WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the AJC Global Forum on Thursday, May 15, that “no deal is better than a bad deal” regarding current negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program. Speaking before an audience of more than 2,000 people from 70 countries gathered for AJC’s signature […]
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) stood with students Thursday, May 15, and sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education urging it to put in place stronger protections for students in career education programs—particularly those at for-profit colleges—who take on significant debt to attend but are frequently left with meager job prospects.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) earlier this spring has now passed the Senate unanimously. The senators’ resolution brings attention to the women in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and across the country who, as a result of the Expatriation Act of 1907, had their citizenship stripped
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) this week introduced a Senate resolution recognizing May as National Cancer Research Month. As co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate Cancer Coalition, Feinstein and Isakson introduced the resolution to honor contributions made by scientists, clinicians and patient advocates who have committed themselves to finding a
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the possible GOP presidential contender who raised the hackles of many a pro-Israel Republican with an off-the-cuff remark in March about the “occupied territories” of the West Bank, will get another chance to appeal to high-profile Jewish donors this Sunday.
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) – The 2014 Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prizes were awarded Thursday, May 15 at an official ceremony in the Knesset, hosted by the Speaker of the Knesset MK Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein. Nefesh B’Nefesh works in partnership with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF
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Middle East, USA
DELMAR, New York (Press Release)–The Bronfman Fellowships has selected its 28th cohort of high school students, among them a varsity hockey player who founded a popular prayer service at her school; a saxophonist, clarinetist and composer who has performed at Lincoln Center; an avid participant in Revolutionary War reenactments; and a budding scientist who works
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — By this week, the Rialto Unified School District school board outside of Los Angeles was in full damage control, fending off universal opprobrium over a third-quarter English Language Arts argumentative writing/research project given to 2,000 eighth-graders. The breathtakingly ill-conceived assignment asked students to “read and discuss multiple,
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Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Shocked at UCLA’s recent refusal to protect Jewish students, AMCHA Initiative represented seven organizations at Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting, demanding the Regents, President Janet Napolitano and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block intervene against0000000000000000 the bullying and intimidation tactics of UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). A letter from AMCHA Initiative, the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC) — An agreement has been reached between the US and Iraqi governments under which the Iraqi Jewish Archive (IJA)will remain in the United States for an unspecified period. The archive contains around 2,700 restored Jewish books and thousands of documents. The US spent more than US$ 3 million to restore the texts.
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Jewish History, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – Local Jewish veterans of the Soviet Red Army, representatives of the Israeli government, and Jewish community dignitaries will convene at the United Nations May 21 to usher in a new Jewish holiday celebrating the rescue of European Jewry in 1945. Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Faina
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – As part of a torrent of criticism pouring into the Federal Communications Commission, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday delivered to the FCC nearly 19,000 comments from consumers demanding a free and open Internet. In advance of a Thursday meeting of the FCC, Sanders had invited visitors to use a form on his Senate
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) –As part of a Congressional Delegation to the Middle East and Asia focused on terrorism, homeland security and the war in Syria, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) had separate meetings with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, President Abdullah Gul and other Turkish high government officials. In his meeting with the Prime Minister,
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Middle East, USABy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Some 20 years ago, 12-year-old Ted, on a trip to San Francisco, was taken into a restaurant in Chinatown. The boy saw the menu, and in a loud voice said: “Chinese food? I hate Chinese food. I don’t even like the Chinese!” Then he noticed all the Asians glaring at him. He
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