KINSHASA, Congo (SDJW) –Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, was known in the U.S. Senate as a campaigner for good government, reaching across the aisle to Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona to produce a bipartisan bill to regulate how political campaigns are financed. After his defeat for reelection in 2010, Feingold taught law until he was […]
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — John Kerry regrets his use of the word apartheid in connection with Israel, but his half-hearted apology, which included a reiteration of his accusation against Israel’s leadership as well as that of the Palestinians for not having the courage to do what he thought was right, put him squarely with
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC decried on Sunday, May 4, the so-called “price tag” vandalism attacks that have spread to Arab communities in Israel in recent weeks, joining such other groups as the Anti-Defamation League and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the denunciations Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that such
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By Edwin Black/JNS.org A growing number of lawmakers in the United States, Great Britain, and the European Union are openly suggesting the billions of dollars, pounds, and euros that they and others have collectively bestowed upon the Palestinian Authority to promote peace and reconciliation with Israel have done the exact opposite. The evidence is now
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C (SDJW)–Following are some of the activities of Jewish members in the House of Representatives during the legislative week of Monday, April 28, through Friday, May 2: * CRIMINAL JUSTICE Rep. Steve Cohen , D-Tennessee, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice and a strong advocate for reform
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—In advance of World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (NJ), Co-Chairman of the Commission, addressed the deterioration of media freedom in Ukraine, and the continued presence of criminal defamation: On the situation in
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Former IDF Lt. Hen Mazzig, who coordinates Israel advocacy for StandWithUs’s Pacific Northwest Chapter on 15 college campuses in and around Seattle, Washington, says the American Jewish community may be too focused on interacting with present-day elites, while pro-Palestinian advocates are building a constituency among the college
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) released the following statement Friday, May 2, on a House Select Committee on Benghazi, which House Speaker John Boehner said he planned to create if the House membership approves next week. “For nearly two years, House committees have aggressively investigated what happened the night four brave
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The State Department has again called on Cuba to release Alan Gross from detention. The following statement was issued on Friday, May 2: “Today is Alan Gross’s 65th birthday. Instead of celebrating it with his family where he belongs, Mr. Gross remains in a Cuban prison — where he has been
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International, USABy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — There were very good reasons why the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (the Conference) clearly voted against the membership application of J-Street, an extremist group whose activities are hostile to Israel. The key stated missions of the Conference are “mobilizing support to halt Iran’s
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, has C welcomed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of another breakthrough drug – this time for a lung cancer drug manufactured by Novartis. The drug, known as Zykadia, will help treat patients with a certain type of late-stage non-small cell lung cancer.
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WASHINGTON , D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland.), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, condemned the Assad regime’s attack, on April 30, on a school in the city of Aleppo that killed as many as 47 people, mainly children. The students were preparing
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — With college growing increasingly unaffordable and student loan debt continuing to rise, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced a bipartisan bill to give students and families a better estimate of college costs before they apply for schools. The bill would also help ensure that prospective
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday, May 1, introduced a resolution condemning the April 14 abduction of as many as 234 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. While local officials have reported that
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