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Pat Robertson and a Jewish stereotype

Editor’s Note: The Christian Broadcasting Network, in comment below the following story, says Pat Robertson was quoting Daniel Lapin’s book, and not voicing his own opinion.  By Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Televangelist  Pat Robertson has struck again, recently saying Jews never fix their cars because they’re too busy polishing diamonds. Note that Robertson often

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Richmond has history, art and many monuments

Editor’s Note: Our correspondent from Mevasseret Zion, Israel, has been visiting the United States and occasionally blogging about what she sees.  Here is a report from Richmond, Virginia. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson RICHMOND, Virginia — For me personally, the principal attraction of Richmond, Virginia is the presence there or in the vicinity of two first cousins

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Council of Presidents: Keep Abouletabi out of U.S

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations denounced the appointment of Hamid Aboutalebi as Iran’s new Ambassador to the United Nations. He is widely known to have been involved in the siege of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979

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Middle East, USA

ZOA chief: Christie’s stance on Israel is suspect

By Morton A. Klein   NEW YORK, — Last week, potential presidential   candidate, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, spoke to hundreds of  Jews at the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Palazzo hotel. Christie didn’t mention Israel in his prepared   remarks but during the Q &A, he inaccurately referred to Judea and Samaria as

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Barkat tells Jerusalem’s story in Washington DC

JERUSALEM (TNA) — Mayor Nir Barkat is currently conducting an official visit to the United States, his office here has reported. During his visit in Washington he met on Tuesday with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Republican members of Congress Peter Roskam of Illinois, Susan Brooks of Indiana and Edward Royce of California.  Royce chairs the

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A new Torah for the military

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW) –Aboard the retired Air Craft Carrier USS Midway, a new Torah was presented Tuesday evening, April 1, by the Jewish community of San Diego to the JWB, previously called the Jewish Welfare Board, for use by Jewish chaplains. Carried under a chuppah by San Diego philanthropist Gary Jacobs, the Torah a few hours before had its

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Anti- Semitic incidents fewer but often more violent

NEW YORK (Press Release)-The total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States fell by 19 percent in 2013, continuing a decade-long downward slide and marking one of the lowest levels of incidents reported by the Anti-Defamation League since it started keeping records in 1979. ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, released today, reported a

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Bipartisan bill would fund Israel energy research

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California), along with Congressman Eliot Engel (D-New York), Congressman Michael Grimm (R-New York), and Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), led a bipartisan group of 84 House members in a request  to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development for $2 million for the U.S.–Israel Energy Cooperation Program in the

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