AUSTIN, Texas (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauds Thursday’s (March 26) passage by the Texas House of Representatives of a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, a measure that AJC has long advocated. In taking this action Texas is poised to become the fourth state to go on record against the rising tide of global anti-Semitism, […]
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International, USA
By Rev. Gabriel Naddaf NAZARETH, Israel –It’s hard to be a Christian Arab in Israel, but not because of prejudice My name is Gabriel Naddaf, and I have the privilege of being a Greek Orthodox priest from Nazareth in the Galilee. My people have mistakenly been called “Christian Arabs”, but the reality is that we
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Middle East
MADRID (WJC) –Spain’s Congress adopted a bill granting Spanish citizenship to the descendants of Jewish families expelled from the country in 1492, in a gesture of reconciliation. Legislators approved the new law in a session on Wednesday, ahead of a vote in the Senate, the upper house of parliament. the law is expected to come
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International, Jewish History
EDIRNE, Turkey (WJC)–The deputy CEO of the World Jewish Congress, Maram Stern, was in Turkey this week to take part in the re-opening ceremony of the Great Synagogue of Edirne, which was restored for $2.5 million and is the first synagogue to open in Turkey in two generations. Guest of honor at the ceremony was
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Jewish History, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) re-introduced two of her signature election reform bills to restore integrity to federal elections and end constraints placed on voters who want to vote by mail, known as absentee. The Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act would end restrictions many states impose on a
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USAIranian foreign minister: no nuclear deal unless all sanctions immediately lifted (JNS.org) Iran is insisting that all sanctions against the country be lifted immediately as part of any nuclear deal with world powers. “This is the position that the government has insisted on from the start,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
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Middle East, USABy Abraham H. Foxman NEW YORK — As someone who was critical of several steps by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the campaign leading up to his reelection, particularly his decision to address Congress and his statement seeming to reject a Palestinian state, I am even more troubled by statements now coming out of
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) and Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-New York), two co-chairs of the House Republican Israel Caucus, joined with other House colleagues in sending a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs urging the panel to prohibit funding for further U.S. involvement in dangerous P5+1
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — Tracking the rotation speed of solid planets, like the Earth and Mars, is a relatively simple task: Just measure the time it takes for a surface feature to roll into view again. But giant gas planets Jupiter and Saturn are more problematic for planetary scientists, as they both lack measureable solid
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Comments by Benyamin Netanyahu and Yair Garbuz, said to be the “racism” of right and left, remind us that Israelis, like the voters of numerous other countries, bring their family backgrounds with them to the polls. Ethnicity, religiosity, and social class explain a good deal of recent voting, but not all of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin appointed outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the responsibility of forming the 34th government of Israel on Wednesday evening, March 25. At a special ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, the President signed the official letter of appointment in his office with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–During a joint appearance at the White House with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday, March 24, President Obama was questioned by a reporter about the deteriorating U.S.-Israel relationship. Here is a transcript of that exchange, released on Wednesday, March 25, by the White House. Q Thank you, Mr. President. You’ve made
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Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — After this website published a news article headlined “A Tale of Two Holocaust Survivors” on March 17, Tomi Reichental, who was one of the two men mentioned in the story and who is 80, contacted me by email from his home in Ireland and said he would like
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International, Jewish History, USA