Former Rep. Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to sexting with teen

NEW YORK — Anthony Weiner, the former Democratic congressman who unwittingly helped Donald Trump win the presidential election, pleaded guilty Friday in New York to charges of sending obscene material to a minor. The charges arose from a months-long sexually charged flirtation Weiner carried out with a 15-year-old high school sophomore in North Carolina. But […]

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Trump press coverage set ‘new standard for negativity’: Harvard study

President Trump has insisted that his press coverage has been historically negative, and a newly released Harvard journalism study backs him up. A major study released Thursday by the Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy found that the coverage of Mr. Trump during his first 100 days was “unsparing,” with negative reports

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Trump-Russia probe now includes possible cover-up, Congress is told

WASHINGTON — Investigators into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential elections are now also probing whether White House officials have engaged in a cover-up, according to members of Congress who were briefed Friday by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. That avenue of investigation was added in recent weeks after assertions by former FBI Director James

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International, USA

Detroit Jewish leader to lead San Diego brain storming

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Soille Hebrew Day School will host Gary Torgow in San Diego at 5 p.m., Sunday, June 4, at the New Children’s Museum, 200 WEst Island Avenue, to discuss with community leaders ‘Envisioning a Sustainable San Diego Jewish Community.’  This  session will be chaired by Selwyn Isakow. Torgow is the international Chairman of ‘Mosaic United’

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San Diego Calendar, USA

Memories of Mickey Marcus and the Exodus

By Jerry Klinger WEST POINT, New York —  American Veterans of Israel Legacy Corporation organized and commemorated on May 7 the life of Mickey Marcus. It is an annual event at West Point, the last number of years held at the Jewish Chapel overlooking the Hudson. This year was the 51st commemoration. The commemoration honors an extraordinary

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Joe Biden slams Hillary Clinton: ‘I never thought she was a great candidate’

Joe Biden has a reputation for saying what’s on his mind, and on Thursday night, he reportedly didn’t hold back at all about former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “I never thought she was a great candidate. I thought I was a great candidate,” Biden reportedly told an audience of hedge fund managers at the

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Israeli teaches teachers in Ghana

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Last week I was invited to hear a talk by Sharon Bashevkin Perry, who has been involved for many years in early childhood education in a variety of positions in Israel, the US and Africa. The talk was entitled ‘From Israel to Ghana – Building Bridges and Friendships Through Early Childhood Education. In 1958 Golda Meir, then Israel’s

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East

Exhibit tracks lives of Child Holocaust Survivors

  By Garry Fabian MELBOURNE, Australia — There are Child Holocaust Survivor Groups around the world to provide forums and support for Child survivors, now most of them aged in their 80’s and 90s. In Australia they are loosely affiliated with their local Holocaust Museums and Educational Centers. The Melbourne Child Survivors Group has created

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International, Jewish History

All 50 state governors oppose BDS

NEW YORK (WJC) — The governors of all 50 states, along with the mayor of the District of Columbia, signed an initiative to reject the BDS (boycott, divest and sanctions) movement, the American Jewish Congress (AJC) announced on Wednesday. “Governors across our country know very well the enormous value of the US-Israel partnership in every sphere imaginable,

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Middle East, USA

Anti- Semitism up in Mexico, down in Western Europe

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic attitudes have risen sharply in Mexico in the past three years amid challenges the country is facing with a faltering economy and growing pessimism about the country’s direction and future, according to a new poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL’s Global 100 Index Survey in Mexico found

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