Grieving Mother Receives Heartfelt Message From Flight Attendant

A heart-rending tale of a grieving mother shared Thursday on the Facebook page “Love What Matters” has gone viral evoking emotional responses from the social media users. In the post, the woman talks about receiving an emotional letter from a Southwest Airlines flight attendant who had waited on her when she was flying to attend […]

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Jordan wins anti-desertification policy award

By Hana Namrouqa – Aug 27,2017 – Last updated at Aug 27,2017 AMMAN — The World Future Council (WFC) has awarded Jordan the bronze Future Policy Award 2017 for its Updated Rangeland Strategy that enshrines the Middle East’s most widespread and longstanding indigenous traditional conservation institution “Hima” into law, according to its website. Hima is

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Middle East, The World We Share

John McCain leads criticism of Trump over Arpaio pardon

Democrats, immigrant rights activists and other members of the anti-Trump resistance were enraged by President Trump’s pardon late Friday of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. And so was Sen. John McCain. While most Republicans remained silent on the pardon, Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican who has frequently battled both Mr. Arpaio and Mr. Trump,

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Floyd Mayweather finishes Conor McGregor in the 10th round of a historic boxing match

We have a winner! The superfight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather captivated the nation, and with an audience of millions, Mayweather (50-0) finished McGregor (0-1) with a technical knock out in the 10th round. via GIPHY FIFTY! pic.twitter.com/pvugA0oY7P — SB Nation (@SBNation) August 27, 2017 Mayweather announced after the fight that this would be

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Hundreds of demonstrators turn out in San Francisco to denounce white supremacists

SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of protesters gathered at a San Francisco park Saturday, demanding to be allowed past police barricades to protest supporters of a far-right rally that was canceled. The group gathered before noon at Alamo Square Park, where the organizer of a “Freedom Rally” was scheduled to hold a news conference Saturday afternoon.

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Students Punished Over ‘Jews Vs. Nazis’ Beer Pong Game

A group of students at a private high school in Atlanta have landed themselves in trouble over their involvement in an off-campus beer pong game with a highly questionable theme: “Jews vs. Nazis.” The Lovett School ultimately expelled one of the students, suspended five others and has barred two from “co-curricular activities,” The Atlanta Journal

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Trump’s Jewish aide: I faced ‘enormous pressure’ to resign

Gary Cohn, the top White House economic official, told the Financial Times in an interview on Friday that he faced “enormous pressure” to resign after the uproar over President Donald Trump”s reaction to the recent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one woman dead Cohn acknowledged the Trump administration “must do better” in condemning neo-Nazis

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Palestinian Bus Driver Finds $10,000 and Returns it to Jewish Owner

Despite the apparent cultural or religious differences, this Palestinian bus driver did not hesitate to return $10,000 in cash to the Jewish man who had lost it. The 35-year-old driver, Ramadan Jamjoum, was piloting the 422 line from Jerusalem to the Orthodox city of Bnei Brak when the incident occurred. Jamjoum told police officers that

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Middle East

Take a walk through Sephardic Montreal’s 70-year history on a new urban tour

Visitors to the Museum of Jewish Montreal can see a glorious — and sometimes troubled — side of the city’s Jewish past like never before By Julie Masis MONTREAL — This September, the Museum of Jewish Montreal will launch its first Sephardic walking tour. The two-hour excursion tells the history of the city’s Moroccan, Iraqi,

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International, Jewish History

Trump orders Pentagon to reinstate ban on transgender people in the military

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to “return to the long-standing policy and practice” barring military service by transgender individuals, guidance that the Pentagon previously said was needed before it could act on the president’s Twitter messages on the issue. The two-page memorandum allows Defense Secretary James N. Mattis to determine whether

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