BURLINGTON, Vermont (Press Release) – Flanked by Vermont college students and graduates who are deep in debt, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said today he will introduce legislation to help students earn college credits in high school in order to cut the cost of earning a college diploma. Sanders said he supports a separate bill to lower […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A bipartisan group of senators called recent actions by Chinese ships in the South China Sea “deeply troubling,” and urged their colleagues to pass a senate resolution reaffirming support of the U.S. government for freedom of navigation in the Asia-Pacific region and for the peaceful diplomatic resolution of outstanding territorial and
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International, USAHartford, Connecticut (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released a comprehensive report on Monday, May 12, calling for a College Sexual Assault Bill of Rights. The report was the culmination of a series of statewide roundtables Blumenthal hosted on campus sexual assault at seven colleges and universities across Connecticut. More than 450 college administrators, faculty, students,
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By Janice McCafferty CHICAGO — After seven rounds of intense and emotional IVF procedures, Stephanie Arnold became pregnant with her second child in October of 2012. All was fine until her 20th week ultrasound. Stephanie became overwhelmed with premonitions of her own death. She best explains this feeling as something that made every cell in
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Photo and story by Debra Rubin/JNS.org NEW YORK — The Shabbat of Memorial Day weekend later this month will mark a first in American Jewish life: Three New York City congregations representing the three major U.S. Jewish movements will daven from the same prayer book. Produced by the Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) Jewish Chaplains Council
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Jewish Religion, USABy Alan Elsner WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Secretary of State Kerry and his team take a pause in the current round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, there is an opportunity to take stock and ask some tough questions. Among them: why have the talks not succeeded? What might happen next? And what should J Street be doing
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Middle East, USA
By Robert Gluck/JNS.org Dr. Gary P. Zola sees an inextricable connection between American Jewish history, American history, and global Jewish history. “The study of the Jewish experience in the context of the American nation sheds light on the story of the nation itself,” Zola, executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American
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Jewish History, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, 10 U.S. senators called for the FCC to protect net neutrality and reject efforts by big cable companies to extort businesses for the right to provide content at the fastest Internet speeds. Net neutrality – the principle that all Internet
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to Chairman Fred Upton requesting that – in the wake of NBA owner Don Sterling’s ban for life for racist comments – the Committee hold a hearing to examine another instance of racial insensitivity in sports: the
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Sports & Competitions, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed H.R. 4587, the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act. Co-introduced by Chairman Emeritus Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21), Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-5), Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-8), Rep. Alan Grayson (FL-9), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Rep. Corrine Brown (FL-5), Rep. Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Rep.
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International, USA
WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– With Mother’s Day approaching on Sunday, May 11th, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) on Friday, May 9, reintroduced legislation he first authored in 2009 to reduce tragically high rates of infant mortality. The Congressman’s Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act would create a national pilot program in cities
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Editor’s Note: This is a new column about newsworthy members of San Diego County’s Jewish community. We’ll draw our accounts from local print, broadcast and Internet media, adding tidbits now and then from our own store of knowledge. The names of people we know are Jewish community members will appear in boldface type. SAN DIEGO – Two Jewish
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Dozens of Congressmen, Senators and Jewish community leaders gathered on Wednesday, May 7, to celebrate the Jewish American Heritage Month in the ornate LBJ Room of the US Capitol. The annual event, organized by The Friedlander group, highlighted the work of 5 individuals who were chosen as honorees for their
By Ian Swanson Republished from The Hill WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is pressing the Chinese government to reopen a historic synagogue in Shanghai. In an interview with The Hill, Cantor said he’s requested a meeting with China’s ambassador to the U.S. to discuss the issue and expects to talk to
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International, USA