Jewish-interest license plate: Bubby (Loves) 3
SAN DIEGO — You don’t have to guess how many children this proud Jewish grandma has. And she loves everyone of them.
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Trivia, Humor & SatireTrump’s Israel visit highly symbolic
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is worth getting out of the weeds of Washington on occasion and looking at the big picture. This is one of those occasions. President Trump is going to Israel, visiting the one stable, prosperous, multiethnic, multicultural, democratic ally the United States has in a region marked by war,
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Middle East, USAPutin Mocks Trump For Sharing Intel With Russians
While President Donald Trump reportedly criticizes his own staff as “incompetent” following a barrage of controversies over the Russian election probe, James Comey’s firing and beyond, Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin seems to be enjoying every minute of it all. The Russian president openly mocked an encounter shared between Trump, Sergey Lavrov, the Kremlin’s foreign
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USAJakiw Palij, accused Nazi guard living in New York, facing requests for deportation
Rep. Joseph Crowley of New York asked Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson on Tuesday to deport a former concentration camp jailer deemed persona non grata over a decade ago. The Democratic congressman outlined his request concerning longtime Queens resident Jakiw Palij, 92, in a letter sent to Mr. Tillerson, in the wake of addressing
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International, Jewish HistoryVenezuela, others reject call for crisis talks at UN Security Council
New York (dpa) – UN ambassadors from Bolivia and Uruguay joined Caracas on Wednesday in rebuffing US attempts to address the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela before the UN Security Council. US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley scheduled the last-minute council meeting Wednesday as anti-government demonstrations in the capital of Caracas reached
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International, USAPrincess Mako’s choice of commoner sparks debate
Japan’s Princess Mako arrives before a meeting with Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes at the presidential residence in Asuncion, Paraguay September 8, 2016. [Photo/Agencies] It remains a controversial topic in Japan to revise the males-only succession law TOKYO – Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will wed a former college classmate, Japanese media
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InternationalWorld’s Longest Cat Measures Nearly Four Feet in Length
Meet Omar the cat. He is a breed known as a Maine coon cat, owned by Stephy Hirst, of Melbourne, Australia. He may be the world’s longest cat. Hirst told the BBC that Omar measures 3 feet 11 inches (120 centimeters) in length, which would make him the longest cat in the world. The current
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The World We ShareGermany asks US to intervene in Turkish airbase row
Washington (dpa) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel turned Wednesday to the United States for help in resolving a spat with Ankara over access to a Turkish air base. During a meeting in Washington, Gabriel asked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to use his influence after Turkey denied German lawmakers access to the Incirlik
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International, Middle East, USADems rule out Lieberman, Keating as FBI picks; former colleague not acceptable
Senate Democrats said Thursday they won’t accept a new FBI director with a political background, which would seem to rule out former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Republican, and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, who was a Democrat and even served as his party’s vice presidential nominee in 2000. Those were two of the four names
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USAIn ‘signal to Trump,’ Herzog says Israel must retain Ma’ale Adumim
Touring settlements, opposition leader says he’s committed to ‘separation’ from Palestinians, but wouldn’t dismantle large blocs By Raoul Wootliff Opposition leader Isaac Herzog tours the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim with members of his Zionist Union faction on Thursday, May 19, 2017 (courtesy) In what he described as “a signal to US President Donald
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Middle East, USAAide behind travel ban said penning Trump speeches to Middle east
Stephen Miller, who also wrote a campaign speech criticized for ‘anti-Semitic overtones, reportedly writing addresses to be delivered in Riyadh, Jerusalem By Times of Israel staff Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a session on law enforcement held at the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
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Middle East, USAAt least one dead as car rams into into crowd in New York’s Times Square
A man sped his car the wrong way up a street in New York’s Times Square midday Thursday, ploughing into crowds of pedestrians, killing one and injuring at least 23 others. The police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism, but the bomb squad responded as a precaution to check
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USATrump Is in ‘Meltdown’ Says ‘Art Of The Deal’ Co-Writer
The co-author of Donald Trump’s best-selling business guide and memoir The Art Of The Deal announced the president is undergoing a “significant meltdown” in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper. “I think he’s reacting from a survival place,” Tony Schwartz told Cooper Wednesday. He’s in pure defensive mode…he’s being run by the part of his
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USATrump threatens to quit NATO: White House official
US President Donald Trump would consider leaving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if member states do not follow through with pledges to increase their annual contributions to the Alliance, a senior White House official said. The White House official said, on condition of anonymity, that Trump wants to see faster and more concrete developments at
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