Justice Ginsburg, Rabbi Holzblatt offer seder reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –American Jewish World Service has distributed a Passover reading emphasizing the accomplishments of women in the Exodus story. “We are grateful to Justice Ginsburg and Rabbi Holzblatt for offering a powerful feminist reading for Passover, which highlights the leadership of women in the liberation of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt,” […]

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Jewish Religion, USA

U.S. admonishes Israel over rhetoric

By Donald H. Harrison The White House and the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, March 18, both voiced their displeasure with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party’s  call to Jewish Israelis on Israel’s election day, March 17, to counter that country’s Arab vote, and additionally with Netanyahu’s pre-election announcement that he no longer supported creation of an

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Netanyahu victory spurs diverse reactions

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–Reactions to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election victory were not long in coming after the results were announced on Tuesday, March 17.  Here are some of them collected by San Diego Jewish World: Americans for Peace Now — Israel’s general election results are a disappointment for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans. They will undoubtedly make

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Middle East, USA

Rep. Israel: Revoke U.S. citizenship of terrorists

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Israel (D-New York) announced that he joined Rep. Steve Womack (R-Arkansas) in support of the Terrorist Denaturalization and Passport Revocation Act, which will prevent U.S. citizens from retaining their citizenship status if they fight for a known foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Since 2001 there has been a substantial increase

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USA

74 senators protest Turkey’s treatment of journalists

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-New York)  along with 73 other United States Senators, wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry to urge the State Department to immediately address issues stemming from of the intimidation of journalists and censorship of the media by President Tayyip Erdogan’s Administration in Turkey. According to Turkish and

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Middle East, USA

Armenian genocide recognition introduced in Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Reps. Robert Dold (R-Illinois), Adam Schiff (D-California), David Valadao (R-California), and Frank Pallone (D-New Jersey), along with 40 other Members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, March 18, introduced the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution. This bipartisan resolution calls upon the Administration to work toward equitable, constructive and durable Armenian-Turkish relations

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Middle East, USA

J Street: Continue to work for 2-state solution

By Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory is a deep disappointment to all who hoped that Israel might choose a new direction for the country in yesterday’s election. The Prime Minister’s renunciation of the two-state solution and resort to a campaign grounded in fear and tinged with racism successfully moved 150,000 votes from

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Middle East, USA

Humoring the headlines: March 18, 2015

“Israeli Election Roundup” By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ It’s March Madness time in Israel.  Pundits are crunching numbers and filling out brackets, trying to figure out what the composition of the next Israeli coalition government will be. * Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Likud had a “great victory.”  This bolsters his claim that he speaks for

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

For liberals, Israeli election had some good news

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM–Unfortunately, the outcome of the Israeli elections vindicated my gloom. Contrary to the predictions by pollsters, Likud did considerably better than the Zionist Union. Likud’s leader Binyamin Netanyahu is likely to form the next government celebrating almost unprecedented political longevity in Israeli politics. To spell out again the bad news would

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Middle East

Chef, in webcast, to prepare creative Pesach cuisine

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– The Inbal Jerusalem Hotel is set to share its legendary and eclectic holiday recipes with the world, in the first-ever live Passover cooking broadcast, hosted by award-winning Executive Chef Nir Elkayam. The unprecedented cooking session will be broadcasted live from the Inbal’s kitchen on Tuesday, March 24 at 12 pm ET/ 9am

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Middle East, Travel and Food