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Lawmakers call for rescue of abducted Nigerian girls

May 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-New York), the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday, May 5, made the following statement regarding the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization: “The recent abduction of more than 200 Nigerian girls by Boko Haram is a cowardly […]

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International, USA

Levin, doctors agree that gun use a public health problem

May 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) on MOnday, May 5, called for stricter laws to control gun violence, citing data from the American College of Physicians. The text of his speech follows: Listening to your doctor is just common sense. That’s why it’s important for Congress to take note that this April, the

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USA

Anti-Semitic speech, behavior on the rise, but not violence

May 5, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Despite a 20% decline in the number of violent incidents against Jews, last year saw a sharp rise in abusive language and behavior, threats, and harassment of Jewish people on an individual basis around the world, according to the annual report presented on April 27, 2014, by Tel Aviv University’s Kantor

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

High court’s ruling on invocations draws reaction

May 5, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC regrets the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the town board may continue to begin its meetings with a prayer. Historically, those prayers have been almost exclusively Christian, a practice that prompted the lawsuit. AJC, in an amicus

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Jewish Religion, USA

JNS news briefs: May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014

Pakistan reportedly planned to bomb Israeli and U.S. consulates in India (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Pakistani intelligence services planned to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli and U.S. consulates in India, the Times of India reported Sunday. The report, citing Indian intelligence sources, said Indian security agencies foiled the plot, and on April 29 arrested

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International

A check-up for Israel on its 66th birthday

May 5, 2014

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — This week, Israel is celebrating its 66th year of independence as the Jewish State. The accomplishments of Israelis throughout this period and in the years leading up to Israel’s independence are unequaled. What other nation has achieved its freedom despite being surrounded by countries unalterably opposed to its

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Terror victims stage protest during Netanyahu speech

May 5, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Unrest was recorded Monday, May 5, when Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu began to speak during the state ceremony for the terror victims, as several in the crowd got up holding red scarves representing bloody hands, and others shouted at the Prime Minister, protesting his release of Arab terrorists. The protesters were

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Middle East

Recalling Shoah survivors who fought for Israel in ’48

May 5, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM –A special monument is located at the end of the trail that connects Israel’s Yad Vashem, the official memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust, and Mount Herzl, the national cemetery for Israeli leaders and fallen soldiers. Known as the “Memorial for the Last of Kin,” it commemorates the Holocaust survivors

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Middle East

Tazpit News Agency founder Amotz Eyal tells of Israelis’ fight for balanced news coverage in Judea and Samaria

May 4, 2014

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Why do Palestinians seem to get better press than Israelis in Western media? Journalistic bias is only part of the answer, Amotz Eyal, the founder of the Tazpit News Agency of Israel, told a gathering Sunday night, May 4, at Beth Jacob Congregation. In a slide and video presentation, Eyal

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East

Sometimes it’s kosher for a Jew to be a ham

May 4, 2014

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — My students are half my age, so it’s not every day that I’m called “Sonny.” But what do you expect from a show called Old Jews Telling Jokes? There was the usual bickering, kvetching and “How the hell should I know where our seats are? You

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

The little things that provide so much happiness

May 4, 2014

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — “What makes you happy?” A recent survey in England asked people that question and, after obtaining thousands of replies and running the various statistical analyses, came up with the result that on the whole people are happier after the age of 55 than when they were younger. Various explanations

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 7, 1958, Part 2

May 4, 2014

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Adventures in SD History

Anti- Semitic conference banned in Belgium

May 4, 2014

BRUSSELS– AJC’s Brussels-based Transatlantic Institute (TAI) praised Belgian authorities for preventing an anti-Semitic conference that was planned for today (Sunday, May 4) in Anderlecht, one of the 19 municipalities in Brussels. The planned “European Congress of Rebellion” would have brought together Jew- and Israel haters from Belgium and France. “Government and civil society leaders must

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International

Empathy of animals and moral imperatives of man

May 4, 2014

By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, Calidfornia — Jewish tradition has long taught that if God had not given the Ten Commandments, man would have had to learn ethics from nature. Obviously, some animals exhibit cruel behavior, but many higher animals show a profound ethical regard for their species and sometimes even other species!

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, The World We Share

Lawmakers call for rescue of abducted Nigerian girls

Levin, doctors agree that gun use a public health problem

Anti-Semitic speech, behavior on the rise, but not violence

High court’s ruling on invocations draws reaction

JNS news briefs: May 5, 2014

A check-up for Israel on its 66th birthday

Terror victims stage protest during Netanyahu speech

Recalling Shoah survivors who fought for Israel in ’48

Tazpit News Agency founder Amotz Eyal tells of Israelis’ fight for balanced news coverage in Judea and Samaria

Sometimes it’s kosher for a Jew to be a ham

The little things that provide so much happiness

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, March 7, 1958, Part 2

Anti- Semitic conference banned in Belgium

Empathy of animals and moral imperatives of man

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