By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) – Hundreds of Jewish World War II veterans of the Allied armies, the majority from the Former Soviet Union, attended the official Yad Vashem ceremony Thursday, May 8, marking the 69th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. The ceremony took place at Yad Vashem’s Monument to the
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Jewish History, Middle EastObstacles ‘substantially overcome’ in Turkey-Israel normalization talks (JNS.org) Obstacles have been “substantially overcome” in negotiations to restore diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, Reuters reported. The talks have centered on determining a financial compensation package for the Turkish family members of the victims of the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla
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By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California –My 13-year-old grandson, Shor, and I went on a dramatic psychedelic trip on Thursday evening, May 8—not self-induced, but rather one devised by Madge Miller and directed by Jerry Hager, the theatre arts professor and former Seaport Village mime. Hager took Miller’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s story
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By Joyce S. Dubensky NEW YORK (Press Release)— What should religious inclusion look like? Given the overwhelming diversity of beliefs, can we only be religiously inclusive by becoming completely secular? Or can we somehow be representative of all faiths? This week, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway. The case
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Editor’s Note: Ambassador Martin Indyk, special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiatons, addressed the Washington Institute’s Weinberg Connferece in Washington D.C. The U.S. State Department provided the following transcript of his remarks. By Martin Indyk Last July, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry launched a vigorous effort to reach a final status agreement between Israelis
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-California), Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mark Kirk (R-Illionois) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) on Thursday, May 8, introduced the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), bipartisan legislation that would make reducing the levels of violence against women and girls across the globe a top
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International, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Israel is celebrating its 66th birthday—a young country sprung from a land as old as the Bible and as new as this morning’s Internet edition of The Jerusalem Post. I was born there just a few years after its inception in 1948. My father and mother were there, however,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina) has introduced a bill to choke off funds going to the terrorist group Hezbollah. He writes: “The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act (H.R. 4411) broadens financial sanctions against the group, targets its propaganda television station al-Manar, and urges the president to define Hezbollah as a ‘global
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) and other members of the House and Senate hailed bipartisan action on Wednesday, May 7, by the House Judiciary Committee to curb data-collection programs of the National Security Agency (NSA). “(The) strong, bipartisan vote by the House Judiciary Committee takes us one step closer
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (D-Virtginia) on Thursday, May 8 released the following statement after meeting with President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Ahmad Jarba, and Syrian opposition leaders: “I was pleased to welcome Syrian Coalition President Ahmad Jarba to the U.S. Capitol today, along with a senior
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WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– First Lady Michelle Obama joined the Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Susan H. Hildreth to present the 2014 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to the Yiddish Book Center. In its 20th anniversary year, the National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following remarks in support of H.Res. 418, Urging the Government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma: “Thank you, Mr.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Carl Levin, D-Michigan, on Thursday, May 8, praised the record of Harry Truman in endorsing a bill to name the main train station in Washington D.C. after him. He said: “Mr. President, I am truly delighted that my colleagues from Missouri, Senators McCaskill and Blunt, have today
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), current member of the Judiciary Committee, will introduce today the Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act today to create an effective, balanced restitution process for victims of child pornography
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