By Ryan Scott Karben NEW YORK — There was a political earthquake in Albany on Tuesday, Feb. 4, and its tremors reached Jerusalem. A bill to penalize organizations at New York universities that participate in academic boycotts of Israel was yanked from consideration by the State Assembly’s Committee on Higher Education at the last minute.
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WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)- Congresswoman Susan Davis (CA-53) joined her colleagues in offering an amendment to let the Secretary of the Interior include climate change in considering decisions on conservation and recreation on public lands. The amendment was an effort to improve a House Majority legislation (HR 3590) attempting to undermine environmental protections for National
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Adventures in SD History, San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 5, called on Facebook to remove a “Jewish Ritual Murder” page that has been the subject of public criticism. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “The ‘Jewish Ritual Murder’ page on Facebook perpetuates age-old anti-Semitic propaganda, and it should
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Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC is gratified that the New York State Assembly will not consider a bill to bar state funding of colleges and universities that support boycotts against Israel. The New York State Senate had adopted the proposed legislation, but the measure’s sponsors in the Assembly decided to withdraw it. “There is
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Middle East
NEW YORK (Press Release) — In response to a letter from Member of Knesset Moti Yogev, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 5, said that it welcomes Mr. Yogev’s “retraction” of his charge that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s engagement on the peace process bears “an undertone of anti-Semitism.” ADL had denounced
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Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–A study carried out by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture found that the cost of fruits and vegetables in Israel are lower – sometimes even significantly lower — when compared to prices of fruits and vegetables in the United States and Western European countries including France, Germany and Britain. Eleven fruits and
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that black holes, formed from the first stars in our universe, heated the gas throughout space later than previously thought. They also imprinted a clear signature in radio waves which astronomers can now search for. The work is a major new finding
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Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised actress Scarlett Johansson for her moral stance in resisting the extremist, anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) group’s pressure to drop her endorsement of SodaStream, the Israeli company which operates a factory in Ma’ale Adumim in Judea, a city of 50,000 Jews directly adjacent
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Travel and Food
Sandi Masori spotted this license plate with initials familiar to the many thousands of people in San Diego County who have been helped by this Jewish Agency: Jewish Family Service San Diego.
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Trivia, Humor & SatireNEW YORK (Press Release)–AJC (American Jewish Committee) is appalled by the anti-Semitic statements of a Syriza Party candidate for upcoming elections in Greece. Theodoros Karypidis, who is running for governor of Western Macedonia, claims that Greece’s new public broadcasting channel, NERIT, has Jewish roots and that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s recent visit to the Thessaloniki
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Travel and FoodBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — When I see news of Syrian civilians being barrel-bombed by their government and others needlessly starving to death, it is clear that only Israel can pull this crazy world out of its spiraling descent into self-destruction. In the last few weeks, floods of wounded Syrians have been seeking and
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Middle East
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — At the end of the day, who are we? Are we defined by our past? By our hopes for the future? Or by the ideals we strive to live by? These are the questions raised in Crumbs from the Table of Joy playing at the Moxie Theatre through
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Travel and FoodIsraeli High Court freezes funds for yeshiva students deferring IDF enlistment (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction Tuesday that suspended funding to yeshivot for students who are deferring enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces. Widespread deferrals were issued beginning in August 2013 as the legislation process regarding the
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