NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, was deeply troubled by a thinly veiled anti-Semitic appeal made by the leadership of the Donetsk and Lugansk “People’s Republics,” who referred to the central government in Kyiv as “pathetic representatives of the great Jewish people.” During a press conference on February 2 captured […]
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international Jewish human rights organization and funder of 26 human rights organizations in Mexico, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, issued a strong demand for Mexican authorities to resume their investigation into the disappearance* and possible murder of 43 student activists, who went missing in Iguala, Guerrero State, in September
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International, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Relaease)– Israeli-American college students from 33 campuses across North America gathered in L.A. for the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) Mishelanu (Our Own) National Conference this past weekend to strengthen their cultural and national identities and define a new campus leadership voice. Among the top speakers at the first IAC Mishelanu conference was Israel’s
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Middle East, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON– In a morally coherent world, the chilling statement “Hamas & Sharia law have taken over UC Davis” would not have been spoken publicly, and certainly not by an elected student leader at an American public university. But in California, the veritable epicenter of academic anti-Israelism and its attendant stealth jihad, this statement,
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFrench anti-terror soldiers attacked outside Jewish community center (JNS.org) French soldiers on anti-terrorism patrol were attacked by a knife-wielding man outside of a Jewish community center in southern French city of Nice on Tuesday. French police said the attacker pulled approximately 8-inch knife on the soldiers, lightly wounding three before being apprehended. According to Nice
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International, Middle East, USA
BAKU, Azerbaijan (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation recently concluded a three-day visit to Azerbaijan’s capital, the fifth in a series of visits since 2008 alone. The trip was highlighted by a 75-minute private meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. While in Baku, the group, led by AJC Executive Director David Harris, also
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Ethnocentrics elsewhere may protest, but the Middle East has long been the center of civilization. It may be fairer to claim that it is a center of civilization, with a nod to that other place that claims priority farther east. Cultures claiming to be primarily derived from Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Press Release)– The following statement was released on Monday, Feb. 2, by Andrew Borans, national executive director of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the anti-Semitic hate crime that occurred this past Saturday morning at the University of California, Davis. (UC-Davis) AEPi’s 9,000 undergraduate and 85,000 alumni brothers
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison Appearing at the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, Feb. 2, President Obama outlined his federal budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2016. Here are excerpts from the speech he gave to Homeland Security workers: Every American has an interest in making sure that the Department of Homeland Security has what
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release)– The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) on Monday, Feb. 2, expressed the Muslim community’s solidarity with the Jewish community following hate vandalism of a UC Davis Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, which was painted with Nazi swastikas Saturday. In a statement, CAIR-Sacramento Valley Executive Director Basim
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– From 1879 to 1968, George Washington’s birthday, February 22, was a Federal holiday — called, logically, “Washington’s Birthday.” Then, as part of a move to create more three-day weekends, Congress pegged it to the third Monday of the month and it became generally known, in much of the nation, as “President’s Day,”
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Jewish History, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego presents Rabbi Jordie Gerson as its featured speaker at the February 18 Dinner Forum, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Rabbi Gerson’s presentation will cover the topic “Young Adults, Israel and Ambivalence.” She recently returned from a trip to Israel with a group
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, dedicated to inclusion for all Jewish children and adults, is celebrating 30 years of service to local, regional and international communities. Yachad, which, translated from Hebrew, means “together,” offers those with special needs a way to participate in events and programs which help weave them
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIran Revolutionary Guards general calls for greater foothold in West Bank and Gaza (JNS.org) An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general has called for Iran to increase its military power in the West Bank and Gaza. “We must contain Israel… so that it never dares to speak about a missile attack on Iran, we must reinforce our
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Middle East, USA