Roskam, Vargas offer bill to counter BDS

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) and Congressman Juan Vargas (D-California) on Tuesday, Feb. 10, introduced the U.S.-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act. “This bipartisan bill would counter the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel and strengthen the U.S.-Israel economic relationship,” the two members of Congress said. Over the past several years,

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Middle East, USA

Internet givers fund research on ‘orphan diseases’

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Rare diseases, those that affect fewer than one in 200,000 people, are often identified early in life. Some 30 percent of children afflicted by these “orphan diseases” do not live to see their fifth birthday. While the US Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was written into law to promote research on

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

23 groups urge probe at UC Davis of anti- Semitism

SANTA CRUZ, California — After the Jewish community suffered two hate crimes at UC Davis in recent days, 23 organizations with hundreds of thousands of members and supporters demanded UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi conduct a formal investigation into registered student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and one of its members, Azka Fayyaz, also

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli mystery: the shape of next ruling coalition

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– No single political party can rule Israel. That’s why party blocks are emerging. On the right, Likud under Netanyahu and Habayit Hayehudi under Bennett are natural coalition partners, despite their reported difficult personal relations. The position of Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu is more complex. He’s the natural ally of the two

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Middle East

Jewish news briefs: February 10, 2015

Report: NGOs involved in Israeli-Palestinian conflict get $27 million in foreign aid (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Foreign governments donated some $27 million to 24 nongovernmental organizations involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between 2012 and 2014, according to a new report by the Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor. According to the report, released Monday, the donations

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International, Middle East, USA

Humoring the headlines: February 9, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Vice-President Biden announced he will be out of the country when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress.  A growing number of Democratic senators are considering boycotting his speech too prompting ZOA to charge that this is just another manifestation of the BDS movement, Bibi’s Democratic Snub. * Brian Williams

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