ADL raps Jimmy Carter’s ‘bias against Jews and Israel’

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan 14, strongly criticized comments made by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter suggesting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict helped motivate the terrorist attacks in Paris. ADL called President Carter’s views “divorced from the realities of the anti-Semitic and fanatical anti-Western beliefs” of the French terrorists. In a January […]

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Jewish Religion, USA

Retired Jewish admiral to lead chaplaincy group

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Harold Robinson, director of Jewish Welfare Board’s Jewish Chaplains Council,will be the first rabbi to serve as chair of the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF), an organization that represents a spectrum of faith organizations that serve as endorsers for military chaplains. Robinson, a retired rear admiral, will

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Chief Rabbi Lau tells of outreach plans

Companion story: A night of pluralism By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In a discussion laced with stories from Torah, Talmud, Jewish history and his own rabbinic family’s experiences, Rabbi David Lau, Israel’s Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi, described his plans on Tuesday, Jan. 13, for outreach to Israel’s poor and for resolving the problem of

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Daily Jewish news briefs: January 14, 2015

Senate bill removes presidential waiver of Israeli embassy’s move to Jerusalem (JNS.org) U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Dean Heller (R-NV) on Tuesday proposed legislation that would remove the president’s authority to waive the relocation of America’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015 also requires

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Middle East, USA

For Obama, it would be ‘je ne suis pas Charlie’

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel   CHULA VISTA, California — As the world leaders boldly proclaimed in Paris, “We are Charlie” as the Sunday rally attracted more than 1.7 million people, and more than twice that nationwide. These people gathered to show solidarity to those brave souls who fought for the public’s right to enjoy

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The Wandering Review: ‘Zero Motivation’

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Americans are accustomed to reading headlines about the military might and victories of the Israel Defense Force.  Like all armies, however, its day-to-day operations are less about combat and more about bureaucracy, discipline, and tedium.  Zero Motivation humorously capitalizes on the interpersonal tensions among an administrative unit of women soldiers

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Daily Jewish news briefs: January 13, 2015

Jimmy Carter says Israeli-Palestinian conflict ‘one of the origins’ of Islamic terrorism (JNS.org) Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as fueling Muslim terrorist attacks and contributing to the recent wave of terrorism in France. During an appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart asked Carter what he thought were

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Will French terror affect world view of Israel?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There has been widespread condemnation of attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Kosher market in Paris, with interesting differences between the condemnations. There are Muslims condemning both as deviations from true Islam, while other Muslims praise both as appropriate defense measures for the sake of Islam. And some Muslims condemn

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Jewish Citizen: Treasury nominee Weiss withdraws

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– Investment banker Antonio Weiss asked President Obama to withdraw his name on Monday, Jan. 12, for consideration as Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance.  Some liberal senators, including Elizabeth Warrren (D-Mass) Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Al Franken (D-Minnesota) had said Weiss’s position with the Lazard

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