ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, meeting news media on Monday, tried to calm concerns in the region over the talks with Iran over its nuclear program. Following is a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH: (Via interpreter) Good morning. May peace be upon you.
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is mobilizing a communal response to the super Typhoon Haiyan, which has wrought widespread destruction in the Philippines. Our partners at the JDC are consulting with local officials, the Filipino Jewish community and global partners to assess the evolving situation on the ground in the
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San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed disappointment that George W. Bush has decided to move ahead with plans to speak at a fundraising event in Texas for an evangelical group that aims to convert Jews to Christianity. The former president is scheduled to speak on November 14 at a fundraiser for the
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — God help our Veterans. Yes, this is the day originally termed “Armistice Day,” November 11, 1918—when the Great War (World War I) ended. Many saw that horrifically bloody conflict (The United States entered in the final year, 1917, but our “doughboys” were bludgeoned in ditches like the Europeans
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USA
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A few years ago, when I was writing with a different hat, the Band of Brothers USMC Motorcycle Riding Club provided me with a list of companies providing free and discounted services to American military veterans in honor of Veteran’s Day. I wrote at the time: • Veterans Day
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Shoshana Bryen, USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Now that Chris Christie has presidential momentum, the Tea Party is conducting opposition research to find skeletons in his past. One researcher is exploring a rumor about him being guilty of marital and political infidelity. Apparently there is footage of him in a threesome with a democratic president, and a tempestuous
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
French President Francois Hollande, in change of heart, will speak to Knesset (JNS.org) French President Francois Hollande, who initially said he did not intend to address the Israeli Knesset during his visit to Israel next week, announced Sunday that he changed his mind and will deliver a speech before the plenum after all. Hollande
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release) — Bonhams will offer two extraordinarily rare 1790 newspaper clippings in the inaugural Judaica sale on December 10, documenting President George Washington’s visit to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI, the oldest surviving Jewish Synagogue building in North America (est. $80,000-100,000). The experience would inspire Washington’s famous quote, “To bigotry no
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Jewish History
By Aryeh Savir As Typhoon Haiyan continues to plow through Asia, leaving in its wake massive destruction and scores of wounded and dead two Israeli rescues have taken off for the Philippines. The preliminary teams have been tasked with assessing the situation on the ground and deciding what are the necessities in preparation for
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israelis and Americans are going through a couple of bad patches with Barack Obama. The two issues are as different as they could be, but are united in reinforcing distrust of duplicity at the top. Americans’ problems are currently focusing on the limping roll out of what is linked directly
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The other day as my father-in-law, children and grandchildren joined with Nancy and me for Shabbat dinner, we tried to think of some wonderful way to celebrate Thanksgivingukah–as the conflation of Thanksgiving and Chanukah is being called. Supposedly, these two holidays only arrive together every 70,000 years, so
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Donald H. Harrison
By Lloyd Levy LONDON–The foreign policy of the Obama Administration must surely be the most disreputable since the alliance of Stalin and Hitler. Never before can a world power have alienated so many friends around the world, so quickly, and so deliberately. Hosni Mubarak, the ex-President of Egypt, a man who was a loyal ally
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastBy Ron Hutter and Fred Winegust On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a series of riots against the Jews of Germany and Austria. In the space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues, Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. Four hundred Jews were killed and for the first time, tens of thousands
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InternationalBy Steve Kramer Delegitimization efforts against Israel continue to be a major problem. Alone among the democracies, Israel’s sovereignty is singled out and questioned. Ian Lustick’s front page, above-the-fold NY Times Sunday Review article (September 15) is a particularly nasty example. Lustick, a political science professor at Penn, has made a career out of bashing
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Middle East, Steve Kramer