NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC (American Jewish Committee) has expressed “gratitude and admiration” to Secretary of State John Kerry for “the noble initiative” for Israeli-Palestinian peace he launched last June at the AJC Global Forum. Kerry’s address to AJC was his first speech in Washington as Secretary of State. “When you spoke to us in Washington
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BRUSSELS (WJC) — Police in the Belgian capital Brussels had to use water cannons to disperse a crowd defying a ban on a gathering of controversial far-right figures including the controversial Frenchman Dieudonné M’bala M’bala which critics called an “anti-Semitic hatefest”. Citing a threat to public order, the mayor of the Brussels municipality of
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International, Middle EastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — Authors Cinda Johnson and her daughter Linea will be featured speakers at a luncheon of the Behavioral Health Committee of Jewish Family Service of San Diego at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla. Cinda wrote the book Perfect Chaos: A Daughter’s Journey to Survive
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York) on Monday, May 5, released the following statement in honor of Israeli Independence Day: “This year, we celebrate 66 years of Israeli independence as well as over six decades of steadfast friendship between Israel and the United States. “When President Truman recognized the state of
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) on Monday, May 5, marked Cinco de Mayo by recognizing the many contributions Mexican-Americans make to Colorado and the United States. Cinco de Mayo commemorates May 5, 1862, when Mexicans won an unlikely victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla, part of their struggle for independence
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release). – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on Monday, May 5, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, urging him to quickly finalize and release regulations that will provide clear guidance to universities on how to address sexual assault on campus. A recent report issued by the White House Task Force to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, 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, USAWASHINGTON, 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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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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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, USAPakistan 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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