NEW YORK (Press Release) – Seeking to help potential Olim to Israel make informed choices, Nefesh B’Nefesh (NBN) hosted an Aliyah mega event on Sunday, March 15, in New York City together with The Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah & Immigrant Absorption Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA. More than 1,200 people attended the Aliyah Mega Event […]
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Middle East, USA
RABAT, Morocco (Press Release)– An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation, in meetings with senior Moroccan officials, hailed the kingdom’s economic and political progress and its critical security partnership with the United States. AJC, which has engaged the Moroccan government and civil society for decades, conveyed messages of support for the efforts of His Majesty
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Middle East, USAAt pre-election rally, Netanyahu blasts Livni/Herzog stances on Jerusalem (JNS.org) At a rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square that was attended by tens of thousands of Israelis supporting the country’s right-wing political parties, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—whose Likud party is trailing the Zionist Union alliance in polls ahead of Tuesday’s Knesset election—slammed his rivals’ positions
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International, Middle East, USABy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — A few thousand years ago a rag-tag band of shepherds cum runaway slaves were wandering around in a desert wasteland led by an enigmatic figure – Moses. No one is sure from whence he came, the origins of his name or where he went. The people told a story of
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Middle East, USABy Hank Sheinkopf and Ronn Torossian NEW YORK — As President Harry Truman said, “I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.” Recently, many have stood up and told the truth about New Israel Fund’s support for the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, their
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Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — One of the last political debates three days before Israel’s general elections on Tuesday, March 17th, took place at the Jerusalem Great Synagogue on Saturday night, March 14. Aimed at the English-speaking community of Jerusalem, the very last English-language debate was hosted by the Jerusalem Post and the Association
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International, Middle East, USASHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Press Release) — Meeting with reporters after his economic discussions with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday, March 14, spoke about the “tough” and “intense” P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran that will resume on Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland. Here are excerpts from Kerry’s meeting with the
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Middle East, USABy Tammi Rossman-Benjamin/JNS.org SANTA CRUZ, California — Last month, in a breathtaking display of anti-Semitism reminiscent of Nazi Germany, members of the student government at South Africa’s Durban University of Technology (DUT) called for the expulsion of all Jewish students from their campus. The very next day, halfway around the world, the student government at University of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIDF outlines defense of southern airport, braces for Islamic State-linked attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces—which is said to be preparing for the possibility of an Islamic State-linked terror attack along the Israel-Egypt border—is outlining its defense of the Timna Airport, the new international airport that is currently under construction in southern
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International, Middle East, USA
Anti-Israel Van Driving Around San Diego Editor, San Diego Jewish World I stopped to do some shopping at the NorthPark Market – that’s it’s name, it isn’t in North Park– and I saw this truck pull in and park. Looks like it’s sponsored by some faux Jewish group called Jewish Voice for Peace – e-mail www.jvp-sandiego.org
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – When President Obama announced his Student Bill of Rights this week it contained language from a bill by Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California). The San Diego Democrat’s bill helps borrowers pay down their student loans faster by directing extra payments go toward the principal and not toward the interest. “I was pleased
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — This week, Members of Congress (MC’s) Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California), senior members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Ed Royce (R-California), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-New York), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent
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Middle East, USAATHENS (Press Release)– A senior American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership group just concluded a two-day visit to Greece. The six-member delegation, led by AJC President Stanley Bergman and Executive Director David Harris, was joined by leaders of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS), an AJC partner organization, and Andrew Manatos, a prominent leader
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In response to Wednesday night’s (March 11) shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: “We condemn in the strongest terms last night’s shooting of two Ferguson police officers and are praying for their full
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Jewish Religion, USA