By Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for those seeking political limits on art and speech in communal institutions, Washington’s Jewish Community Center has fired the artistic director of the acclaimed Theater J. His ouster caps a successful campaign by a small group of activists to shutter the theater over the content of its […]
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By Caren Besner BOYNTON BEACH, Florida–Fratricide is an ugly word. It evokes the image of siblings in conflict with one another. The Old Testament is replete with stories of such disharmony, that serve both as a lesson in morality and a warning for future generations. The story of Cain and Abel, the enslavement of Joseph in
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Middle East, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California — It was October 1939—I was twelve years old. My parents, my brother and I were sitting in the basement of our Paris apartment building with gas masks on. We did this every night as the sirens screeched and German planes flew overhead threatening to gas us. We
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International, Natasha Josefowitz, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Wednesday reiterated its call on the Obama administration to support French-led efforts to gain consensus around a United Nations Security Council laying out terms of reference and a timeline for Israeli-Palestinian, two-state negotiations. APN urged the Obama administration to reject efforts to delay such a resolution until
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)— The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)reiterates its call of last week for President Barack Obama to free Jonathan Pollard, after President Obama freed three convicted spies who spied for an enemy regime, Cuba, and now that he has also freed ten terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo. The first of six, freed the previous week
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Middle East, USAAbbas: No U.N. resolution, no more cooperation with Israel (JNS.org) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to break off ties with Israel if the Palestinian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution demanding Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank by 2017 fails. Speaking to reporters in Algeria, Abbas said that the Palestinians are “determined to restore
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Entry to politics does not require a test of intelligence, or even political savvy. The best most recent evidence appears in reports associated with Tsipi Livni and John Kerry. Livni–along with Shimon Peres–advised John Kerry to postpone action on the Palestinians’ request of the UN Security Council to grant it statehood
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — They arrest you for having any opinion that isn’t theirs. They arrest you for demanding elections; the last thing they want is to know you want different leadership. They arrest you for having a Facebook page that is out of step, or you don’t have Facebook at all.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In response to the murders of two New York City police officers on Saturday afternoon, Union for Reform Judaism President, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, delivered the following statement on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014: “Today we mourn with the families of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, New York City policemen murdered in Brooklyn
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SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Twenty-two advocacy groups on Monday, Dec. 22, applauded University of California (UC) Provost Aimee Dorr and UC administrators for protecting the well-bring of Jewish students. For the first time ever, UC administrators publicly affirmed that UC faculty are prohibited from bringing hateful anti-Semitic propaganda and the boycott of Israel into
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPalestinian terrorist indicted for fatally stabbing Israeli woman in Alon Shvut (JNS.org) An indictment for murder was filed Sunday at the Samaria Military Court against Maher Hamdi al-Ashalmoun, the Palestinian terrorist who fatally stabbed 26-year-old Israeli woman Dahlia Lemkus last month at the entrance to the community of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion. According to
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–Aware that many people never get to hear or read the speeches made at the United Nations, the World Jewish Congress has distributed an address made by Israel’s Ambassador Ron Prosor to the General Assembly. It follows: Mr. President, I stand before the world as a proud representative of the State of
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CHULA VISTA (Press Release)–Representatives of Chabad, the Chaldean Community, and Latinos for Israel will be among those joining forces at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 28 for “A Night to Bless Jerusalem” at the South Bay Baptist Church, 960 Fifth Avenue, Chula Vista. Rabbi Mendel Polichenco, Chabad director for Mexico, will be joined by Mark Arabo
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was shocked and stunned by the senseless, execution-style murders of two New York Police Department officers by a man who reportedly expressed extreme hatred toward the police on his social media accounts just prior to the attack. Police say the gunman apparently carried out the killings earlier Friday in
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