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Jewish news briefs: April 30, 2015

Kulanu and United Torah Judaism join Netanyahu’s governing coalition (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, signed the Kulanu and United Torah Judaism parties into his governing coalition. Likud’s remains in negotiations with three other potential coalition partners—Habayit Hayehudi, Shas, and Yisrael Beiteinu—a week before its deadline to establish a […]

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Jewish news briefs: April 29, 2015

Hundreds of Israelis rescued from earthquake-battered Nepal arrive home (JNS.org) A special El Al Airlines flight brought 216 Israelis, including 15 newborn babies, to Israel from earthquake-devastated Nepal on Tuesday afternoon. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal last weekend left untold ruin in its wake. Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said Tuesday that the death

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From Nepal to Ethiopia, Syria, the P.A., and the U.S.

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Israel’s interests are ranging these days from Nepal to Ethiopia, to a bit of heating up in the north and among the Palestinians. And yes. There is still politics, with senior Likudniks in high fever at having to scrounge for the jobs left over by Bibi’s effort to create a government.

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Jewish news briefs: April 28, 2015

Palestinian driver indicted in fatal Jerusalem car-ramming attack (JNS.org) The Jerusalem District Court on Monday indicted Palestinian driver Khaled Koutineh, 37, for the car-ramming and murder of 26-year-old Jewish man Shalom Yohai Sherki in Jerusalem on April 15. Shira Klein, 20, was seriously wounded in the alleged vehicular attack. The judges wrote in their indictment

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Wendy Sherman: Iran deal will make world safer

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, part of the negotiating team on Iran’s nuclear program, said Monday the agreement sought by President Barack Obama’s administration will help “make the world safer.”   She spoke to the Religious Action Committee of Reform Judaism.   The State Department released the following transcription of

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Middle East, USA

California legislator: Congress needs a Jewish caucus

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The California state senator who heads the first-in-the-nation Jewish legislative caucus says it’s time for Jews in the U.S. Congress to form a caucus too, and adds that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who chairs the national Democratic party, agrees with him “100 percent.” State Sen.

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USA

Jewish news briefs: April 23, 2015

Obama refuses to meet Netanyahu until after Iran nuclear deal deadline (JNS.org) President Barack Obama reportedly said he will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until after the June 30 deadline for a final nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Citing anonymous sources familiar with a meeting between Obama and Jewish leaders

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Rep. Lowey: Stand with Israel in int’l fora

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (Westchester/Rockland), the Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on Israeli Independence Day: “Today, I join the Israeli people in celebrating 67 years of independence and more than six decades of steadfast support by the United States. “Israel remains unquestionably our strongest

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