SACRAMENTO, Calif. — To say that Gov. Gavin Newsom is under pressure is an understatement.The chance to appoint someone to the U.S. Senate does not come along often. It has happened only a handful of times before in the state, most recently in 1991, and it represents an opportunity to install an official that could […]
Washington (AFP) – US President-elect Joe Biden will name on Tuesday the first picks to be part of his administration, his chief of staff said, even as Donald Trump continues to evoke unsubstantiated fraud and to insist he defeated the Democrat.That announcement underscored Biden’s preparations to assume the presidency in January despite Trump’s moves —
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ATLANTA — Donald Trump says he has formally requested a recount in the presidential race in Georgia.The president’s campaign released a statement Saturday night saying it had filed a petition for the recount, which he is entitled to do under Georgia law because of Joe Biden’s margin of victory is less than .5%.“Today, the Trump
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SDJW Editor’s Note: The rabbi mentioned in the article below is Nadav Caine, former Conservative rabbi at Congregation Ner Tamid in Poway, California. * In an outrage to the Jewish community, it has apparently become acceptable for people to picket synagogue services and accuse the Jews inside of murder, imperialism, and the very acts of
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One of the tales that is told in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is the controversial story told by a prioress called “The Prioress’s Tale.” A prioress is a woman who is head of a house of nuns. She is next in rank below an abbess. She is seemingly a religious person with religious ideas. Chaucer describes his prioress in his book in two ways. She is introduced in his Prologue as an aristocratic, genteel, pious nun, but the story she tells shows her demeaning Jews and stating that Jews drink Christian blood in a Jewish ritual. She describes how Jews were rounded up, treated brutally, and then murdered by the Christian community. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History
In the 22nd Nov 20 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
In a human trial, Israeli scientists have reversed the aging process.
The UN overwhelmingly approved an Israeli-led resolution on sustainable solutions.
A 62-year-old ex-Air Force pilot will be the next Israeli astronaut.
An Israeli company has solved the problem of recycling dirty plastics.
Joint US-Israeli agriculture projects give the world huge economic benefits.
Two Israelis basketball players were selected in the NBA drafts …. [Michael Ordman]
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International, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA
Washington (AFP) – A US Republican senator contesting a closely watched runoff election in Georgia was quarantining on Saturday after possibly being infected with Covid-19, her campaign said.Kelly Loeffler had campaigned with Vice President Mike Pence on Friday as well as David Perdue, another Republican Georgia senator up for re-election in the January 5 runoff
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Parshah Toldot, which was read this weekend in synagogues, tells the story of Isaac’s two sons, Jacob and Esau. Jacob is the third of our three forefathers—our line of ancestors who came before—the first three generations who formed the foundation of Judaism. Abraham and Sarah had Isaac. Isaac married Rebecca in last week’s story. This week, Rebecca gives birth to twin sons. The second one born (the “younger” son), Jacob, was born holding the heel of his brother, Esau. [Marcia Berneger]
Torah for Children: Does the End Justify the Means? Read More »
Jewish Religion, Marcia Berneger
SEATTLE — Loren Culp lost Washington’s gubernatorial race by more than 545,000 votes, but he’s not conceding — and says he’s not going away.Culp, the Republican who took 43% of the statewide vote against Gov. Jay Inslee, has taken a page from President Donald Trump’s playbook by attempting to sow doubts about the election results
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Washington (AFP) – A Pennsylvania judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s claims of widespread electoral fraud there, dealing a new blow to the Republican’s bid to overturn his loss in the US presidential election.The decision — announced in a scathing judgment which excoriated the Trump team’s legal strategy — paves the way for Pennsylvania
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“Someone like Rahm Emanuel would be a pretty divisive pick,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently said about the former Chicago mayor possibly joining President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet. “And it would signal, I think, a hostile approach to the grassroots and the progressive wing of the party.”Rahm Emanuel … divisive.As we think back on Emanuel’s two
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USA
Palestinian mother-of-five Nayla Abu Jubbah launched a small revolution this week by becoming the first female taxi driver in the deeply conservative Gaza Strip.In the impoverished Palestinian territory, women have the same legal rights as men to drive a vehicle, but in practice the trade of taxi driver has been exclusively male — until now.”One
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What’s Donald Trump’s top diplomat to do when allies have turned the page and are waiting for Joe Biden but the president refuses to concede?Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is addressing the complex predicament with a most unusual 10-day trip – a farewell tour in everything but name in which he has dodged the press
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Middle East, USA
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday welcomed the ending of strict parole conditions on convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, an American jailed in the US in 1985 for spying for Israel.”The prime minister welcomes the lifting of restrictions from Jonathan Pollard” and expects him to “arrive in Israel soon,” a statement from the premier’s office said.Pollard
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