JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus held its ninth annual Night to Honor Our Christian Allies in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress-Israel. Knesset members from across the political spectrum and government leaders joined both Jews and Christians at Jerusalem’s Waldorf Astoria hotel for a reception in honor of Christians who have been […]
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International, Middle EastPARIS (WJC) — A leading anti-racism group in France launched legal action on Monday, Feb, 2, after a job advertisement appeared online, which included the line “If possible, not Jewish” in a list of criteria for its desired candidate. SOS Racisme lodged a complaint after a job ad for a graphic designer at the Paris
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InternationalSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Hand Up Youth Food Pantry (Hand Up) at Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation. The one-year grant will support Hand Up in distributing supplemental food and providing essential supportive services to more than 8,000 people facing hunger in San Diego County,
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San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, was deeply troubled by a thinly veiled anti-Semitic appeal made by the leadership of the Donetsk and Lugansk “People’s Republics,” who referred to the central government in Kyiv as “pathetic representatives of the great Jewish people.” During a press conference on February 2 captured
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international Jewish human rights organization and funder of 26 human rights organizations in Mexico, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, issued a strong demand for Mexican authorities to resume their investigation into the disappearance* and possible murder of 43 student activists, who went missing in Iguala, Guerrero State, in September
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International, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Relaease)– Israeli-American college students from 33 campuses across North America gathered in L.A. for the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) Mishelanu (Our Own) National Conference this past weekend to strengthen their cultural and national identities and define a new campus leadership voice. Among the top speakers at the first IAC Mishelanu conference was Israel’s
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Middle East, USA
The American public is not ready to see you the way you want to be seen.-Alice Childress By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In 1955, Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress was slated to be the first Broadway play written by an African-American woman. When the producers asked her to give it a happier ending –and she
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Travel and FoodBy David Strom SAN DIEGO–Forty Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living by Yiscah Smith is an amazing memoir of a woman trapped in a man’s body. For most of Yiscah’s life, she lived a lie. She lied to her parents and siblings; to her wife and children; to her friends and workmates; to
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Jewish Religion
By Erin Philips SAN DIEGO– Murder for Two is a madcap musical murder mystery, a two-man tour-de-force with energy, jokes and flair to spare. Created by Joe Kinosian (book and music) and Kellen Blair (book and lyrics), the comedy premiered in 2011 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, followed by a successful run Off Broadway. The current
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Travel and FoodBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON– In a morally coherent world, the chilling statement “Hamas & Sharia law have taken over UC Davis” would not have been spoken publicly, and certainly not by an elected student leader at an American public university. But in California, the veritable epicenter of academic anti-Israelism and its attendant stealth jihad, this statement,
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFrench anti-terror soldiers attacked outside Jewish community center (JNS.org) French soldiers on anti-terrorism patrol were attacked by a knife-wielding man outside of a Jewish community center in southern French city of Nice on Tuesday. French police said the attacker pulled approximately 8-inch knife on the soldiers, lightly wounding three before being apprehended. According to Nice
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International, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — For parents of children struggling with autism, the dearth of information is heartbreaking. Medical professionals are hard put to answer the primary questions: Who is autistic? What causes autism? What treatments are available? The situation is similar for Alzheimer’s patients and relatives, who are helpless before the aggressive disease devouring a
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
BAKU, Azerbaijan (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation recently concluded a three-day visit to Azerbaijan’s capital, the fifth in a series of visits since 2008 alone. The trip was highlighted by a 75-minute private meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. While in Baku, the group, led by AJC Executive Director David Harris, also
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Ethnocentrics elsewhere may protest, but the Middle East has long been the center of civilization. It may be fairer to claim that it is a center of civilization, with a nod to that other place that claims priority farther east. Cultures claiming to be primarily derived from Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
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