WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Small, closely held businesses don’t have to pay for certain contraceptives for female employees if they violate the employers’ religious beliefs, The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday, June 30, in a narrow 5-4 decision, in which the three Jewish justices — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Elana Kagen — were […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Laurie Baron The New Inscription for the Statue of Liberty (with apologies to Emma Lazarus) Unlike the harbor Lady with upright flame, Extending arms to seekers of haven. Pandering politicians willingly cave in, Turn children back without shame. Excuse themselves and find others to blame. To get elected and then block any change. Douse
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By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org The latest anti-Israel trend to gain momentum on college campuses has been the distribution of mock eviction notices in dormitories by members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Whether or not the notices have specifically targeted Jewish students, experts say the tactic highlights the convergence of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism on
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — Religious freedom, family values, fiscal policy, and Israel were the primary drivers of discussion as faith activists and Republican politicians recently gathered in Washington, DC for the Road to Majority 2014 conference, put on by the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition. Despite
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Middle East, USASACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) has announced that his Assembly Bill (AB) 1607 received unanimous bipartisan support from the Senate Public Safety Committee. The bill revises the Sexual Violent Predator (SVP) Act to make the process of conditional release of these offenders more transparent and allow input from the areas most
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)–Initiatives were announced on Thursday, June 26, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives to curb the ability of oil companies and speculators to force up gasoline prices in response to crises such as the one now occurring in Iraq. Senator Bernie Sanders was joined by 14 other Democratic senators– including
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, June 26, applauded the Administration’s request to provide support to moderate elements of the Syrian opposition. Last year, Rep. Engel introduced the Free Syria Act, which includes provisions similar to the Administration’s request. “The Obama Administration’s
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-California), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and 11 Senate cosponsors pressed Senate leadership to allow a full Senate vote on their bipartisan bill to fix the broken system for funding wildfire suppression. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D- Nev., and Senate Minority Leader
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Massachusetts law establishing a 35-foot protest-free buffer zone around abortion facilities drew comment from three Jewish Democratic women in Congress. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) said: “It is distressing that the Supreme Court struck down an important Massachusetts law that protected women from violence
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) issued the following statement on Friday, June 27, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Senate’s passage of its bipartisan immigration bill: “There is no other country in the world for which immigration is so central to its history and its identity. And yet even though we
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Thursday, June 26, introduced the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act, legislation that would protect Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries from losing their providers in the middle of the year or without cause. Blumenthal is an original cosponsor of the
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NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has congratulated U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-New York) for the successful passage of her Protect Cemeteries Act (H.R. 4028) in the House of Representatives. If Meng’s bill is next approved by the Senate (S. 2466) and signed by the President, the International Religious Freedom Act
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Tel Aviv University physicist Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob has been elected to the American Philosophical Society — the oldest learned society in the United States — the only non-American among the 33 new members. Prof. Ben-Jacob is a professor of physics and astronomy and holds the Maguy-Glass Chair in Physics of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — This past week, the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia, Nathan Deal and a delegation of Georgia officials and business leaders visited Israel on a five-day mission highlighting the unique economic partnership between Israel and Georgia. The governor met with prominent members of the Israeli government including Prime Minister
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