Two Republican senators say they’ve reviewed evidence that indicates former FBI Director James B. Comey began drafting a statement to announce the closure of the bureau’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server months before key witnesses, including the former Democratic presidential candidate, were interviewed. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham […]
Poland’s tourism minister on Wednesday announced the dismissal of the head of the national tourism organization after he said he wanted to remove the Auschwitz memorial and a Jewish history museum from tours for foreign journalists, The Associated Press reports. The minister, Witold Banka, said on Twitter he was dismissing Marek Olszewski immediately over “scandalous
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InternationalProfessor offers trends, lessons in condensed Jewish history Jewish history professor David Myers said despite a recent resurgence of anti-Semitism, American history is “bending toward ever greater integration into American society.” Photo by Scarlett Freund It may sound unlikely, if not impossible, but in just over 100 pages of his new book and in the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASecretary of State Rex Tillerson has thanked Mexico for its offer of relief for the victims of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Tillerson did not say whether the U.S. would be taking Mexico up on its offer of help, but he has said more on the matter than President Trump, who has not yet commented
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International, USABritish Prime Minister Theresa May takes part in a tea ceremony at Omotesenke Fushin’an in Kyoto, western Japan August 30, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] KYOTO, Japan – Prime Minister Theresa May said she wanted to continue as Britain’s leader beyond the next parliamentary election, not due until 2022, dismissing expectations she could stand down after Brexit as
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InternationalPresident Obama is about to become the most expensive ex-president, costing taxpayers $1,153,000 next year, according to a new Congressional Research Service memo looking at the official allowances for the five living former chief executives. His $1,153,000 budget request for 2018 is more than $100,000 higher than President George W. Bush’s request for next year
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USARepeating radio signals from a mysterious source in a dwarf galaxy three billion light years away have been detected by astronomers. Using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, scientists with the Breakthrough Listen initiative—a massive project dedicated to finding signs of intelligent alien life—recorded 15 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) on August 26th. The
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The World We Share, USAEdwin Black’s latest 5-part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 70 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails. You may hover with your cursor to find links for Part 1 and Part 2. NEU Hillel Protests “Fear-Based Tactics” By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C.
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USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — It’s not widely known, but President Trump has been listening to – and been emotionally moved by — accounts of such Biblical events as the plague of darkness, the Flood, and the sun and moon standing still for Joshua to annihilate his enemies. Trump reportedly has been inspired
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAIt was the end of Ramadan, a few days before Eid al-Fitr, a time of feasts and family. But the housewives shopping in a Gaza City market were buying just a few handfuls of vegetables and small pieces of meat. “Nobody can use their refrigerators,” one vendor explains; the power is out for much of
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Middle East, USAGene Wilder, the legendary Hollywood actor, who starred in famous films like “Blazing Saddles,” “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy” died on Aug. 28, 2016, when he was 83 years old, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1933, to Jewish parents.
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastJapanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarō Asō spoke during a Liberal-Democratic party convention in a way which seemingly praised Adolf Hitler’s policies. “I am not doubting a politician’s motives,” Asō said. “I don”t question your motives (to be a politician). But the results are important. Hitler, who killed millions of people, was no good, even if
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International, Jewish HistoryIsrael’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman denounced unauthorised Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a day after the prime minister vowed not to uproot settlements in the territory. International law sees all Israel’s West Bank settlements as illegal, but Israel distinguishes between those it sanctions and those it does not. Such outposts “have
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