AMMAN, Jordan (Press Release)– U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida), Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Florida), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued the following statement after visiting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and touring a refugee camp for Syrians who fled the […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Small, closely held businesses don’t have to pay for certain contraceptives for female employees if they violate the employers’ religious beliefs, The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday, June 30, in a narrow 5-4 decision, in which the three Jewish justices — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Elana Kagen — were
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TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Patients with Alzheimer’s disease run a high risk of seizures. While the amyloid-beta protein involved in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s seems the most likely cause for this neuronal hyperactivity, how and why this elevated activity takes place hasn’t yet been explained — until now. A new study by Tel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced her office’s Consumer Protection Unit, working with the Riverside and Alameda District Attorneys’ Offices and the State Board of Pharmacy, has obtained a $498,250 settlement in a consumer protection lawsuit brought against the owners of the Rite Aid pharmacy chain in California. The civil complaint, filed
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) – A delegation of presidents and chancellors from top U.S. universities are visiting Israel to explore opportunities for bilateral academic partnerships and collaboration through an educational seminar conducted by Project Interchange, an institute of AJC (American Jewish Committee). The delegation will meet with their counterparts from Israeli universities, including Bar-Ilan, Haifa, Hebrew
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationDeveloping Story HALHUL, Israel (TNA) — The bodies of the three abducted boys –Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha’ar (16), Eyal Yifrah (19) — were found Monday, June 30 by IDF searchers. They disappeared on June 12 from a hitchhiking spot not far from this community where their bodies were discovered. The teams working to recover
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By Deborah Fineblum/JNS.org JERUSALEM (JNS) — Omelet sandwich: 5 shekels. Iced coffee: 5 shekels. Tuna sandwich: 5 shekels. Fresh-squeezed orange juice: 5 shekels. Cheese bureka: 5 shekels. There’s plenty more on the Cofizz menu, but you get the idea. Dani Mizrahi and Amir Amshalm, two Israeli men in their early 30s, asked themselves: Why not launch
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Middle East85,000 attend Tel Aviv rally for kidnapped Israeli teens (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Some 85,000 people flocked to Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Sunday evening, uniting in prayer and hope for the safe return of abducted Israeli teens Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkel. Radio and TV personality Avri Gilad, who hosted the rally,
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Cabinet approved on Sunday, June 29, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for the socio-economic development of Jerusalem. The Government is working in a variety of ways to develop and strengthen the city. For the first time, a comprehensive socio-economic development plan was presented for eastern Jerusalem. One of the
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Several Israeli police officers, on various levels of command, were dismissed from their positions, some of them may be fired as well, following the police’s blunder regarding their handing of a phone call which came from one of the three abducted boys a short while after they were abducted.
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By Anav Silverman TEL AVIV – Israel’s newly elected president Reuven Rivlin called upon world leaders and religious figures to pray for the return of the three kidnapped Israeli boys at a massive prayer rally at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square this Sunday evening, June 29. “The call for the safety of these boys doesn’t
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Middle East1177 B.C., the Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ; ISBN 978-0-691-14089-6 ©2014, $29.95, p. 176, plus Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, and Index By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, Calilfornia — The Late Bronze Age is prominent for its unprecedented financial, political, and social interconnectedness, along with the generation of great wealth
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Fred Reiss, EdD, International, Jewish HistoryBy Laurie Baron The New Inscription for the Statue of Liberty (with apologies to Emma Lazarus) Unlike the harbor Lady with upright flame, Extending arms to seekers of haven. Pandering politicians willingly cave in, Turn children back without shame. Excuse themselves and find others to blame. To get elected and then block any change. Douse
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