By Dr. Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — The recent kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers near Hebron, who are now the subject of a massive Israeli military-security search, should give pause. Israel says it has evidence of involvement by Hamas, the U.S. and European Union-listed terrorist group that calls in its Charter for the worldwide murder […]
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Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Taglit-Birthright Israel has passed a significant milestone with the designation of the program’s 400,000th participant: Ryan Hunter, 20, a student from Syosset, New York (Long Island). By reaching this milestone, Taglit-Birthright Israel turns a corner and has now provided a free heritage trip to half of the young Jewish adults who are
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JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israeli Jews want the views of the Jewish Diaspora, and the impact Israeli government action could have on it, to be taken into account by their government, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute presented in Jerusalem on Wednesday, June 25. The newspaper ‘Haaretz’ reports that asked whether the Israeli government,
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LONDON (WJC) –The British actor Gary Oldman on Tuesday apologized after claiming in a ‘Playboy’ interview that Hollywood was a “town run by Jews.” Oldman said fellow actor and director Mel Gibson was being unfairly ostracized over his anti-Semitic remarks. Following criticism by Jewish organizations, Oldman issued an apology in which he described Jews as
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WARSAW (Press Release) – Polish, American, and Israeli government officials joined AJC leadership, including AJC President Stanley Bergman, in Belzec on Wednesday, June 25, to mark the tenth anniversary of the memorial and museum erected at the site of the Nazi death camp in southeastern Poland. “Belzec is a stark lesson that we must never
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International, Middle East, USABy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –The media often uses major sporting events, such as the current FIFA 2014 soccer World Cup, to provide audiences with a little light relief from the seemingly endless stream of bad-news stories. In contrast, I present you with a blog of positive news featuring some of the recent achievements of
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee is currently on a week long visit in Israel on what has been defined as a fact-finding tour, focused on the challenges facing Israelis in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, as well as the threat of anti-Israel de-legitimization efforts such as
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Middle East, USAToday, we’re coming after the Saturday people; after we finish, we will come after the Sunday people By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — My personal history with the Presbyterian Church goes back to the early 1990s, when they accepted me as a student for their doctoral program. In the three years I
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By Sheryl DeVore SOUTH BEND, Indiana — When Andrew Berlin purchased a losing baseball team with the goal of improving park attendance and scores, he didn’t realize that he would also be repurposing a century-old synagogue that could have easily succumbed to the wrecking ball. The CEO of Berlin Packaging, a Chicago-based business with
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SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) issued the following statement on the June 12th kidnapping of yeshiva students Eyal Yifrach (19), Gilad Shaar (16), and Naftali Frenkel (16). The Israeli youth were kidnapped on June 12th while traveling in Kfar Etzion. Frenkel holds both Israeli and U.S. citizenship. “This abhorrent act
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) on Tuesday, June 24, called on the agency to immediately direct car dealers that sell used-cars to change any policy which may potentially allow the sale of recalled vehicles without first fixing safety defects, putting used-car buyers
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan., delivered remarks Tuesday, June 24, at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and presenting a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Levin sponsored legislation awarding
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California are exploring whether patient satisfaction surveys linked to Medicare payments encourage opioid pain reliever abuse, already a national epidemic. The senators wrote to the federal agency in charge of Medicare payments on agency practices in this area. “There is
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the ruling by the United States Supreme Court that upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set carbon pollution standards within the guidelines of the Clean Air
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