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14 teens awarded for efforts to repair the world

SAN FRANCISCO, California (Press Release) —The Helen Diller Family Foundation has awarded 14 young leaders from California and across the nation the 2016 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award in recognition of their exceptional leadership and commitment to tikkun olam, repairing the world.  At a luncheon at San Francisco’s Four Seasons Hotel, each teen was awarded $36,000 […]

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San Diego County, USA

Helping Jewish schools help students with disabilities

By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi BETHESDA, Maryland — As someone with a disability myself, and who also knows what it means to parent a child with multiple disabilities, I’ve become an advocate for my children on so many fronts. Jewish education and involvement is no different. After all, when it comes to disability and inclusion issues, despite

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Purchasers of sex to face greater jail time, fines under legislation by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – Human trafficking legislation by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) that would create minimum penalties for those attempting to purchase sex was approved by the State Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 23, on a unanimous 35-0 vote. It will now return to the Assembly for final consideration. Under Assembly Bill 1708, California would, for the first

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San Diego County, USA

Cameroon’s ‘Golden Voice’ struck gold when he won the green card lottery

Here at The World, both host Marco Werman and I listen to a lot of music. And we often have the honor to speak with the musicians who make it. Recently I had the pleasure to speak with one talented artist — Moken. Moken is the stage name for artist Kenneth Nunga. He’s originally from

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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Park service centennial celebrates America’s «crown jewels»

Thursday is the 100th anniversary of the law that created the US National Park Service. The vast system includes parks featuring spectacular scenery and sites that are historically and culturally famous all over the world. Seattle (dpa) – The US system of US national parks is one of extremes. There is a park where the

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The World We Share, USA

US museum wins legal fight over paintings seized by Nazis

Los Angeles (dpa) – Two Renaissance paintings seized by the Nazis during World War II will remain the property of a California museum after a US court Monday ruled against a claim by the family of the Jewish art dealer from whom they were taken. Judge John F Walter of the US District Court in

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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Hillary Clinton: Attacks on health part of ‘wacky’ strategy

In an appearance on late-night television, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton tried to laugh off recent questions over her health, saying such attacks are part of Republicans’ “wacky” strategy against her. “This has become one of their themes,” Mrs. Clinton said, asking host Jimmy Kimmel to take her pulse and make sure she’s alive during

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Did Clinton Foundation Fundraising Influence State Department Arms Policy?

Emails just released by the State Department appear to show Clinton Foundation officials brokering a meeting between then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a top military leader of Bahrain — a Middle Eastern country that is a major foundation donor. Soon after the correspondence about a meeting, Clinton’s State Department significantly increased arms export authorizations

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International, USA

Rights coalition wants expanded monitoring of U.S. elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In advance of the first presidential election in 50 years without a fully operable Voting Rights Act (VRA), an American civil rights group is urging the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to expand its election monitoring mission in the United States and to target resources to states

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International, USA

Black religious leaders decry MBL’s anti- Israel platform

CHICAGO, Illinois  (Press Release)– A handful of African-American leaders who are top advisors to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship), and who represent more than 9 million people, today rejected the anti-Israel stance of the Movement for Black Lives, an offshoot of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Fellowship advisers representing three African-American

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Middle East, USA

Terry McAuliffe, Va. governor, restores voting rights of 13,000 felons

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that he has individually restored the voting rights of 13,000 felons, a move undertaken after the state Supreme Court rescinded a prior executive action that restored the right to vote en masse to more than 200,000 former inmates. The Democratic governor said individual restoration orders were mailed out to

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USA

Obama back from vacation for busy final months of presidency

Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama returned to Washington from his final summer vacation as president late Sunday to an agenda that will feature battles with a Republican-controlled Congress and regular campaigning for fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton. Along with First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama spent just over two weeks

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