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NJDC hails Janice Hahn’s win in special congressional election

WASHINGTON, DC- (Press Release) –The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) congratulates Janice Hahn on her successful bid to represent California’s 36th Congressional district. In the special election held today, Hahn defeated her Tea Party-backed Republican opponent, Craig Huey, and dealt a blow to the hopes of Republican leaders who had hoped to send another extremist […]

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Congressmen seek removal of anti-Semitic, anti-American NOI material from prisons

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)  – In an effort to combat the growing threat of radicalization in U.S. prisons, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) today asked the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to remove inflammatory written, audio and video materials produced by the “Nation of Islam” and Louis Farrakhan in BOP facilities

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Marking July 4th with Jewish and alternative histories

    By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – As the aroma of kosher hot dogs and hamburgers wafted from the barbecues on the parking lot of Ner Tamid Synagogue in the early evening of July 4th, Rabbi Nadav Caine and congregational president Mitchell Freedman, each in turn, contemplated how American ideals reflect those articulated in Jewish

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

July 4th a time to celebrate ideals

By Senator Barbara Boxer WASHINGTON, D.C. –On the Fourth of July, we celebrate not only America’s birthday but also the birth of our nation’s founding ideals as set forth in the Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met to approve Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary statement “that all men are created equal,

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4th of July no time to draw close to groups that restrict rights of minorities

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Muslim Brotherhood, The Fourth of July: compare and contrast. The Declaration of Independence reflects our founders’ understanding of man, State  and God. The rights that come to man from God are unalienable – life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – and drawn broadly enough to encompass all

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Many tenets of U.S. government drawn from Hebrew Scriptures

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The founding parents of this nation—the greatest experiment in democracy ever known in human history—were motivated by egalitarian values and aspirations first noted in the Hebrew Bible.   When Moses looked Pharaoh in the eye and proclaimed, “Let my people go,” he foretold the visceral objections of Franklin, Jefferson,

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Obama’s Afghanistan conclusions mirror Israel’s in Mideast

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In 1966 Senator George Aiken (R Vt) said that America should declare victory and leave Vietnam.   What he actually said was more nuanced, but the press simplified it in a way that did not distort his message. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Aiken   Between 1966 and the final US pullout marked by the

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Congressman seeks to preempt municipal action on circumcision

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Congressman Brad Sherman has announced from his Washington office that he has introduced legislation that would preclude San  Francisco and other municipalities from banning the practice of circumcision within their municipal boundaries. The Jewish Democrat, who represents a portion of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, said in a

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Homeland Security Dept; Jewish organizations announce anti-terror partnership

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday met with Jewish community leaders from across the nation at the White House to underscore the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to partnering with faith-based communities to prevent, prepare for and respond to threats and announce the expansion of DHS’ “If You See Something, Say

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