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Waxman urges P.A. to help find 3 kidnapped teens

June 16, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— Congressman Henry A. Waxman (D-California) joined those calling on the Palestinian Authority to do all it can to locate and return the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers. “I strongly condemn the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers by Palestinian extremists and call for their immediate release.,” Waxman said. “This act of terrorism against […]

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Middle East, USA

U.S. Jewish groups react to teens’ kidnapping

June 16, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Monday, June 16, expressed deep concern for the safety of the three Israeli Yeshiva students who were kidnapped last Friday in the West Bank. “Our hearts and prayers are with the three and with their families. We stand in solidarity with their families and the

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Reform group lauds building homes near transit

June 16, 2014

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Leaders of Reform CA, an initiative of the California Reform Jewish Movement for justice, said they are “overjoyed by the bold decision of our state leadership to invest significant and long-term cap-and-trade funding into the building of affordable homes near transit in California”. Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, Co-Director of the Union

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Peres offers al-Sisi a mazal tov

June 14, 2014

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, spoke to the newly elected President of Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Saturday and congratulated him on his election. President Peres stressed Israel’s commitment to maintain the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt and strengthening the cooperation between the countries. President Peres wished

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Weighing anti- Semitism in the U.S.

June 14, 2014

By Kenneth L. Marcus/JNS.org In a recent issue of Time magazine, Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, former president of the Union for Reform Judaism, writes that anti-Semitism is “not a threat to American Jews.” He could not be more wrong. Let us start with the obvious. Any threat to world Jewry is a threat to American

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Jewish debate over Hillary Clinton taking form

June 14, 2014

By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — While Hillary Rodham Clinton jets around the country promoting her newly released memoir Hard Choices, a group of prominent Jewish Democrats has placed bets on the former secretary of state in advance of her possible run for the presidency. Others, however, are using parts of the memoir

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San Antonio Jews give Castro thumbs-up

June 14, 2014

By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Democratic and Republican parties battle for who will control the growing Latino-American vote, one young Hispanic politician is being eyed by Democrats as their party’s future. San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro was thrust into the national spotlight last month when President Barack Obama nominated the

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Saying goodbye to my momma the civil rights leader

June 14, 2014

By Rabbi Ben Kamin MEMPHIS, Tennessee —When I returned again this week to this city of purple mists, hovering ghosts, and sudden ferocious rainstorms, the hole in my heart for my departed, adopted mother was real and dampening. Maxine Smith quietly died since my last visit (the only thing she ever did quietly); a ribald,

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U.S. senators urge India to protect women

June 13, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) and nine of her colleagues on Friday, June 13, sent a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take immediate action to combat gender-based violence and improve the safety of women and girls in India. The Senators’ letter to the newly-elected Prime Minister

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International, USA

Retailers urged to push for commonsense gun laws

June 13, 2014

WASHINGTON,D.C. (Press Release0 – In a letter Friday, June 13, to the National Retail Federation, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty, all Connecticut Democrats, called on retailers to join the national, bipartisan push for commonsense gun violence reform measures and to consider voluntary measures individual retailers could take to immediately reduce

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Amid tumult, Rivkin heads for Israel and P.A.

June 13, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Amid the tension between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the kidnapping of three teenagers, one of whom has dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship, the U.S. State Department issued a routine announcement that Charles H. Rivkin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Charles H. Rivkin, “will travel to Tel Aviv,

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Congress reacts cautiously to Iraq crisis

June 12, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) –The White House announced Thursday that Vice President Biden spoke earlier in the day with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The Vice President expressed the United States’ solidarity with Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Prime Minister discussed Iraq’s current security situation, and

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Senators urge tobacco companies not to hire minors

June 12, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Seventeen U.S. Senators led by Ben Cardin (MD) Tom Harkin (D-IA) on Thursday, June 12, sent a letter to the ten largest tobacco companies urging them to prohibit child labor in their supply chain. The letter comes on the heels of a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report found

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Stanley Fischer confirmed as Federal Reserve vice chair

June 12, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Stanley Fischer, who once governed the Bank of Israel, was confirmed on a 63-24 vote to serve as vice chairman of the U.S. Federal reserve. He succeeds Janet Yellen, who was elevated to the top position in the Fed, succeeding Ben Bernanke. Fischer, Yellen and Bernanke all are members of the

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Middle East, USA

Waxman urges P.A. to help find 3 kidnapped teens

U.S. Jewish groups react to teens’ kidnapping

Reform group lauds building homes near transit

Peres offers al-Sisi a mazal tov

Weighing anti- Semitism in the U.S.

Jewish debate over Hillary Clinton taking form

San Antonio Jews give Castro thumbs-up

Saying goodbye to my momma the civil rights leader

U.S. senators urge India to protect women

Retailers urged to push for commonsense gun laws

Amid tumult, Rivkin heads for Israel and P.A.

Congress reacts cautiously to Iraq crisis

Senators urge tobacco companies not to hire minors

Stanley Fischer confirmed as Federal Reserve vice chair

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