NANTES, France (WJC) — An administrative tribunal in the city of Nantes on Thursday overturned a ban imposed by French authorities for the show of the controversial comedian Dieudonné, who has made headlines with anti-Semitic slogans. Dieudonné’s attorney Jacques Verdier said the judge’s ruling amounted to a “total victory” for his client. A statement from
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InternationalIsraeli aircraft hits two targets in Gaza following mortar attack (JNS.org) An Israeli aircraft hit Gaza in two separate missions Thursday morning in response to mortar rounds fired by terrorists at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops patrolling near the border. The three mortar shells fired by the terrorists exploded near the border fence and no
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –One can expect historians to quarrel as to which overseas activities of the American administration were most damaging. To be sure, some are widely viewed as successes. The reconstructions of Europe and Japan are most prominent. Israelis appreciate American support. Currently, however, it is more timely to think about the negatives
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Pioneer Women Plan Seminar This Summer Southwestern Jewish Press, July 26, 1957, Page 4 The Pioneer Women, Negba and Shoshanah Clubs, are planning a three day seminar the early part of August. Mrs. Rose Kaufman, member of the National Advisory Board of Pioneer Women will conduct the seminar. Mrs. Kaufman has traveled extensively throughout Europe,
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JERUSALEM– Israel’s Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) movement on Wednesday, Jan. 8, sent a letter to the Israeli government, demanding that it “enforce the law and remove Esh Kodesh, a West Bank settlement that was established in violation of Israeli law, whose residents have repeatedly attacked neighboring Palestinians,” according to a press release from the organization.
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Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan. 8, urged the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to hold the El Palestino Club soccer team accountable for violating FIFA regulations and its Code of Ethics during a soccer game on January 4, when its players replaced their standard uniform with jerseys imprinted
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Travel and Food
By Yael Ron PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — Being the mother of a sick child is not simple. In our case, the struggle began with his birth. It was a birth that took us by surprise, a Caesarian section, and the baby was flown off to the preemie ward. We just stood there. Bewildered. Too frightened
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Science, Medicine, & Education
SACRAMENTO (Press Release)—Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) on Wednesday, Jan. 8, announced the creation of the Assembly Select Committee on Campus Climate, which will investigate issues pertaining to student welfare on college campuses. Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego), who worked as a professor and department chair at San Diego State University for 40
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USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty,” the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) on Wednesday, Jan. 8, praised the half century of safety net programs that continue to help lift millions out of poverty and pledged to continue to fight to strengthen them. “We
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USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— As people get older, their bodies wear down and become less resilient. In old age, it’s common for people to become “clinically frail,” and this “frailty syndrome” is emerging in the field of public health as a powerful predictor of healthcare use and death. Now researchers Vicki Myers and Prof. Yariv
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Science, Medicine, & Education
MUNICH (WJC) — The government of Bavaria, one of the 16 German states, announced on Tuesday that it would introduce a bill in the upper house of the German legislature aimed at facilitating the restitution of Nazi-looted art. If adopted, the new legislation would eliminate a 30-year statute of limitations in the German Civil Code
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion
By Aryeh Savir The year 2013 saw a marked increase in the involvement of foreigners in the fighting against the Syrian regime, this according to a report compiled by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC). Most join Al-Qaeda and global jihad-affiliated organizations, gain military experience, and undergo radicalization and Jihadization, which they
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Middle EastHalf the U.S. Senate now supports new Iran sanctions bill (JNS.org) Support among U.S. Senators for a new Iran sanctions bill has doubled since it was first proposed in December, rising to support by half the Senate. A total of 50 U.S. Senators from across party lines now support the Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act
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International
NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC, in a press release dated January 8, said the organization was “dismayed by the destruction of more than 50,000 books in an arson attack on a major Christian library in Tripoli, Lebanon. Al-Saeh library was targeted by a mob after a pamphlet insulting the Prophet Mohammed was allegedly found in
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Middle East