WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-California), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and 11 Senate cosponsors pressed Senate leadership to allow a full Senate vote on their bipartisan bill to fix the broken system for funding wildfire suppression. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D- Nev., and Senate Minority Leader […]
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Massachusetts law establishing a 35-foot protest-free buffer zone around abortion facilities drew comment from three Jewish Democratic women in Congress. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) said: “It is distressing that the Supreme Court struck down an important Massachusetts law that protected women from violence
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) issued the following statement on Friday, June 27, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Senate’s passage of its bipartisan immigration bill: “There is no other country in the world for which immigration is so central to its history and its identity. And yet even though we
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Thursday, June 26, introduced the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act, legislation that would protect Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries from losing their providers in the middle of the year or without cause. Blumenthal is an original cosponsor of the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Richard Friedman, an Ohio man who uses some of his free time to pen warnings about climate change issues, is the author of a novel, Escape from Canamith, and while it’s part sci fi and fantasy, it also fits neatly into the rising new genre of climate
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NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has congratulated U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-New York) for the successful passage of her Protect Cemeteries Act (H.R. 4028) in the House of Representatives. If Meng’s bill is next approved by the Senate (S. 2466) and signed by the President, the International Religious Freedom Act
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Tel Aviv University physicist Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob has been elected to the American Philosophical Society — the oldest learned society in the United States — the only non-American among the 33 new members. Prof. Ben-Jacob is a professor of physics and astronomy and holds the Maguy-Glass Chair in Physics of
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VALLEY CENTER, California (Press Release) — Laura Zuckerman, who has been with San Diego County Library for 13 years, has been named librarian at the Valley Center branch. A onetime elementary school teacher, she has devoted much of her career working with and developing programs and resources for children, many of whom affectionately know her
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San Diego CountyBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — This past week, the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia, Nathan Deal and a delegation of Georgia officials and business leaders visited Israel on a five-day mission highlighting the unique economic partnership between Israel and Georgia. The governor met with prominent members of the Israeli government including Prime Minister
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — This has not been a good time for those who would rely on the power and wisdom of the United States. It has not been any better for Americans who may think of their country is better than others, and a world leader. Calls for decency, accommodation and/or reform by
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USARabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — It’s easy to take those we love for granted. Sometimes it is only after they are gone that we realize how much they meant to us, how much we counted upon them, and how much they added to our lives. This was the lesson the Israelites learned after the
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Jewish ReligionWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Secretary of State John Kerry announced Friday, June 27, that Ambassador Martin Indyk, the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, will be returning to his position as Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at The Brookings Institution. Ambassador Indyk will continue to work closely with Secretary Kerry on the Obama Administration’s
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Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO―In a unanimous decision the Supreme Court ruled that police cannot routinely confiscate cell phones and use the information found on them as evidence in criminal cases without first obtaining a search warrant. Law enforcement officials have denounced the decision even though the NSA has assured them it already has a
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireU.N. Security Council rejects Arab states’ request to censure Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A petition by the ambassadors of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran asking the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel over its recent operation in Judea and Samaria to find the kidnapped boys was denied Thursday. Israeli Ambassador to the U.N.
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