Grayson, House, commend Afghan elections so far

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A resolution introduced by Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) unanimously passed the House of Representatives Monday evening, June 9. H. Res. 600 commends the Afghan people for completing the first round of presidential elections earlier this year, and urges Afghanistan to conduct a credible, inclusive, and transparent run-off election later

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International, USA

Tisch to film students: Make movies from the heart

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Steve Tisch, the Academy Award-winning producer and executive Vice President and Chairman of the New York Giants, chaired the 16th Tel Aviv Student Film Festival last week. Held at Tel Aviv University, it is the largest student film festival in the world, and widely acknowledged as the most influential. This year,

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Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Reform Jewish leader appeals for life of Christian who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Network of Reform Judiasm joined a delegation of religious leaders on Thursday, June 5, in meeting with Sudan’s Ambassador to the U.S., Maowia Khalid. This meeting comes on the heels of a Sudanese court’s sentencing of Meriam Ibrahim to death for allegedly converting to

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International, USA

‘Motherhood’ book unappealing for secular readers

Tzippora Price, Mother in Action: Exploring the Inner World of Motherhood, Menucha Publishers, ISBN 97816145130-7, 133 pages. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — First of all, the title is a misnomer, as the first part of the book is concerned with the author’s personal journey from college student in the USA to devout Jewess

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education

Menendez plans review of U.S. aid to Palestinians

SUMMIT, New Jersey (Press Release)– “Palestinians must choose between peace with Israel as a Jewish state and a marriage with Hamas, a terrorist organization,” Senator Robert Menendez declared at the AJC New Jersey Region Annual Meeting. The “marriage will have severe consequences.” The agreement between the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas to

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Middle East, USA

Diving into the sub- surface of Middle Eastern politics

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It looks like everyone is angry, but that is only the top layer. Only a bit deeper down, the status quo–including everybody else’s anger–looks pretty good from all the competing perspectives. Israelis are angry with Palestinians for creating an alliance with Hamas, and angry with Americans and Europeans for recognizing

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Foreign caretakers for Israeli elderly quite common

By Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org TEL AVIV (JNS) — Janet Tauro and Varda Kahanovich made a deal upon which their lives depend. Tauro, a foreign worker from Mumbai, provides Kahanovich, a 90-year-old Israeli woman living on Kibbutz Maagan Michael, warm and devoted care. In return, Kahanovich hopes to live a long and happy life, well beyond

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education