France’s Marine Le Pen uses May Day rally to attack ‘Hollande clone’ Macron

Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday used a May Day campaign rally to attack her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron as a clone of the deeply unpopular President François Hollande and a puppet of the world of finance. “You thought Hollande was leaving through the door,” she said, but noted Macron is in […]

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International

1 dead, 3 injured in stabbing at University of Texas; suspect in custody

AUSTIN, Texas — One student is dead and three others have been taken to the hospital after a reported stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus Monday afternoon, authorities said. UT Police Chief David Carter identified the suspect in the attack as 20-year-old UT student Kendrex J. White. Police got the call around 1:30

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USA

Oscar Mayer cuts nitrates and some preservatives from all its hot dogs

CHICAGO — Oscar Mayer has become the first major hot dog brand to remove nitrates, some preservatives and fillers from its entire wiener line. Oscar Mayer, owned by Kraft Heinz, said Monday that the removal of nitrates, nitrites, artificial preservatives and byproducts is the result of “more than a year of recipe tasting and tinkering.”

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Travel and Food

Trump says he’d be ‘honored’ to meet with North Korean leader

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Monday said he would be “honored” to meet leader Kim Jong Un of North Korea, only days after he raised the possibility of a “major, major conflict” with the reclusive state over its nuclear weapons program. Though White House aides separately downplayed the likelihood of a face-to-face meeting between a

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International, USA

Kansas archdiocese severs ties with Girl Scouts and urges end to cookie sales

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saying that Girl Scouts is “no longer a compatible partner in helping us form young women with the virtues and values of the Gospel,” the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is severing ties with the organization and switching its support to a Christian-based scouting program. “I have asked the pastors

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USA

NIH to get a $2 billion funding boost as Congress rebuffs Trump’s call for cuts

WASHINGTON – Congress has rebuffed President Trump’s proposal to cut $1.2 billion from the National Institutes of Health budget in the current fiscal year. Lawmakers instead are boosting NIH funding by $2 billion, under a spending agreement reached late Sunday night. The deal does not address funding for 2018, when Trump has called for a

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

San Diego couple sold house, explores world

By Jeffrey Lazarow ON THE OPEN ROAD — We thought we were free until we began living on the road…then we became relatively free. Are you comfortable with the turmoil in the world? Of course not. Would you like to change it? Probably. Can you? No. Are you completely satisfied with your life…fulfilled? Can you improve

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Travel and Food, USA

Blind Bnai Menashe teen to light ceremonial torch

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Dina Samte, a blind member of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community, which claims descent from one of Israel’s Lost Tribes, on Saturday celebrated being chosen for the honor of lighting one of the Israel Independence Day torches at the official state ceremony, taking place this Tuesday. Samte also celebrated her 19th birthday

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International, Middle East

U.S. Jewish Roundup ~ May 1, 2017

AJC praises Senate Judiciary Committee for emphasis on hate crimes NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee praised Senate Judiciary Committee members for asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions “to undertake effective action to address the increasing number of religious hate crimes in the U.S.” The bipartisan letter, spearheaded by Senator Charles Grassley, chair of the Senate

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USA

Cineplex not nearly so wondrous as our yesterdays

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — These are the springtime festival days of Israel—Holocaust Remembrance Day last week, Israel Independence Day today, Jerusalem Day soon. I remember when, several years ago, it was reported in the international media that a huge, luxury Cineplex was being constructed in the suburban Israeli community of Kfar-Saba.  I retain

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Middle East, Travel and Food

Middle East Roundup: May 1, 2017

UNESCO plans anti-Israel vote on Israel’s Independence Day (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The cultural body of the United Nations is expected to adopt a resolution Tuesday, on Israel’s Independence Day, classifying Israel as an “occupying power” in Jerusalem. UNESCO is also expected to conclude that the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb, both Jewish

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Middle East