(JNS Wire) Veteran nonprofit and former Hadassah development executive Joshua W. Rednik has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU). The national organization is based in New York City, and has seven regional offices around the country. Rednik succeeds longtime CEO Beth A. McCoy, who served AFHU for […]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — On the same day, a Jewish candidate for mayor was assaulted by a gun-toting intruder in his office in Louisville, Ky., and the Jewish Federations’ umbrella organization altered its priority list by removing advocacy for gun-violence prevention. Fortunately, Craig Greenberg survived an incident on Monday, Feb. 21, when the
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — That land from the river — the Hudson River, that is — to the highway, the northern end of Broadway, is evidently occupied in part by Zionists. Pro-Arab activists insist that they are not antisemitic, yet the Democratic Socialists of America applied the word “Zionist” to Riverdale, a
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA
By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D BOCA RATON, Florida — On January 24, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case, Fair Admissions v. Harvard University, which not only has some profound implications for the future of affirmative action in college admissions, but also raises again a troublesome and ignoble part of Harvard’s history with Jewish
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Opinion, Richard L. Cravatts, USA
Published by Reuters By Parisa Hafezi VIENNA (Reuters) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that talks in Vienna on reviving Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers cannot succeed unless the United States is prepared to lift sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Reuters reported last week that a U.S.-Iranian deal is taking shape
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Middle East, USA
In an interview with the Archive of American Television, Cooney recalled that Freedman talked at that dinner party about the great educational potential of television. “He was a stunning man, mesmerizing,” she said. “He could have been a revival minister, an Elmer Gantry. He was just stunning. He talked about how the potential had not been tapped for education in television. Well, something clicked in Lloyd’s mind because Carnegie was financing research in the educational development of children—how they learn.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
By Ben Cohen (JNS) On a recent evening, I was traveling on the New York subway in a car that was empty except for me, a woman and her child, and two men. As I sat down, I realized that one of the men—a young guy dressed in gym clothes with the powerful build of
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Opinion, USA
Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk courted dual controversies Thursday, accusing a US regulator of trying to stifle his speech while drawing condemnation for comparing Canada’s leader to Hitler. In a letter to US District Judge Alison Nathan, attorneys for Musk, a longtime critic of the Securities and Exchange
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Holocaust, International, USA
By Sean Savage (JNS) As the Iran nuclear negotiations appear to be heading into the final stretch, U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been expressing growing concern over what the final agreement, if reached, will bring. Recently, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chair of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee questioned the Biden
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International, Middle East, USA
(JNS) The Israeli Navy took part in the world’s largest naval exercise, involving 60 international navies, concluding the operation on Thursday, announced the Israel Defense Forces. In a statement, the IDF said the exercise was led by the United States Fifth Fleet and took place in the Red Sea, as well as in Bahrain’s naval
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International, Middle East, USA
Published by Fort Worth Star-Telegram DALLAS — A man accused of selling a handgun to a British national who took a rabbi and three other men hostage at a North Texas synagogue will remain in custody until his trial, a federal judge ordered Wednesday morning after a hearing in Dallas. Henry “Michael” Williams, 32, of
(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met on Thursday in Jerusalem. The leaders discussed the main strategic challenges facing Israel, especially the Iran nuclear issue, according to Bennett’s office. “I want to personally thank you for your ongoing support for Israel,” Bennett told Pelosi.
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California, Middle East, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Tracking Nancy Pelosi’s Gazpacho police must be a rigorous chore, yet the idiocy of the congresswoman who fabricated the story hardly compares with blocking the appointment of an antisemitism monitor or undermining the attorney-general over disruptions at local school board meetings that weaponize antisemitism. Republican members of Congress are
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Right-wing extremists were linked to at least 26 extremist-related murders in the United States in 2021 and have been responsible for 75 percent of such murders in the last ten years, according to new data from ADL (Anti-Defamation League). According to an annual analysis of extremist fatalities by ADL Center