By Jerry Klinger ASHLEY, North Dakota — May 21, 2017, was a sunny day. Strong, chilling winds whipped across the treeless Great Plains farming land. Nearly a hundred people gathered, some from the local community, some having traveled thousands of miles. They all came to honor, to remember, to respect, to preserve the past […]
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USAThis article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Even at John F. Kennedy’s centennial on May 29, 2017, the 35th president remains an enigma. We still struggle to come to a clear consensus about a leader frozen in time—a man who, in our mind’s eye, is forever young and vigorous, cool
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USASen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Sunday he is highly suspicious of the latest bombshell allegations to roil White House – that President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, tried to set up a secret channel of communications between the transition team and the Kremlin. Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak was taken aback by the request, which
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International, USACory Godbolt, of Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, has been arrested and charged in the murder of eight people, including a sheriff’s deputy. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Godbolt’s murder spree started late Saturday night when a sheriff’s deputy responded to a homeowner who wanted Godbolt removed from their property. He was arrested this morning after a manhunt
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USAGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested Donald Trump has made it difficult for her country and others in Europe to depend on the U.S. Speaking after the close of the G7 summit, which saw all the world leaders involved except Trump recommitting to the Paris climate deal, Merkel said the time to rely on others
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International, USAWhile it was a dry year for cinema coming out of the Jewish state, the Tribe is heavily represented in this year’s screenings By Jordan Hoffman CANNES, France — Time to pack up, head home and not think about how many flaky, butter-drenched croissants I stuffed in my maw during my 12-day stay in the
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAHomeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Sunday said “it’s borderline, if not over the line of treason” to leak highly classified information gleaned from foreign intelligence, citing Britain’s alarm at seeing details of its probe into the Manchester terror bombing in the U.S. press. President Trump ordered the Justice Department and other agencies to conduct
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International, USAThe late Sy Brenner was a prisoner in a German prisoner-of-war camp, where his Jewish identity was not known because a battlefield comrade had broken off the bottom of Sy’s dogtag, on which “H” for “Hebrew” identified his religious preference. Sy wrote about his experiences in the memoir titled “The Night I Got Killed.” He
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International, USADIPLOMACY – Split ‘6-1’ on climate change at G7 as Trump holds out US President Donald Trump refused to endorse the Paris global climate change accord – saying he needed more time – but backed a pledge to fight protectionism at a meeting of the G7 in Italy on Saturday. The summit of Group of
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by relatives of two Americans killed during the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. Mrs. Clinton neither enabled the Benghazi attack by using her now-infamous private email server nor defamed its victims’ parents afterwards, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman
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Middle East, USAHall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who went on to serve in Congress as a Kentucky politician, died overnight at the age of 85, the Philadelphia Phillies announced Saturday. “We are saddened to announce the passing of Hall of Fame pitcher and former U.S. Senator, Jim Bunning,” the Phillies wrote on Twitter. “Our thoughts and
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USAUpdated | The White House Facebook page failed to acknowledge First Gentleman of Luxembourg Gauthier Destenay, married to Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, in a post featuring the spouses of world leaders attending this week’s G7 summit in Sicily. The photo caption included the names of every other spouse, all of them wives, beginning with: “First
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International, USAIs H.R. McMaster, the White House national security adviser, on the way out? By some signs, he is: President Donald Trump not only excluded him from a key meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his national security adviser Monday night in Jerusalem, he was kept “outside the King David [Hotel] room during the
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International, USAThe unrelenting Republican assault on the free press continued on Friday when Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, joked about shooting journalists. The joke was made not two days after a Montana congressional candidate, Greg Gianforte, assaulted a reporter instead of answering a question on health care. Abbott made his joke at a gun
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