Baird: Canada supports Israel because it is right to do

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird told the AJC Global Forum that his nation favors a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,“ but “there can be no constructive discussion with anyone wedded to Israel’s destruction. There can be no bargaining over Israel’s existence.” Addressing the Global Forum closing plenary session, Baird […]

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Owner of demolished home remains in Ma’ale Rehavam

By Anav Silverman MA’ALE REHAVAM, Israel — Moriya Kaniel and her three children were among three Israeli families who were ordered to evacuate their homes in Ma’ale Rehavam because of a court-ordered home demolition operation carried out by Israeli security forces on Wednesday, May 15. Eight buildings including the homes of three Israeli families were

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Middle East

Stealth anti-Semitism in middle school

  By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — By this week, the Rialto Unified School District school board outside of Los Angeles was in full damage control, fending off universal opprobrium over a third-quarter English Language Arts argumentative writing/research project given to 2,000 eighth-graders. The breathtakingly ill-conceived assignment asked students to “read and discuss multiple,

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Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

AMCHA Initiative to UC Regents: Protect Jewish students

SACRAMENTO, California  (Press Release) – Shocked at UCLA’s recent refusal to protect Jewish students, AMCHA Initiative represented seven organizations at Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting, demanding the Regents, President Janet Napolitano and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block intervene against0000000000000000 the bullying and intimidation tactics of UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). A letter from AMCHA Initiative, the

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Lawyers: U.N. violated int’l law by recognizing Palestine

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM  (TNA) – Lawyers have sent a letter to Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, requesting that the UN review and reconsider any acceptance by the UN of the Palestinian requests for accession to international conventions, pending fulfillment of the legal and moral requirements set out in international law and practice. On

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International, Middle East

JNS news briefs: May 15, 2014

Israel seeking recognition of Yom Kippur as U.N. holiday (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel has launched a campaign to have Yom Kippur recognized as an official holiday on the United Nations calendar. The U.N. officially recognizes 10 holidays, including Christmas and Eid al-Fitr. Absent from the official holidays is a Jewish one. A holiday at

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International

Israel’s former PM sentenced to jail, current P.M. may eliminate presidency after Shimon Peres’ term expires

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Politics being what it is, not every day is a time for celebration. Not even in the Promised Land. A lower court has concluded its work on the files of Ehud Olmert and several of his cohorts in one cluster of the charges pending against the former Prime Minister. There

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

UCSD’s Jews Muslims team up for kosher, halal dining

By Zev Hurwitz LA JOLLA, California — The May 14 meeting of the Associated Students at UCSD —the governing student body —unanimously passed a resolution in support of a joint project brought forward by the Union of Jewish Students and the Muslim Student Association to establish kosher and halal dining facilities on campus. Over the past

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

D.A. promises to prosecute those who try to re- victimize fire victims; warns against looting, price gouging

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As San Diego County reeled under the impact of nine separate wild fires that burned more than 9,100 acres on Wednesday, May 14, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis issued strong warnings against looting, price gauging, and scamming by anyone who would “revictimize those who have been victimized already.” Noting

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San Diego County, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi

San Diego, Escondido Humane Societies agree to merge

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Gary Weitzman, president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society and SCPA, joined Sally Costello, executive director of the Escondido Humane Society, on Wednesday, May 14, to announce their two organizations have agreed to merge “with a goal of saving the most vulnerable animals in our community.” They said their “community

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San Diego County

Sanders forwards thousands of Internet protects to FCC

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – As part of a torrent of criticism pouring into the Federal Communications Commission, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday delivered to the FCC nearly 19,000 comments from consumers demanding a free and open Internet. In advance of a Thursday meeting of the FCC, Sanders had invited visitors to use a form on his Senate

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