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Memories of Mickey Marcus and the Exodus

By Jerry Klinger WEST POINT, New York —  American Veterans of Israel Legacy Corporation organized and commemorated on May 7 the life of Mickey Marcus. It is an annual event at West Point, the last number of years held at the Jewish Chapel overlooking the Hudson. This year was the 51st commemoration. The commemoration honors an extraordinary […]

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Joe Biden slams Hillary Clinton: ‘I never thought she was a great candidate’

Joe Biden has a reputation for saying what’s on his mind, and on Thursday night, he reportedly didn’t hold back at all about former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “I never thought she was a great candidate. I thought I was a great candidate,” Biden reportedly told an audience of hedge fund managers at the

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All 50 state governors oppose BDS

NEW YORK (WJC) — The governors of all 50 states, along with the mayor of the District of Columbia, signed an initiative to reject the BDS (boycott, divest and sanctions) movement, the American Jewish Congress (AJC) announced on Wednesday. “Governors across our country know very well the enormous value of the US-Israel partnership in every sphere imaginable,

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Middle East, USA

Anti- Semitism up in Mexico, down in Western Europe

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic attitudes have risen sharply in Mexico in the past three years amid challenges the country is facing with a faltering economy and growing pessimism about the country’s direction and future, according to a new poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL’s Global 100 Index Survey in Mexico found

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COP condemns Walloon ban on kosher slaughter

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations today condemned the decision by the Walloon Parliament in the southern region of Belgium mandating all animals be stunned before slaughter, making it impossible to comply with Jewish religious requirements (shechita) for kosher meat. Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman and

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Maduro employs Holocaust imagery to defend his regime; AJC issues strong criticism

NEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) strongly criticized Venezuela President Maduro for using Nazi imagery to defend his regime against a growing wave of protesters. “We are the new Jews of the 21st century that Hitler pursued,” Maduro told his Cabinet meeting. “We don’t carry the yellow star of David,” he continued.

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Putin Mocks Trump For Sharing Intel With Russians

While President Donald Trump reportedly criticizes his own staff as “incompetent” following a barrage of controversies over the Russian election probe, James Comey’s firing and beyond, Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin seems to be enjoying every minute of it all. The Russian president openly mocked an encounter shared between Trump, Sergey Lavrov, the Kremlin’s foreign

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Venezuela, others reject call for crisis talks at UN Security Council

New York (dpa) – UN ambassadors from Bolivia and Uruguay joined Caracas on Wednesday in rebuffing US attempts to address the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela before the UN Security Council. US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley scheduled the last-minute council meeting Wednesday as anti-government demonstrations in the capital of Caracas reached

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Dems rule out Lieberman, Keating as FBI picks; former colleague not acceptable

Senate Democrats said Thursday they won’t accept a new FBI director with a political background, which would seem to rule out former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Republican, and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, who was a Democrat and even served as his party’s vice presidential nominee in 2000. Those were two of the four names

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In ‘signal to Trump,’ Herzog says Israel must retain Ma’ale Adumim

Touring settlements, opposition leader says he’s committed to ‘separation’ from Palestinians, but wouldn’t dismantle large blocs By Raoul Wootliff Opposition leader Isaac Herzog tours the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim with members of his Zionist Union faction on Thursday, May 19, 2017 (courtesy) In what he described as “a signal to US President Donald

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Middle East, USA

Aide behind travel ban said penning Trump speeches to Middle east

Stephen Miller, who also wrote a campaign speech criticized for ‘anti-Semitic overtones, reportedly writing addresses to be delivered in Riyadh, Jerusalem By Times of Israel staff Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a session on law enforcement held at the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

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