[youtube:2035460] The Conservative Movement in the United States released a video accusing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of lying about the frozen Western Wall deal. In the video, the Conservative Movement played clips from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America earlier this month. During his address, […]
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Middle East, USAJACKSON-Some Orthodox Jewish residents are calling for the resignation of Jackson Township Councilman Robert Nixon after documents released by the township displayed Nixon’s intent to curb Orthodox Jewish population growth here. Jackson Township has become a town divided since an upswing in Orthodox Jewish residents started approximately two years ago. While few in town would
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USADiaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett addressed Israel’s increasingly tenuous relationship with world Jewry in his Jewish Homer faction meeting on Monday and vowed to drastically increase funding for a program that aims to strengthen Jewish identity on American college campuses. Bennett’s comments came in the wake of a media storm that erupted after deputy Foreign
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Middle East, USAMagazine publisher and broadcast company Meredith Corp. said it will acquire Time Inc. in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, a further sign of the steep challenges facing the print magazine industry. The Des Moines-based company said it agreed to pay $18.50 a share for New York-based Time Inc., the publishing company that owns the
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USAJon Hendricks, the pioneering jazz singer and lyricist with the vocal ensemble Lambert, Hendricks & Ross who helped create an inventive jazz vocal technique called ‘vocalese,’ has died. Hendricks died Wednesday in New York City, his daughter, Aria Hendricks, said. He was 96. When Hendricks arrived on the jazz scene in the ’50s, his mastery
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USASenator John McCain has fired another volley in his war of words with President Donald Trump, claiming that his fellow Republican lacks “principles and beliefs” and simply “takes advantage of situations.” McCain has not hidden his distaste for Trump since the businessman launched his campaign for the White House, and that has led to regular,
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USAMelania Christmas 2 First lady Melania Trump unveiled the White House Christmas decorations to the world in a new video released on Monday. The video, posted to the first lady’s Facebook page, shows Mrs. Trump surveying the White House’s glittering decorations, writing Christmas cards, talking with the pastry chefs about holiday cookies and the gingerbread
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USADespite President Donald Trump’s vows to build a wall with Mexico and deport huge numbers of Latin American immigrants, there is a little-known phenomenon that could have a positive impact on hemispheric relations in the long term: Growing numbers of U.S. students are choosing Latin American countries for their study-abroad programs. While most U.S. students
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International, USAPresident Trump on Monday referred to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as “Pocahontas” at an event honoring native American “code talkers” who fought in World War II. “You were here long before any of us were here,” Mr. Trump told the group. “Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here
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USAAdvocates of network neutrality, which is under active assault by the conservative chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, have been pointing to a vivid example of how abandoning the principle will allow internet providers to manipulate their offerings at the expense of consumers. The example comes from Portugal, where the rule change advocated by FCC
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International, USAThe guest list hasn’t been set for the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but a number of things could stand in the way of President Donald Trump getting an invite. But a former U.S. president might make the list, due to his friendship with the young British royal: Barack Obama and his
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International, USA(c) Edwin Black Ellen Koontz, a Kansas contract schoolteacher, is asking a federal judge to re-affirm the anti-Jewish boycott campaign begun by Adolf Hitler on April 1, 1933; openly adopted shortly thereafter by the Mufti of Jerusalem as part of the Arab-Nazi alliance during the Holocaust; internationalized against the Jewish State after WWII by the
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Edwin Black, Middle East, USANinth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry Pregerson, a Los Angeles-based jurist who embraced the underdog and let his conscience inform his rulings, has died. He was 94. Pregerson, who was suffering from respiratory ailments, died Saturday night at his Los Angeles home surrounded by family, said Sharon Pregerson, his daughter-in-law. A few nights
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USA[youtube:2035417] Israel”s Chief Sephardic Rabbi visited Jewish communities in California during a recent trip to the west coast, a spokesperson for the rabbi reported Sunday. Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef met with members of local Jewish communities across Southern California, and lectured at the Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles (YGLA). Rabbi Yosef was hosted by the
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