By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — “We will decide how best to control our borders and who will be allowed to enter our country.” That was the United State’s response to a recent U.N. compact on global migration. Many countries, including Israel, Hungary and Italy also opted out. Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, explained, […]
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International, Middle East, USA
U.S. Secretary of State condemns Iran missile launch Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo issued the following statement on Tuesday: “In continued defiance of the international community and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the Iranian regime fired off a space launch vehicle today. Such vehicles incorporate technologies that are virtually identical and interchangeable with those
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Cynthia Citron SHERMAN OAKS, California — Can you imagine seeing the name “Melvyn Kaplofkis” up in lights on Broadway? Well, neither could he. So he changed it to “Mel King” and became “The King of Brooklyn.” But the Jewish stand-up comic in this one-man show is actually named Danny DiTorrice and he tells his
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a public declaration of Israel’s interest in having the United States recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz have introduced legislation urging just that. Why now? There is no “peace process” – certainly none that involves Syria –
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A cartoon in Ha’aretz (January 14) shows Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, in a room with his cyber hackers. One of them asks his president something to the effect: “Are we on the side of the Hasidim or the Litvaks (who normally oppose the Hasidim) in the next Israeli
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International, Middle East, USA
By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — I contacted the Richmond Museum of History in March 2017 based on a story in the J – The Jewish News of Northern California seeking volunteers for a joint venture with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, “History Unfolded: U.S. Newspapers and the Holocaust,” designed to reveal what local
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Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Both of my countries appear to be in the deep do do, with leaders on or over the borders of madness. From the end of September to late December the S&P Stock Index was on a wild ride, with decreases and increases in the range up to 300 points in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — To save America, two Jewish defenders of Israel are willing to put Israel at a measure of risk – even while a Palestinian congresswoman is applying the old “dual loyalty” accusation to a convoluting situation in the Senate. A far-reaching legislative plan to address Middle East concerns codifies
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Middle East, USA
Adam Schiff: Proposed national emergency to fund wall an abuse of power U.S. Rep. Adam Shiff (D-California) on Friday issued this statement concerning the ongoing partial government shutdown: “President Trump used the Oval Office to push for his wall in a prime time national television speech replete with falsehoods and fear mongering, and walked out
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Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin congratulates United Hatzalah “The Talmud teaches us that saving one life is as if a person saved the entire world. You save the lives of children, men, and women, 24-hours-a-day and 365 days a year,” President Reuven Rivlin told a contingent of United Hatzalah emergency responders. “You are called United Hatzalah,
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAEditor’s note: Following is the text of a speech delivered at the American University in Cairo by U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo outlining American strategy in the Middle East. By Michael R. Pompeo CAIRO, Egypt — Thank you to Frank Ricciardone [President of American University and former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey] Thank you for
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Middle East, USA
$1 million Genesis Prize awarded to Robert Kraft; who dedicates money to fight anti-Semitism Robert Kraft, American philanthropist and owner of the New England Patriots football team, has been named the 2019 Genesis Prize Laureate. The annual $1 million Genesis Prize, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” by Time Magazine, honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional
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International, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA-Third in a Series- By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This is my last article for now dealing with some of the challenges the Jewish and black community face in their battle against racial intolerance and Anti-Semitism. The Women’s March demonstrated against Donald Trump at his inauguration. It was one of the
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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA
Milstein Family Foundation offers $16,000 for best student idea to promote Israel Seniors in high school and college students have been challenged by the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation to devise an “out-of-the-box, pro-Israel initiative on campus and beyond — be it showing positive aspects of Israel, strengthening the U.S.-Israel alliance, or fighting anti-Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA