Engel applauds Obama’s Syria aid request

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, June 26,  applauded the Administration’s request to provide support to moderate elements of the Syrian opposition.  Last year, Rep. Engel introduced the Free Syria Act, which includes provisions similar to the Administration’s request. “The Obama Administration’s […]

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Middle East, USA

Senators: Bring wildlife fires bill to the floor

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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USA

Abortion buffer zone decision draws comments

WASHINGTON, 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, USA

Bill would help seniors keep their doctors

WASHINGTON, 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, USA

ZOA: Israel and U.S. should enact legislation to protect Mt. of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem from desecration

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

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

American Philos. Society inducts Eshel Ben- Jacob

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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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Martin Indyk leaves State Department post

WASHINGTON, 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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