Levine demands return of kidnapped Israeli teens

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) issued the following statement on the June 12th kidnapping of yeshiva students Eyal Yifrach (19), Gilad Shaar (16), and Naftali Frenkel (16). The Israeli youth were kidnapped on June 12th while traveling in Kfar Etzion. Frenkel holds both Israeli and U.S. citizenship. “This abhorrent act […]

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Middle East, USA

Feinstein: Inquiry needed whether doctors prescribe opioids to boost their ratings from Medicare patients

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California are exploring whether patient satisfaction surveys linked to Medicare payments encourage opioid pain reliever abuse, already a national epidemic.  The senators wrote to the federal agency in charge of Medicare payments on agency practices in this area. “There is

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Cardin hails court decision on pollution standards

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the ruling by the United States Supreme Court that upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set carbon pollution standards within the guidelines of the Clean Air

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The World We Share, USA

Bennet: Disclose names of secret campaign donors

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–With hundreds of millions of dollars from anonymous donors being spent to secretly influence this year’s elections, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and 49 other senators to introduce the DISCLOSE Act of 2014.  The bill would crack down on so-called “dark money” by requiring organizations that

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Travel and Food

Engel: Kudos to Albania for becoming EU candidate

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-New York), the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, June 24, made the following statement on the conferral of European Union candidate status for Albania: “With today’s announcement conferring EU candidate status, Albania has cleared another hurdle on the way toward EU membership

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International, USA

Anti-piracy group names China, Russia, Switzerland and India as countries where copyrights are unprotected

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –The International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, which is chaired by Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-California) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), unveiled on Tuesday, June 24,  the “2014 International Piracy Watch List.” In an effort to fight copyright piracy and call attention to

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International, USA

U.S. Reps. urge Pakistan to protect Sindhi community

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, was joined by four Members of Congress – Kerry Bentivolio, Adam Schiff, Tulsi Gabbard, and Tom Petri – in sending a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to express deep concern over human rights violations

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International, USA

BGU establishes Amos Oz literature program in Arad

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Press Release) – American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) announces the Amos Oz Initiative for Literature and Culture to take place in Arad, Israel. The program is made possible by a generous gift from Toni and Stuart B. Young of Wilmington, Delaware. Named in honor of BGU emeritus professor, renowned author

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

OnLine Holocaust Memory Project goes interactive

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The team behind the award-winning documentary Finding Kalman has published an interactive archive of Holocaust remembrance portraits, bridging the past and the present, biography and imagery, and leveraging the power of art to discuss difficult subjects. Naïve artists have created more than 500 black-and-white pastel portraits of Holocaust survivors, victims,

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Jewish Religion