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Greek PM pledges fight against extremism

June 26, 2014

BRUSSELS (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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Bennett outlines how P.A. pays terrorists

June 26, 2014

By 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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Middle East

Peres tells of his visit with Obama

June 26, 2014

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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Middle East, USA

French court agrees to extradite Nemmouche to Belgium

June 26, 2014

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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International

JNS news briefs: June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014

Massive 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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International, Middle East, USA

Jews in the San Diego News: June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014

Editor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. The U-T’s People column on Page A-2 took up the comments Gary Oldman made about Jews in Hollywood (for which he later apologized). About Mel Gibson, Oldman said that the actor “is in a town run by Jews

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Capitol rally urges action against racial profiling

June 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The deleterious effects of racial profiling were discussed at a Capitol news conference by victims and representatives of the Progressive, Black, Hispanic, Asian-Pacific Caucuses in Congress. Among those addressing the conference was Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) who is a co-chair of the Progressive Caucus with Congressman John Conyers of Michigan.

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USA

Senators salute Abe Lincoln’s love for wilderness

June 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-California) on Wednesday, June 25, praised the passage of their resolution honoring the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant Act, legislation signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 that permanently protected the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. “In 1864, in the middle of the

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Travel and Food

Abrahams seeks prayers for Merry Clayton

June 25, 2014

LOS ANGELES (SDJW) — Singer Merry Clayton, who was featured in the documentary 20 Feet From Stardom “has a long road to recovery” from a June 16 automobile accident in Los Angeles, according to manager and record producer Alan V. Abrahams. In a note sent Wednesday, June 25, to San Diego Jewish World, he verified

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Travel and Food

U.S. should stop asking Israel to make concessions

June 25, 2014

By Dr. Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — The recent kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers near Hebron, who are now the subject of a massive Israeli military-security search, should give pause. Israel says it has evidence of involvement by Hamas, the U.S. and European Union-listed terrorist group that calls in its Charter for the worldwide murder

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Middle East, USA

Taglit- Birthright has brought 400,000 to Israel

June 25, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Taglit-Birthright Israel has passed a significant milestone with the designation of the program’s 400,000th participant: Ryan Hunter, 20, a student from Syosset, New York (Long Island). By reaching this milestone, Taglit-Birthright Israel turns a corner and has now provided a free heritage trip to half of the young Jewish adults who are

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International, Middle East, USA

Nov 30 now a day for Jews to remember

June 25, 2014

NEW YORK (WJC) – The World Jewish Congress on Wednesday, June 25, welcomed the passage in Israel this week of a law naming November 30 as the national day for commemorating the flight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. “I am pleased that the Knesset has designated a day for public institutions to mark the

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Middle East

Poll: Diaspora opinions matter to most Israelis

June 25, 2014

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israeli Jews want the views of the Jewish Diaspora, and the impact Israeli government action could have on it, to be taken into account by their government, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute presented in Jerusalem on Wednesday, June 25. The newspaper ‘Haaretz’ reports that asked whether the Israeli government,

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International, Middle East, USA

Oldman apologizes for Hollywood Jews slur

June 25, 2014

LONDON (WJC) –The British actor Gary Oldman on Tuesday apologized after claiming in a ‘Playboy’ interview that Hollywood was a “town run by Jews.” Oldman said fellow actor and director Mel Gibson was being unfairly ostracized over his anti-Semitic remarks. Following criticism by Jewish organizations, Oldman issued an apology in which he described Jews as

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

Greek PM pledges fight against extremism

Bennett outlines how P.A. pays terrorists

Peres tells of his visit with Obama

French court agrees to extradite Nemmouche to Belgium

JNS news briefs: June 26, 2014

Jews in the San Diego News: June 25, 2014

Capitol rally urges action against racial profiling

Senators salute Abe Lincoln’s love for wilderness

Abrahams seeks prayers for Merry Clayton

U.S. should stop asking Israel to make concessions

Taglit- Birthright has brought 400,000 to Israel

Nov 30 now a day for Jews to remember

Poll: Diaspora opinions matter to most Israelis

Oldman apologizes for Hollywood Jews slur

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