WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Rep. Ted Deutch released the following statement regarding widespread reporting regarding Deutsche Boerse’s posible merger with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Euronext) and the possibility that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) name could be changed now or at any point in the future. “The ultimate merits of this potential merger […]
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A federal jury in the District of Columbia on Thursday convicted a former staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives on corruption charges relating to his acceptance of an all-expenses paid trip to Game One of the 2003 World Series , announced the Criminal Division and the FBI. Fraser C. Verrusio, 41,
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California) announced his selection as the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade to be chaired by Congressman Ed Royce (R-California). “I am honored to be selected by my colleagues to once again serve as the lead Democrat on the House Foreign
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jane Harman (D-California) announced on Tuesday that she plans to resign her congressional seat to become the head of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama responded: “Through nearly two decades in Congress, Jane Harman has been a champion of our national security, from standing up for
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. And those who don’t know history also smugly say things that have more holes than substance. Recently, someone responding to an article of mine said it’s a pity I couldn’t share the world’s joy at the uprising in Egypt.
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) praises the Office of the District Attorney in Orange County, Californai, for criminally charging the 11 students who deliberately and repeatedly disrupted a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) on February 8, 2010. The 11 students – eight from UCI,
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USABOCA RATON, Florida (WJC)–Holocaust survivors are set to picket a golf tournament in Florida sponsored by the German insurance company Allianz, which the protestors claim still owes an estimated US$ 2 billion in unpaid claims to survivors. They plan to block the Boca Raton course of the US$ 1.8 million Allianz Championship and to return
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USAIRVINE, California — The decision of the Orange County district attorney to prosecute students who disrupted a speech by Israel’s Ambassador Michael Oren on the University of California at Irvine campus has drawn protests from a variety of groups. Lest anyone forget what happened during the speech, StandWithUs, an Israel advocacy group, prepared a
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USABy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There are people–many in the media and academia–who literally go bananas if anyone criticizes President Barack Obama. They maintain that he is doing just a great job as if this is beyond any of rational discussion. And yet what has happened in the Middle East in the
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release)–“We deplore the blatant anti-Jewish discrimination that occurred at the anti-Zionist event ‘Never Again for Anyone’ on the Rutgers University campus on Saturday night, January 30,” said StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein. “Apparently the organizers are afraid of anyone who might expose their lies and prejudice. We hope Rutgers University will investigate and
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Last Shabbat several congregants told me that they had expected me to speak about the unrest in Egypt during services. I did not because I believed it would be belaboring the obvious. However, since my rabbinic wisdom is being widely solicited, I will instead belabor the obvious here:
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Middle East, USAWashington, D.C. (February 4, 2011) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Friday called on J Street to give back the “secret” money it has received from George Soros, whose virulent anti-Israel bias can no longer be ignored. In an op-ed piece in yesterday’s Washington Post concerning the upheaval in Egypt and the U.S. response, George Soros
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By Jeanette Friedman ENGLEWOOD, N.J.–Thirty-seven years ago, this very week, there was a snowstorm swirling outside my kitchen window, but my sixth floor apartment was so hot and dry I cracked the window facing the fire escape before I went to bed. It was about 3 a.m., and I had just fallen asleep when I
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USABy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — In 1978 and 1979 I followed the Iranian revolution on a daily and hourly basis. Even before the hostage crisis, recognizing the importance of this event, I began work on a book. The title? Paved with Good Intentions. This came from the expression, “The road to Hell is paved with
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