Published by Reuters By Andrew Chung -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to let immigrants who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds apply to become permanent residents if they entered the country illegally, siding with President Joe Biden’s administration. The justices, acting in an appeal by a married […]
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Published by AFP Guatemala City (AFP) – US Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday the United States hopes to work with Guatemala to address the root causes of illegal migration by creating “a sense of hope” in the poverty- and violence-plagued country, on her first trip abroad since taking office. Meeting President Alejandro Giammattei in
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Last week a US District judge declared California’s ban on semi-automatic assault rifles unconstitutional by declaring, “Like the Swiss Army knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for both home and battle.” The more I think about it, the two are almost identical in their uses. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Lawrence Baron, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
You can imagine my shock when the recent attacks on Jews in LA and NYC, coupled with the surge of uncloaked violent antisemitism were not enough to elicit even one response from my many non-Jewish friends and faith partners. Their silence has been deafening. [Rabbi Jason Nevarez]
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International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA
Published by AFP Guatemala City (AFP) – US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Guatemala Sunday, bringing a message of “hope” to a region hammered by Covid-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the United States. Harris, who will also visit Mexico, is making her first journey
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Despite Israel’s strict adherence to international law and the use of limited proportionate force against the terrorist targets, the unrelenting global hate chorus accuses the IDF of war crimes. Hamas has been very clever in selling itself as the victim on social media, and the new battlefield front of multidimensional public opinion. [Nitsana Darshan-Leitner]
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
In the June 6, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, highlights include:
–An Israeli Covid-19 treatment cures 10 severely ill patients in one day.
–An Israeli study proves that being positive can increase longevity.
–An Israeli airline is commencing flights to Marrakesh.
–Israelis have developed synthetic spider silk and “no-bee” honey.
–Foreign tourist group tours to Israel have restarted.
–The first Israeli woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
–Take a hi-tech look inside Jerusalem’s refurbished Tower of David Museum.
(Michael Ordman0
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Published by AFP Matamoros (Mexico) (AFP) – Standing in her kitchen Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a small board in front of her phone, hoping the students watching on the other end are paying attention to the math lesson she is teaching. The 38-year-old Honduran migrant had dreamed of settling in the United States but
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by BANG Showbiz Two cookbooks owned by Marilyn Monroe are set to be auctioned off. The late actress – who died in 1962 – owned books entitled ‘The New Fanny Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Book’ and ‘The New Joy of Cooking’, and it has now been confirmed both tomes will be going up for
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Travel and Food, USA
Published by USA Features Media (USA Features) Noted constitutional expert and Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Saturday former President Donald Trump’s enemies are trying to “use the law in a weaponized way” to attack him politically using lawsuits premised on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “I think what he did was protected as
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San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced on Thursday the development of a new phone app to help members of law enforcement be more culturally sensitive when they have interactions with any of 12 ethnic and religious groups. The dozen groups include 1) African American Youth; Asian; Chaldean; East African/ Somali; East African/ Somali Youth; Karen/ Karenni (from Burma); Latinx Youth; Mexican and Mexican American; Muslim; Native Americans, Samoans, and Vietnamese. It was not deemed necessary to include Jews among the groups, but I think this was a mistake. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — On Friday, Facebook announced that former President Donald Trump would remain banned on the social network until at least January 7, 2023, two years after he was initially blocked in the aftermath of the Capitol riot. Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt released the following statement in reaction to
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — Dianne Lob, Chair, William Daroff, CEO, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Vice Chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on Friday issued the following statement: “We are deeply appreciative of the outspoken support from President Biden and his Administration, and from many on both sides of the aisle
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The following are opening remarks from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Israeli Minister of Defense Benjamin Gantz from their meeting at the White House on Thursday: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Minister Gantz, it’s a pleasure to host you here at the Pentagon. I
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