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U.S. should draw line in sand with Iran over Yemen

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yemen’s political-military mess cannot be solved now, or anytime in the foreseeable future, despite the UN announcement of another negotiated deal to halt the fighting – for now. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels will continue their assault on the Saudi/UAE-backed Yemeni government in what appears to be a horrendous […]

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USA

Israel’s Nation- State bill jeopardizes minority rights

By Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — Forest Park. Roland Park. Ashburton. These are neighborhoods in northern Baltimore where, as longtime Jewish residents of the city know well, Jews were not allowed the buy property a century ago. Sometimes, Jews were forbidden from buying property by a legal mechanism known as “restrictive covenants,” in which every new

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Middle East, USA

Giacometti exhibit probes humanity’s darker side

By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — From the beginning, Donald Trump’s administration has been marred by corruption and outright contempt for the rule of law – with the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey “because of the whole Russia thing” and persistent efforts to undermine Robert Mueller’s Russia probe; with his refusal to divest

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USA

Holocaust Museum exhibit studies the U.S. response

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)— Marking its 25th anniversary year, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has on display a special exhibition, “Americans and the Holocaust,” which examines the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war, and the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe during the 1930s and ‘40s. Based on

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International, Jewish History, USA

Why Trump takes issue with NATO

By Shoshana Bryen  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Post headline blared, “Trump is bent on wrecking NATO. Prepare for catastrophe.”  The Post fears that President Trump’s diplomacy will benefit Vladimir Putin to the detriment of American and European interests.  European Council president Donald Tusk sniped, “Dear America, appreciate your allies.  After all, you don’t have that many.” The NATO

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International, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 11, 2018 (3 items)

Israel Defense Prize goes to man who discovered a way to detect Hamas tunnels Col. Yaniv Avitan, a graduate of the Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) electro-optics engineering department, received the 2018 Israel Defense Prize from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for his role heading a team that works to detect the Hamas terror group’s

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 10, 2018 (4 items)

Measure for Israel’s defense moves through U.S. Senate committee AIPAC applauds the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for adopting the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 (S. 2497), which seeks to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself, by itself, against growing and emerging threats—including Iran’s presence close to Israel’s northern border. This

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Pompeo outlines strategy for opposing Iran

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined America’s strategy for opposing Iranian expansionism in the Middle East during an interview Tuesday with Mohannad Al Khatib of Sky News Arabia. The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of the interview which was conducted at the Fairmont Hotel

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International, Middle East, USA

‘Just Kidding:’ Trump wants Tisha B’Av to be ‘fun again’

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Perplexed and more than a little peeved, President Trump was on a tear about the responses he’d been receiving from rabbis and other Jewish leaders he’d invited to a gala White House event the coming weekend of July 21-22. “Almost every RSVP for the kosher extravaganza has been along

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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Survivors to receive higher German payments

WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release) — Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced on Tuesday the outcomes from the organization’s negotiations on behalf of Jewish Holocaust survivors with the German government. “The significant increase for social welfare services secured by our negotiating team will lead to more home care,

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International, Jewish History, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box, July 9, 2018 (5 items)

Mixed reactions to Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Stosh Cotler, CEO of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, released the following statement: “President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, is an affront to the values and priorities of a vast majority of the American Jewish community. From workers’ rights

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA

Diverse diners bid adieu to beloved restaurant

By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Salute, an Italian restaurant in Marina Bay, lost its lease under parlous circumstances and closed. On the last two days they prepared hundreds of free last suppers. It was crowded. The valet parking area was overwhelmed. Our table seated five Jews and one son of a Nazi. All

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USA

Ranking Poles, other Europeans on their anti- Semitism

By Ira Shakansky JERUSALEM — Somewhere on our list of problems are the Poles. Also Hungarians and other European nationalists, concerned mostly about Muslim refugees but also expressing some of their historic enmity for us. The most recent excitement has focused on a law enacted by the Polish parliament, which initially threatened criminal action against

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA