BOCA RATON, Florida (Press Release)–A mother will do just about anything to protect her child. Nothing could illustrate that more than the story of Arlene Feinberg, a mother who led the charge to find a bone marrow donor for her son Jay, who had been diagnosed with leukemia. She was a pioneer recruiting volunteer donors […]
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NEW YORK (Press Release) – A measure calling for the boycott of Israeli academics, first introduced at the Modern Language Association’s convention in Chicago last January, has failed to muster the minimum required for ratification, the MLA reported on Wednesday, June 4. The American Jewish Committtee (AJC) welcomed the rejection of what it called” a
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WARSAW, Poland (Press Release)– U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday, June 3, a billion dollar initiative to assure U.S. allies in NATO that it will stand with them in the event of military challenge. He made this statement during a joint appearance with Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski. Following are President Obama’s remarks, as excerpted
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan), made the following statement on Tuesday, June 3: “A number of questions have been raised about the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner exchange and the congressional notification requirement. We received a detailed classified notification from the Secretary of Defense that satisfies the many substantive
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the following statement: “It has been 25 years since hundreds—perhaps even thousands—of demonstrators were killed in Tiananmen Square while peacefully advocating for a voice in how they are governed. I know of no
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International, USALAPLATA, Maryland (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, hosted a roundtable with students, faculty and administrators at the College of Southern Maryland Monday, June 2, to discuss the growing cost of higher education. Student loan debt has ballooned to roughly $1 trillion, a sum larger
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) has called on Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloane Gibson to immediately release 216 site-specific audits detailing widespread falsification of waiting list records and delays in treatment at VA health centers nationwide. Blumenthal also announced he will co-sponsor and help lead legislation with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chairman
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) on Tuesday, June 3, introduced a bill with Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana) that would shut the revolving door of lobbyist influence in Washington by banning Members of Congress from ever becoming lobbyists. “Washington lobbyists shouldn’t be allowed to hold more sway than the folks back
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have signed an agreement to create a new seed fund to finance joint research collaborations and student exchanges. The MIT-Israel – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Seed Fund is part of MISTI Global Seed Funds. MISTI will
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA-San Diego Jewish World roundup- Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu at his Cabinet meeting on Sunday, June 1, urged the world to refrain from recognizing the new unity Palestinian government, but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in the new government’s members anyway. In a blow to Israel, the U.S. State Department on June 2
NEW YORK (Press Release) — More than 80 Jews from around New York who are planning to make Aliyah in the coming months marched alongside the NefeshB’Nefesh float in this year’s Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City on Sunday, June 1. The prospective Olim included families and their children, young professionals and retirees. The parade’s 50th
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Democracy is an icon of those who aspire to the best of political and civil rights. Like other icons, however, it is tricky to sort out the symbol from the realities. Virtually all countries describe themselves as democracies, but few measure up. Political scientists who concern themselves with the nature
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS) — Members of Reform and Conservative synagogues have signed on to recent full-page advertisements in Jewish newspapers around the country, blasting their denomination’s leaders for supporting the (eventually failed) bid of the self-labeled “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby J Street to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Eliot Engel’s amendment requiring the mandatory use of alternative fuel vehicles in the federal fleet was adopted into the FY2015 the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The Congressman is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The amendment codifies the
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