Mock eviction notices seen as anti- Semitic

By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org The latest anti-Israel trend to gain momentum on college campuses has been the distribution of mock eviction notices in dormitories by members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Whether or not the notices have specifically targeted Jewish students, experts say the tactic highlights the convergence of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism on […]

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Hebrew Scriptures oft quoted at GOP confab

By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — Religious freedom, family values, fiscal policy, and Israel were the primary drivers of discussion as faith activists and Republican politicians recently gathered in Washington, DC for the Road to Majority 2014 conference, put on by the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition. Despite

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Middle East, USA

Desdemona, a woman of valor

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Another enchanted evening basking in the clement weather in Balboa Park’s Lowell Davies Festival Theater, as the 2014 Summer Shakespeare Festival opened with the classic tragedy, Othello.   Barry Edelstein directed a cast filled with talented stars, some local and some national, some known and others debuting. A few major

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Travel and Food

Fox: More local say over sex offenders’ housing

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) — Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) has announced that his Assembly Bill (AB) 1607 received unanimous bipartisan support from the Senate Public Safety Committee.  The bill revises the Sexual Violent Predator (SVP) Act to make the process of conditional release of these offenders more transparent and allow input from the areas most

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Bill bans micro beads in personal care products

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release)– Legislation authored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) to phase-out the use of micro-plastic beads in personal care products was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, AB 1699, will prohibit the use of environmentally hazardous microbeads in personal care products, such as those for removing dead skin cells, starting

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Legislative caucus urges return of Israelis, Nigerians

SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) – The California Legislative Jewish Caucus has made the following statement regarding the recent kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank: “Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with the parents, family members and friends of the innocent teenage Israeli boys kidnapped in the West Bank on June 12. The

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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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