CNN article names Ivanka Trump ‘America’s most powerful Jewish woman’

First daughter Ivanka Trump was named “America’s most powerful Jewish woman” in an article published by CNN on Friday, but the subsequent reaction suggests the opinion is hardly widely held. CNN drew fire for publishing a headline Friday declaring Ms. Trump to be “America’s most powerful Jewish woman,” provoking an avalanche of negative reactions and […]

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USA

A Muslim woman breaks century-high glass ceiling as the first religious court judge in Israel

Israel is often celebrated for LGBTQ rights, gender equality in its military and electing one of the world’s first female heads of state back in 1969. But women still lack equal representation in positions of power, especially in Israel’s religious realm. For these reasons, Hana Mansour-Khatib’s appointment as Israel’s first woman religious court judge is

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Middle East

Trump team looks to Obama-era West Bank security plan – report

Greenblatt said to have met with architects of 2014 Allen Plan, opposed by Netanyahu and Ya’alon, which was to address Israeli defense concerns over a Palestinian state By Times of Israel staff Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt (l) meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office

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Middle East, USA

Ireland’s Leo Varadkar moves a step closer to becoming prime minister

Leo Varadkar, a doctor and Ireland’s minister for social protection, Friday became the new leader of Ireland’s ruling Fine Gael party, bringing him one step closer to becoming the country’s next prime minister. Varadkar, who would be the country’s first prime minister who has come out as gay and the first of South Asian descent,

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International

Nancy Pelosi: Donald Trump ‘dishonoring’ God in global warming decision

Rep. Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Trump was “dishonoring” God and questioned whether his grandchildren will even be able to breathe air after his announcement a day earlier that he would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. “How is he ever going to explain to his grandchildren what he did to the air they

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The World We Share, USA

Kathy Griffin alternates between tears and Trump insults during a wild press conference

During a Friday morning press conference in Los Angeles, comedian Kathy Griffin stood in front of reporters to try and make sense of the backlash against a photograph she posted earlier in the week. Griffin posed with a bloody dummy head that looked like President Donald Trump. In the ensuing days, members of the first

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Putin Will ‘Eliminate’ the NATO Threat If Sweden Joins

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep opposition to the idea of Sweden joining NATO, calling its potential membership of the U.S.-led alliance a “threat” that would need to be “eliminated.” “If Sweden joins NATO this will affect our relations in a negative way because we will consider that the infrastructure of the military bloc

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International

Humoring the headlines: June 2, 2017

SAN DIEGO−President Trump contended that withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement will create more jobs in the United States.  Indeed, bids are already being received from construction companies vying for contracts to build dikes around the country’s southern, western, and eastern coastlines. * During his speech about leaving the Paris Climate Agreement, President Trump highlighted

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Pianist Wosner brings Schubert sonatas to life

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — A recital devoted to three of Schubert’s last sonatas (D 845, 850 and 890) was too good to miss, so we cancelled our subscription tickets to the symphonic concert that happened to fall on the same date and bought tickets for that evening instead.  Sometimes life or fate or the

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts