SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego lovers of Israel will have an opportunity to hear an Arab Israeli explain how he went from hating Israel to calling himself a Zionist. StandWithUs (SWU) educator Yahya Mahamid, 19, will share his journey at the SWU San Diego Festival of Lights “I Love Israel” gala on December 2 at […]
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Middle East, San Diego County, USASAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — Do you know a teen with a passion for making the world a better place? The Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards are seeking nominations of exceptional Jewish teens leading meaningful community service and social change initiatives. Now entering its 12th year, the national award annually recognizes up to 15
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USADonald Trump president President Donald Trump gave a statement offering words of healing in the wake of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas that claimed more than 50 lives. Trump began his speech saying, “We are joined together today in sadness, shock and grief.” He then went on to
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USAA gunman firing from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino sprayed hundreds of shots into an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 400 as tens of thousands of screaming concert-goers ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The puzzle of Donald Trump is parallel to the puzzle of the United States. An Israeli psychiatrist, interviewed on a prime time discussion program, presented an analysis of the United States which–to her–explained the ascendance and behavior of Donald Trump as an archetype of the American experience. The themes she noted in
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Ira Sharkansky, USANEW YORK — Samuel (Si) Newhouse Jr., the low-profile billionaire media mogul who ran the parent company of some of the nation’s most prestigious magazines, died Sunday. He was 89. Newhouse’s death was confirmed by his family, who said he died at his New York home. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email
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Obituaries & memorials, USAU.S. paper currency began displaying the motto “In God We Trust” on October 1, 1957. These days, questions are being raised about whether this saying impinges on Americans’ rights. Attorney Michael Newdow has been arguing the case that this phrase violates a statement within the Bill of Rights—“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
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USAFacebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg in a post-Yom Kippur message on his social network asked for forgiveness for the misuse of Facebook in the past year. He posted on his personal Facebook account: “Tonight concludes Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews when we reflect on the past year and ask forgiveness for
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USAUS President Donald Trump warned Sunday that negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program would be a waste of time, after it emerged that Washington has channels of contact with Pyongyang. Only hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed that US officials are in exploratory contact with their North Korean counterparts, Trump appeared
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International, USALAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson was released from a Nevada prison early Sunday after serving nine years for a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas. The former football star, whose 1995 murder trial in Los Angeles inspired years of debate over race and justice, was released only minutes after he became eligible, a
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By Jerry Klinger Roseburg, Oregon, is a city that logging money built. Far from the main urban center of Portland, rich with money and poor on cultural resources, Roseburg’s 19th and 20th century patricians deployed their monies to create a cultural oasis of music, theater, education and social optimism in the remoteness. Today, Roseburg
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International, Jerry Klinger, Middle East, Travel and Food, USAPalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) secretary general Saeb Erekat on Friday blasted David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador in Israel, for saying in an interview that he believes Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are part of Israel. “Israel is internationally recognized as the occupying power over 100 percent of Palestine, including in and around occupied east
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Middle East, USAAn Ohio coroner said that a post-mortem examination of Otto Warmbier, the Jewish-American college student who died of oxygen deprivation after being imprisoned in North Korea, did not show any obvious signs of torture. The Wednesday statement contradicted Warmbier”s parents, who claimed the 22-year-old was tortured by North Korea. Dr. Lakshmi Kode Sammarco, the Hamilton
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International, USAWhile speaking on the PBS series, Finding Your Roots, Senator Bernie Sanders showed his more vulnerable side as he talked about a relative who died defying the Nazis in World War II. In the clip, the Jewish senator is visibly moved as he discusses the relative with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Related: Bernie Sanders
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