Published by DPA US President Joe Biden confirmed the appointment of Amy Gutmann as ambassador to Germany on Friday, in what many see as a reset of relations between the two countries. Gutmann is to lead the diplomatic mission in Berlin, the first woman to hold the post. Gutmann, 71, is president of Pennsylvania University […]
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Published by Reuters By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden celebrated new U.S. citizens at an event at the White House on Friday, the same day his administration rolled out a government-wide strategy to encourage more immigrants to become citizens. “It’s dreams of immigrants like you that built America and continued to inject
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The leadership of the House of Israel in Balboa Park is less worried today about the possible burnout of their volunteers. which could have led to the organization being unable to keep the doors open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. That in turn could have led to the House of Israel, a Balboa Park fixture since 1948, being forced to relinquish its cottage and being replaced by the house of another nation. The pro-Israel advocacy group StandWithUs has come to the rescue. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by Miami Herald SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue teams discovered two more victims of the Surfside condo collapse overnight, raising the death toll to 20 as first responders continued the search amid the threats of shifting rubble underfoot, falling debris overhead and a hurricane in the forecast. One of the two victims found Thursday night
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Published by NJ.com A statue of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus outside a Downtown Jersey City Catholic church was vandalized and stolen Thursday night. Church officials said surveillance cameras recorded the vandalism and the Jersey City police have already been notified. ‘“The gentleman was seen grabbing a brick and then throwing it at the
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By Faygie Holt (July 2, 2021 / JNS) Hundreds of people attended a unity rally in Boston on Friday morning to show their solidarity with the Jewish community one day after a Chabad rabbi was stabbed outside a Jewish day school. Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was sitting on the steps outside the Shaloh House, which was
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By Jonathan S. Tobin (July 2, 2021 / JNS) As Americans prepare to celebrate the 245th anniversary of their nation’s founding, many if not most of the ideas they used to take for granted about what July 4th meant are under attack. Most of us didn’t notice this until August 2019 when The New York
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By Yaakov Lappin (July 1, 2021 / JNS) A rescue delegation from the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command is using visual intelligence techniques and information received from families of the victims to precisely map out the wreckage of a condo that crashed in a Miami suburb last week. This mapping-out method is enabling rescue
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Published by Reuters By Katanga Johnson and Francisco Alvarado SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) – The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, proceeded on Friday with greater caution and a watchful eye on a hurricane that could strike Florida within days. The confirmed death
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A male suspect repeatedly stabbed Chabad emissary, Rabbi Shlomo Noginsky, outside of the Shaloh House Jewish Day School in Brighton, Massachusetts, which primarily serves the Boston area’s Russian Jewish community. [JNS.org]
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By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin (July 1, 2021 / JNS) Last week, California’s Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a new $40 million ethnic studies policy. In its press release, the district noted, “The policy and efforts to develop an Ethnic Studies framework are informed by and will include Critical Race Theory
Published by Reuters By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for states to enact voting restrictions, endorsing Republican-backed measures in Arizona that a lower court had decided disproportionately burdened Black, Latino and Native American voters and handing a defeat to Democrats who had challenged the policies. The 6-3 ruling,
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By Chris Jennewein SAN DIEGO — Are you terrified by “critical race theory.” Is America on the verge of “socialism.” Is “The Squad” ready to take over? Is everyone around you “woke” and hiding the truth about the “lab leak” origin of coronavirus? If so, you’re likely lost in the echo chamber of conservative media,
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Published by Reuters By Katanga Johnson and Steve Holland SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) – President Joe Biden visited Florida on Thursday to comfort the families of those killed and missing in last week’s condominium collapse, as the search-and-rescue operation was temporarily suspended due to concerns about the stability of the remaining structure. Biden, whose personal experience