WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The Senate on Wednesday, June 11, voted nearly unanimously, 93-3, for a bill to expand hospitals and clinics run by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to hire more doctors and nurses to provide timely, quality care for veterans. The bipartisan bill by Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont.) and […]
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By J.J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — I was asked recently by a Presbyterian friend to write something explaining how I became involved in Israel advocacy and to describe what I thought were the main problems in that area. This is my response. I. Introduction By way of introduction, I’ll start with a quick bio and
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, the only Jewish Republican in either the Senate or the House of Representatives, was defeated Tuesday in his bid for an eighth term in a primary election by Dave Brat, affiliated with the “tea party” wing of the Republican party. Brat, an economics
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International, USABy Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — “Avalanche,” I called it years ago, “an avalanche of scandals in the Obama administration.” That appellation is now a misnomer , depasse and risible. It has now assumed the monstrous proportion of a destructive hurricane, of a devastating earthquake, tremor following tremor. No good news is coming from the
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The House of Representatives came within a few votes of allowing the Bob Hope Airport to adopt a curfew on an amendment to the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Act proposed by Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), and Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles). The amendment was defeated by
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Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement on Tuesday, June 10, at the hearing on “Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part One.” “With colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I am developing
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Ted Deutch (D-Florida), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued this statement after joining Subcommittee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) on a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry questioning the U.S. decision to work with a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas and
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, on Tuesday, June 10, joined Attorney General Eric Holder in urging the U.S. Sentencing Commission to make certain non-violent drug offenders eligible for reduced sentences if they are incarcerated in federal prisons under
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) wrote a letter to President Obama on Tuesday, June 10, urging him to issue an executive order that would implement new standards – modeled on legislation introduced by Boxer in December 2013 – to help ensure that people held in immigration detention and processing facilities
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Democratic U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (California), Dick Durbin (Illinois), Tom Harkin (Iowa, Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Jack Reed (Rhode Island) and Edward J. Markey (Massachusetts) on Tuesday, June 10, urged the Department of Transportation to finally prohibit the use of e-cigarettes on airplanes. DOT first proposed a ban more
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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut.) on Tuesday, June 10, joined Connecticut Borinqueneers Celestino Cordova of New Haven and Jose Pickard of Wethersfield at a White House signing ceremony of a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the renowned 65th Infantry Regiment. The segregated military unit, whose members were known as
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USABy J.J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — I just came back from attending – for the first time – the J Street National Symposium in San Francisco, and I find myself still scratching my head. I’m not sure where to start, so please bear with me as this will be somewhat of a hodge-podge of impressions
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Middle East, USAIsraeli public schools seek to integrate Wikipedia into curriculum (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A new initiative promoted by the Israeli Education Ministry seeks to have public school students produce Wikipedia entries. The program was recently suggested during a meeting between Education Minister Shay Piron and Wikimedia Foundation Chairman Jan-Bart de Vreede, with the Education Ministry
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Monday, June 9, released the results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data, medical center quality and efficiency data, and mental health provider survey data, for all Veterans health facilities. Full details made public at VA.gov follow
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