USA

Syrian attack on school another war crime — Cardin

WASHINGTON , D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland.), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, condemned the Assad regime’s attack, on April 30, on a school in the city of Aleppo that killed as many as 47 people, mainly children. The students were preparing […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Franken bill would require colleges to post net costs

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — With college growing increasingly unaffordable and student loan debt continuing to rise, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced a bipartisan bill to give students and families a better estimate of college costs before they apply for schools. The bill would also help ensure that prospective

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Senators condemn Islamists’ abduction of school girls

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday, May 1, introduced a resolution condemning the April 14 abduction of as many as 234 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram. While local officials have reported that

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International, USA

Jewish groups denounce ‘price tag’ attacks by extremists

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday strongly condemned the spate of “Price Tag” attacks in Israel, welcomed the commitment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue the perpetrators, and called on Israeli law enforcement to enhance crackdown efforts against those responsible. The so-called Price Tag attacks are carried out by extremist

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Middle East, USA

APN ‘appalled’ by Conference vote to exclude J Street

WASHINGTON, DC  (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) is appalled and deeply disappointed at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organization’s failure to accept J Street, an important player in the pro-Israel arena, into its ranks. As one of a handful of members of the Conference who focus on peace and security

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Middle East, USA

Day school Israel education feeds sense of connection

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Sixty-five years after its establishment, Israel remains a central feature of Jewish educational programming in North America, perhaps nowhere more ubiquitously than in Jewish day schools. The AVI CHAI Foundation’s newly released report, “Hearts and Minds: Israel in North American Jewish Day Schools,” takes the measure of what day schools seek to

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Cantor: White House focused on Benghazi emails, not on bringing murderers of 4 Americans to justice

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) on Wednesday, April 30,  released the following statement: “For nearly two years, Congress and the American people have sought answers to important questions surrounding the attack on our mission in Benghazi. For nearly two years the White House has sought to avoid answering those questions. Now we

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Middle East, USA

Conference vote on J Street was 22-17-3 to reject

By Alina Dain Sharon and Sean Savage/JNS.org NEW YORK– In what many observers will see as the de facto expression of mainstream U.S. Jewry’s outlook on J Street, the membership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Wednesday voted 22-17 (with three abstentions) to reject the membership application of the self-labeled

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

J Street rejected as Conference of Presidents member; failed to reach two- thirds vote

NEW YORK (Press Release)–After a lengthy and thorough process, the full membership of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations convened to consider the application for membership submitted by J Street. The process included three meetings of the Membership Committee, including one at which representatives of J Street made a presentation and answered

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Jewish Religion, USA

Engel: Restructure U.S. overseas information program

  WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Wednesday, April 30, made the following remarks regarding H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act: “Unfortunately, our efforts to disseminate objective news to societies that lack a free media are not as effective as they

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International, USA

Senator Richard Blumenthal moves against sexual assaults on college campuses and in the U.S. military

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) – joined by U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) –on Wednesday, April

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Franken backs Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota.), a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, has put his support behind a bipartisan package of legislation to enhance hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreational opportunities iacross the country. On Tuesday, April 29, Sen. Franken cosponsored the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act, which combines several measures to help

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Sports & Competitions, USA

El Al sets 31 regular North America – Israel flights

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Taking effect on Wednesday April 30, EL AL Israel Airlines has a new 2014 spring, summer and fall flight schedule featuring 31 nonstop flights with convenient departure times between North America and Israel. A total of 22 weekly nonstop flights from New York (JFK/Newark) will be offered, plus an increase of

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Middle East, Travel and Food, USA