of organizations that worry about such things, and claim to provide ranked lists of
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By Boaz Bismuth/Israel Hayom/JNS.org Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s much-debated March 3 address to a joint session of Congress about the Iranian nuclear threat, former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld said that the focus on protocol and the speech’s venue, rather than on the content of Netanyahu’s message, “plays into the hands”
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – How do you teach about the Holocaust to young people, whom, on the one hand we’d like to protect from learning how brutal the world can be, and whom, on the other hand, we know have to be prepared to live in a world where once again
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAUC Berkeley student gov. unanimously passes bill condemning anti-Semitism (JNS.org) Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), the student government at University of California (UC), Berkeley, on Wednesday passed a bill condemning anti-Semitism in a unanimous 20-0 vote. The bill details a history of anti-Semitic incidents in the 10-school UC system over the past
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, February 25, applauded the introduction of a Senate resolution, which condemns anti-Semitism and urges measures to prevent and combat anti-Semitic attacks and incidents. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are leading the effort with the support of more than
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International, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– The following statement was issued by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, explaining why she will not attend the speech by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 3: After much thought, I have made the decision not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 scheduled address before a joint session
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Middle East, USABOCA RATON, Florida (Press Release) — U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Florida) hosted Jewish leaders from across Palm Beach and Broward counties last week for a roundtable discussion on America’s foreign policy challenges, focusing on strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship. Frankel said, “In light of the serious issues currently unfolding in the Middle East, including ongoing negotiations with
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Representatives from the American Jewish World Services (AJWS) delivered over 80 Valentines made by constituents to the Bronx district office of Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel to thank him for his continuing support of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA). IVAWA, which would ensure that addressing violence against women is part
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) —Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.) today introduced the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 to give the Department of Justice authority to prevent a known or suspected terrorist from buying firearms or explosives. Cosponsors include Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.),
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USAABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Press Release) — White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, en route to Miami where President Obama was to meet with the Latino community, answered questions on Wednesday, Feb. 25, about U.S. policy differences with Israel over Iran, and the nature of the President’s dispute with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here
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