NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, March 26, voiced deep concern over Saudi Arabia’s denial of a request from the Obama Administration for a visa to be issued to Michael Wilner, an American reporter for The Jerusalem Post accredited to the White House, so he could accompany the president on his […]
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – AMCHA Initiative, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Zionist Organization of America, on Wednesday, March 26, wrote to San Francisco State University (SFSU) President Leslie Wong urging him to investigate a recent event held by SFSU Professor Rabab Abdulhadi where she and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Allan Finkelstein, who has spent his entire career working to strengthen Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) and the role that they play in American Jewish life, will retire from leading the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America, where he has served as president and CEO since 1994. His retirement is effective
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
By Beth Sarafraz The Jewish Press NEW YORK –Rabbi Pinny Marozov, director of Chabad of Coney Island, wanted to do a mitzvah. So when he found out there was a Jewish man living on his own on the Upper West Side of Manhattan – a Jewish man who was about to turn 111 years old
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The World We Share, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Has Barack Obama been outfoxed in maneuvers about territory that the world should not worry about? Or is something greater at stake? On the one hand, Ukraine and Crimea are within what the world might recognize as the Russian sphere of influence. Anyone claiming that either the Ukraine or Crimea
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International, Ira Sharkansky, USA
By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org Wild booze-filled nights, toga parties, and even hazing. Those are the popular culture images that come to mind when thinking of fraternities and sororities, especially for those who are not personally exposed to Greek life on American campuses. But the Jewish college fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) wants to dispel
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Anav Silverman MODI’IN, ISRAEL – An Israeli company was chosen to be part of a nine-member team of technology vendors in a digital security system project for the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York Harbor. Assembled by Total Recall Corporation, a video-centric security technology provider specializing in surveillance solutions, the company put
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice launched a petition Monday, March 24, calling on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) to bring immigration reform to a vote. The effort, spearheaded by Bend the Arc, is a collaboration of many of the nation’s leading Jewish organizations. The petition (at www.entrydenied.org) asserts
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USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Following US Secretary of State John Kerry’s assertion at the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress on March 13 that it is “a mistake” for Israel to require the Palestinians to acknowledge Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People as part of the peace negotiations, Allan Baker, head of
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Middle East, USA
CHICAGO (Press Release)–The world’s Reform rabbis will convene in Chicago Sunday, March 30, through Wednesday, April 2, 2014, for the 125th Convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). The CCAR is the representative organization of nearly 2,000 Reform rabbis, the world’s largest group of Jewish clergy. Over 570 registrants will gather to consider
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Jewish Religion, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Are the emperors wearing any clothes? We can ask the question about those leading the US, Israel, Palestine, and no doubt several other places. Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon reached the headlines again for what ranking Americans perceived as insulting remarks about the weakness of the United States shown in dealing
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. –Since Secretary of State John Kerry started the nine-month clock on efforts to reach a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we’ve known there would be crises along the way. With eight of those nine months already past, we are at precisely such a crunch point that is testing the two major players –
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Middle East, USASAN JOSE, California (Press Release)–At the first public hearing, Friday, March 21, of the new California Assembly Select Committee on Campus Climate, AMCHA Initiative in a prepared statement urged members of the Committee to examine campus antisemitism and take the proper steps to ensure Jewish students feel safe and welcome at California’s colleges and universities. “Unfortunately, antisemitism
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–When JCC Association kicks-off its Biennial in San Diego, the focus will be on “Building Connections.” Over five days, starting on March 28, JCC lay leaders and senior professionals will focus on how JCCs are positioned to do just that at a time when the definition of what it means to be
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San Diego County, USA