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Protests mount against SFSU professor’s trip

  LOS ANGELES (Press Release)– Citing broad academic and community outrage, seven groups on Tuesday, July 22, urged the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees, the group with ultimate authority over educational and fiscal matters at SFSU and all CSU schools, to launch its own investigation into San Francisco State University (SFSU) Professor Rabab […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

AJC denounces Erdogan’s ‘incendiary’ rhetoric

NEW YORK (Press Release) —the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has expressed its outrage over the incendiary rhetoric of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip  Erdogan, whose continuous verbal assaults on Israel have fueled violent demonstrations against Israeli diplomatic outposts and created a permissive environment for attacks on Jews. In recent days mobs have attacked Israel’s embassy

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Middle East, USA

At Hoover Dam, there’s a statistic everywhere

  -Eighth in a series– By Donald H. Harrison BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Whereas the watchword of this publication is “There’s a Jewish Story Everywhere,” at the Hoover Dam, apparently, the motto is slightly different: “There’s a Statistic Everywhere.” Or so one might believe watching an introductory video and taking a math-laden tour of the

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

FIDF launches campaign to aid Israel’s soldiers

NEW YORK (Press Release)– With Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops entering Gaza, and Operation Protective Edge in full force, Friends of the IDF (FIDF) has launched an emergency national campaign, entitled “FIDF Frontline Operation,” to secure the wellbeing of Israel’s soldiers. The IDF has issued a list of thousands of essential items for active duty

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Middle East, USA

RJC: Poll shows Demos not on Israel’s side

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) responded to the release Wednesday July 15,  of a Pew Research Center poll  on the partisan gap in Israel-Palestinian sympathies. The Pew poll found that among conservative and moderate Republicans, sympathy for Israel was at 77% and 64%. Among moderate and liberal Democrats, that sympathy was at

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Middle East, USA

Religious Action Center decries anti- Jewish acts

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)– In response to recent anti-Semitic episodes in Los Angeles and Paris, as well as incidents across the United States and Europe, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, has issued the following statement: “We are deeply disturbed by the recent violent anti-Semitic and anti-Israel uprisings. Over

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