Rights group heads for German anti- Semitism confab

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the 5th Anniversary of the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA). Next week, Henderson will head a delegation including Jewish, Muslim, Latino, African-American, Asian-American, […]

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International, USA

Child anxious about scratch test? Get a clown

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The dreaded scratch or puncture test is the most common way of assessing allergic reactions to as many as 40 different substances at once. But because the test involves needles that prick multiple points along the skin’s surface, it’s a particularly high-stress examination for children — and their understandably anxious parents.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Nine Jews to serve in state Legislature

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — State Sen. Marty Block’s office reports that after last Tuesday’s elections, the Jewish Caucus in the State Legislature will have nime members, one short of a minyan. All nine members are Democrats. Two members of the current Legislature–former Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal– were required not

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Travel and Food

JNS news briefs: November 6, 2014

Report: Obama sent letter on Islamic State to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (JNS.org) U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in mid-October expressing their shared interest in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq. The Wall Street Journal reported that the letter—which left Israel

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Middle East, USA

Election unlikely to change Obama’s Israel policies

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–What’s in it for Israelis? Israeli issues were by no means the whole of what was considered by something like 100 million overwhelmingly non-Jewish voters. Israeli interests may not have been critical in any of the House or Senate races, or mattered even a great deal, but they were in there somewhere.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Lowey endorses Obama’s request for Ebola aid

WASHNGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, on Wednesday, Nov. 5,  issued the following statement on President Obama’s request for emergency funding to address Ebola in Africa and public health preparedness in the United States. “The Ebola epidemic has taken a tragic toll in Liberia, Sierra

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

U.S., Jordan condemn J’lem terror, seek renewed talks

PARIS, France (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that he and Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh “discussed the increasing tensions recently in areas across Jerusalem, and particularly surrounding the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. We condemn the terrorist attack in Jerusalem this morning that killed at least one person when a car was

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Travel and Food

Humoring the Headlines: November 5, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Somewhere in hell Joseph McCarthy watched last night’s election results.  Not knowing that television networks now designate Republican states as red and Democratic ones as blue, he looked at the electoral map and commented, “I warned them the communists would take over the United States!” * Boko Haram reported that

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

AJC: World should condemn P.A. terror incitement

NEW YORK (Press Release)  — The American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global Jewish advocacy organization, is urging governments worldwide to condemn unequivocally Palestinian terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, and to press the Palestinian Authority to make every effort to deter, rather than incite, further assaults. “Hamas rockets and missiles may be quiet for the moment, but Palestinian

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Middle East, USA