By 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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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Israel’s President Shimon Peres, after receiving a Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony Thursday, June 26, in the Capitol rotunda, thanked both President Obama and the Congress for standing by Israel throughout its history and for making the Jewish nation “strong enough to take risks for peace.” Peres said that at
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) paid tribute to the life of former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, who sadly passed away on Thursday, June 26.. Congressman Cohen made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: “I have unfortunate news that we have lost a great
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) has cosponsored the bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act (H.R. 3899) to reinstate and strengthen voting protections that were recently struck down by the Supreme Court last year. These provisions were designed to protect voters in states with a history of racial discrimination by requiring
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USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Take a female newspaper reporter in Manhattan named Rebekah Roberts covering a murder in the Hasidic community — where a recent murder has everyone talking — and you’ve got a very good and probing debut novel by CBSNews.com reporter Julia Dahl. Released in May,, Invisible City is a
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Travel and FoodBRUSSELS (Press Release) — Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged a fight against extremism at an AJC Transatlantic Institute dinner Wednesday night, June 25. While acknowledging the immense challenges facing his country since 2008, including nearly 60 percent youth unemployment, he presented a generally optimistic outlook for Greece. He said that “extremism of all kinds
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International, Travel and FoodBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)- Economy Minister Naftali Bennett announced Wednesday, June 25, that he will work to stop Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from continuing the policy of paying monthly salaries to convicted terrorists jailed in Israeli prisons. “Did you murder Jews? Have you abducted children? Get up to 12,000 shekels a month from
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, met on Wednesday, June 25, with President Obama at the White House. President Obama asked President Peres to join him at a meeting with the leadership of the Jewish community in the US; hosted a working lunch with Vice President Biden,
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NEW YORK (WJC) — World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder on Thursday, June 26, welcomed a decision by a court in Versailles, France to allow the extradition to Belgium of Mehdi Nemmouche, the man suspected of having perpetrated the murder of four people at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels a month
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InternationalMassive Times Square billboard calls for return of missing Israeli teens (JNS.org) A massive new billboard in Times Square calling for the return of the three missing Israeli teens has been launched by a local New York synagogue. The 40-foot-by-40-foot digital ad was purchased by the Young Israel of the West Side congregation for an
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