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Looking for a Jewish college roommate? BBYO has an app for that

Joomie asks new students questions about their Jewish identity and habits, and pairs them up with likeminded dorm mates By Gabe Friedman Students sitting in the College Green outside Sayles Hall on the Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island. (Wikimedia Commons) Finding a Jewish roommate at college can be a challenge, given that Jews […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

White House says it’s too early to decide on special prosecutor for Russian election meddling

WASHINGTON — A White House spokeswoman said Sunday that it was too soon to say whether a special prosecutor should look into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. Calls have grown louder from Democrats in Congress for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from the issue because of his role as a

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US considering leaving Human Rights Council – report

Citing anonymous sources, Politico says US State Department ‘questions value’ of the UN body, which is ‘biased’ against Israel By Judah Ari Gross US United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at the Security Council meeting on February 21, 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. (AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR) The United States reportedly could

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Montana advances anti-BDS bill

Lawmakers in the state of Montana on Saturday advanced a bill that pledges solidarity with Israel by refusing to do business with firms boycotting the Jewish state, reports The Associated Press. Republican House Speaker Austin Knudsen of Culbertson said his bill allows Montana to stand in solidarity with Israel. The bill, he added, “sends the

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Middle East, USA

Pence: We’ll never compromise Israel’s safety

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence reiterated the Trump administration”s steadfast commitment to Israel while vowing that Iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon. Pence”s comments were made on Friday as he addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition”s annual leadership conference, taking place in Las Vegas. “President Trump is personally invested in forging a lasting peace in

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Middle East, USA

Touting Israel ties, Pence says US stands with Nicaragua

US VP tweets ‘support for the Jewish people,’ but accidentally uses Central American county’s volcanoe, sun and rainbow flag By Times of Israel staff United States Vice President Mike Pence pauses before speaking during a media conference at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool) While his impulsive

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Trump to boycott White House correspondents’ dinner

Donald Trump has said he will miss the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 29. “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!” the US president said on Twitter. His announcement comes amid escalating hostility between the US president

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California Republicans mostly united behind Trump at state GOP convention

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A flurry of smartphone snapshots with a cardboard Donald Trump and blazing red “Make California Great Again” hats signaled that many of the GOP delegates at the California Republican Party convention this weekend have embraced the new president and his aggressive tactics to shift the nation to the right. But a fair number of

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Peruvian President Kuczynski meets Trump in Washington

Washington (dpa) – President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru became the first Latin American head of state to visit new US President Donald Trump in a White House meeting Friday in Washington. “Peru has been a fantastic neighbour, we’ve had great relationships, better now than ever before,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office following

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DeVos Questions If Schools Should Provide Free lunch

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a seemingly innocuous joke Thursday about no one getting a free lunch. But the comment came as DeVos, a staunch opponent of public schools, is taking over the nation’s free lunch program that provides nutrition to low-income students and is under attack from Republicans, raising questions about whether the administration

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Donald Trump orders all federal agencies to form ‘regulatory reform task force’

President Trump on Friday signed another executive order aimed at reducing federal regulations, this time directing all government agencies to form a “regulatory reform task force” that will identify unneeded red tape and remove it. In brief comments in the Oval Office, the president said each task force will report back to the White House

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