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Putin’s New Man in Washington Games Israel

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The headline that Mike Johnson hoped for on Friday: “Democrats betray Israel.” Instead he got this New York Times headline: “House Passes Bill Tying Israel Aid to Spending Cuts With Nothing for Ukraine.” More to the point, let’s try: “Putin wins first round against Ukraine with help from GOP […]

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Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Opinion, USA

Israel’s University Presidents Urge ‘Sea Change in Clarity and Truth in Academia’ on Hamas Terrorism

In a letter addressed to academic leaders around the world, the presidents of Israel’s nine leading universities called for “a sea change in clarity and truth in academia on the matter of Israel’s war against Hamas.” The Nov. 1 letter from Israel’s Association of University Heads (VERA) conveyed that following “a tragedy unprecedented in Israel’s

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Okfuskee County, Rosenwald Schools, and Boley

By Jerry Klinger Boley, Oklahoma, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, was established as an all-Black town on the land of Creek Indian “Freedwoman” Abigail Barnett in 1903. When the Five Tribes, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminoles, were forcibly removed from their homelands in the 1830s–40s, people enslaved by the tribes also made the long

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA

No Ceasefire in Gaza, No Votes, Muslim Americans Tell Biden

Published by Reuters By Andrea Shalal and Andrew Hay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some Muslim and Arab American groups are threatening to withhold donations and votes towards President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection unless he takes immediate steps to secure a Gaza ceasefire. The National Muslim Democratic Council, which includes Democratic Party leaders from hotly contested states that

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Terror Threat Against US Reaches ‘Whole Other Level,’ FBI Chief Warns

Published by New York Daily News The threat of terror attacks against the United States has reached a “whole other level” since America’s ally Israel went to war with the terrorist group Hamas, the FBI’s director warned Tuesday. “The reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023, but the ongoing war in

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Free Palestine? Free the Brooklyn Bridge

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — We cannot be blamed for suspecting that 40-year-old Samantha Woll was stabbed to death at her Detroit home because of the crisis in Israel. Her murder occurred two weeks after Hamas butchered 1,400 Jews in southern Israel, followed by Israel’s merciless bombing of Gaza. She was a prominent political

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

The War Comes Home

By Doron Krakow Saturday, October 28, will be three weeks. Three weeks since the horrific, savage slaughter of innocents—children in front of parents, whole families burned alive, concertgoers mowed down by the hundreds—the images provided by the butchers themselves are now etched into our minds and hearts. The death toll continues to climb, as does

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Doron Krakow, Israel, Opinion, USA

New Provocative Billboards Target Antisemitism in San Diego Amid National Rise

NEW YORK (Press Release) – JewBelong, a national nonprofit organization that aims to make Judaism accessible and fight antisemitism, put up three new billboards in San Diego reading  “Cultural Jews died in the gas chambers too. Speak up.” The new slogan is in response to the antisemitism sparked by the Israel-Hamas war leading to an

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Israel, San Diego County, USA

Hamas Releases 2 Hostages, Including Mother of Carmel Valley Resident

(JNS) Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch, Israeli coordinator for the captives and missing, confirmed on Monday night that the Hamas terrorist organization had released Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85. Nurit Cooper is the mother of Carmel Valley resident Rotem Cooper, ABC 10News reported. “The two women were abducted from their homes in Kibbutz

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Israel, San Diego County, USA

Adopt-A-Family Helping Israeli Victims of Terror

For years, the Adopt-A-Family Foundation has been helping Israeli victims of terror, mainly in the southern part of that country.  According to the Foundation’s executive director, Carine Chitayat, the Foundation had been providing economic support and friendship to approximately 21 families, which expanded to 25 families following the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas of approximately 1,400 persons. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, USA