Israeli Knesset members move to bar Arab MK Zoabi from elections (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Member of Knesset Danny Danon (Likud) and the Yisrael Beiteinu party have joined forces in filing a petition with the Israeli Central Election Committee to bar controversial Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) from participating in the March 17 elections. Zoabi, […]
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–Marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the New-York Historical Society will present the exhibition Lincoln and the Jews, on view March 20 through June 7, 2015. Through several never-before-exhibited original writings by Lincoln and his Jewish contemporaries, the exhibition will bring to light
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Jewish History, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A U.S. Senate committee approved the imposition of sanctions on Iran if current negotiations fail, and, in another action, 75 U.S. senators signed a letter urging Secretary of State John Kerry to oppose efforts by the Palestinian Authority to utilize international organizations to isolate Israel in lieu
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USABy Roberta P. Seid/JNS.org While the global anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has officially hit America’s scholarly associations over the last two years, even considering academic boycotts is a dramatic rupture with the past. In 2005, the prestigious American Association of University Professors (AAUP) wrote that it “condemned any such boycotts as prima facie
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIsrael mourns soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel on Thursday mourned Staff Sgt. Dor Chaim Nini, 20, and Maj. Yochai Kalangel, 25, the two soldiers killed in Wednesday’s Hezbollah attack on northern Israel. Kalangel, a company commander in the Givati Brigade, traveled north from his home near Jerusalem on Tuesday evening,
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release)–The National Museum of American Jewish History is pleased to announce that it will be offering free admission to all visitors throughout the month of February. Due to the support of an anonymous donor, the Museum is able to offer this benefit in celebration of a seven-year loan extension for the iconic
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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USABy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Two IDF soldiers were killed and seven were injured Wednesday, Jan. 28, in a terror missile attack that occurred around noon, near Mt. Dov close the Israel’s’ northern border. The fatalities were Major Yohai Kalangel, 25 years old, from Gush-Etzion and Staff Sergeant Dor Nini, 20 years old from Shtulim.
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – With the support of U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego), the House has approved ten bills to help combat human trafficking. The bills enhance law enforcement efforts, increase training to better identify signs of human trafficking, and look at way to improve current practices. “Sadly, incidents of human trafficking are
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USANetanyahu: Israel ‘must speak our mind about the dangers to our people’ (JNS.org) Against the backdrop of the Obama administration’s opposition to his upcoming address before Congress on the Iranian nuclear program and radical Islam, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on International Holocaust Remembrance Day that Israel “must speak out” against the threats it
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) criticized the Obama’s administration’s negotiation strategies toward Iran and Cuba; said conditions do not exist for the two-state solution sought by the administration for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and called for giving returning military veterans college credits for what they learned
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Compiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Bernie Rhinerson, a member of the San Diego Community College Board, attended a legislative conference in Sacramento last weekend in his capacity as chair of the Community Colleges League of California’s advisory committee on legislation. He moderated a Town Hall meeting with Senator Marty Block (D-San Diego)
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Separate resolutions commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz have been introduced in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Statements have been made as well by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, Barbara A. Mikulski (both D-Maryland.) and Mark
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International, Jewish History, USALeaders gather to commemorate Auschwitz 70th anniversary of liberation (JNS.org) More than 300 Holocaust survivors along with world leaders are gathering at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Tuesday to commemorate the 1.1 million killed there, as well as the millions of other victims killed during the period, as part of International Holocaust
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International, Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, a member of the Jewish community, outlined the Obama administration’s positions on Iran sanctions at a meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Following is a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Good morning, Chairman Shelby,
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