The Patriot Threat by Steve Berry, © 2015 Minotaur Books, MacMillan Co., ISBN 878-250-05623-8. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Here’s a bit of intrigue. Why does the dollar bill have on its reverse side thirteen stars forming a Magen David? And what does the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mean when it […]
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Barack Obama had some nasty comments about Netanyahu’s election day call that Arabs were going to the polls “in droves,” which the President saw as Bibi’s eroding the meaning of democracy. In a post-election meeting with Arabs, Netanyahu said “I know that the things I said a few days ago
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mourns the loss of Dr. Leon Bass, a true American hero who turned his personal and life-altering experience as a soldier during World War II into an opportunity to educate and inspire action in others. Dr. Bass, who lived outside Philadelphia, died on March 28 at the age
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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, USA
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The Knesset opening session was buzzing with new faces, as 39 new Members of Knesset joined their veteran colleagues in the swearing in ceremony that took place in the Israeli parliament on Tuesday, March 31. New Likud MK Dr. Avraham Negusie, the only Israeli of Ethiopian origin to
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to the United States Congress early this month may have been ill advised, but I’m among those who find it impossible to ignore what he said that Iran is threatening the very existence of Israel. Indeed, perhaps the deal now about to be struck in Switzerland
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In the aftermath of Governor Mike Pence of Indiana signing a statewide Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Rachel Laser, Deputy Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, released the following statement: “We are deeply concerned by the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which highlights the broad, damaging effects of the
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Jewish Religion, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois), co-chair of the House Republican Israel Caucus, sent a letter to President Obama expressing concern with recent reports that his Administration plans to “reevaluate” its policy towards Israel, including potentially reducing support for Israel at the United Nations. In his letter, Roskam wrote: “Throughout its history, Israel has
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging the Virginia State Bar to reconsider its decision to cancel plans to hold its 2015 Midyear Legal Seminar in Israel. The cancellation, according to the Washington Post, came in response to a petition by some state bar members protesting Israeli security procedures regarding visitors.
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Middle East, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional legislators were astonished last year to learn that the Palestinian Authority was issuing monthly payouts totaling $3-7 million as salaries and other financial rewards to specific terrorists and their families. The money was channeled, in part, through the Ministry of Prisoners pursuant to the Law of the Prisoner. The
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Edwin Black, Middle East, USABy J. J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — On March 21, 2015, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement gave a speech at the 5th J Street National Conference in Washington, D.C. (see http://tinyurl.com/nc6ffrk). This was an astonishing, not to say disturbing speech.He started off by reciting the usual obligatory mantra, without even seemingly realizing how absurd it
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Middle East, USAJewish Democrats ask White House to tone down criticism of Netanyahu (JNS.org) In a meeting with deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, a dozen Jewish Democrats serving in the House of Representatives asked the White House to tone down its criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his statements on the peace process. The
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) –The Prime Minister’s Office’s Israel-China task force, led by the National Economic Council and the Israel Export Institute, will be launched at the China-Israel Cooperation Conference at the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv. For the first time, there will be a dialogue on China combining the business sector, academia and government in
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (WJC) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the outline of a nuclear agreement between Iran and Western powers as even “worse” than he had feared. “While [world powers] convene to sign this deal, Iran’s proxies in Yemen are seizing large swaths of land with an aim to overtake Bab al-Mandab strait so that they
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased by 21 percent in 2014 in a year marked by a violent anti-Semitic shooting attack targeting Jewish community buildings in Kansas and anti-Jewish expressions linked to the war in Gaza. The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today,
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Jewish History, USA