Jewish lawmaker quits British Labour Party after 55 years over anti-Semitism
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Elijah Cummings, congressman who built bridges between African-American and Jewish communities, dies at 68
(JTA) — Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Baltimore congressman who worked to build ties between the African-American and Jewish communities in his district, died Thursday in his home city. He was 68. A spokeswoman, Trudy Perkins, said in a statement that he died of “complications concerning longstanding health challenges.” As the head of the House […]
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Letters To The Editor
Photo Credit: Jewish Press Protest Against P Is For Palestine As of now, we are still planning to picket outside the Highland Park Library on October 20. The reading of P Is for Palestine is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., so the protest will probably begin at 1:30 p.m. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, […]
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Turkish Sources: Erdogan ‘Threw Trump’s Syria Letter in the Trash Bin’
Photo Credit: The White House President Trump with Turkish President Erdogan, June 28, 2019. Turkish presidential sources told BBC in Turkish that President Donald Trump’s October 9 letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “thoroughly rejected” by the Turkish president. How thoroughly? The same Turkish presidential sources said: “President Erdogan received the letter, thoroughly rejected […]
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The Kuzari – The Original, The Second, The Third, And The New
Photo Credit: Israel Mizrahi The Kuzarim. Their very name recalls wonderful tales of a people we know little about but who have nonetheless left a lasting impression on Jewish history, folklore, identity, and, most conspicuously, literature. The Khazars were a semi-nomadic people who lived from the 7th to 10th centuries in what is today southwestern […]
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UK, EU, Reach Brexit Deal
Photo Credit: EU2017EE Estonian Presidency via Wikimedia UK PM Boris Johnson UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted on Thursday afternoon: “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control — now Parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday so we can move on to other priorities like the cost of living, the NHS, violent […]
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Nazi Camp Guard, 93, Faces 5,230 Accessory-to-Murder Counts in Hamburg
Photo Credit: The US army in the occupation of Germany, 1944-1946 Concentration camp victim identifies an SS guard, 1945 Bruno Dey, 93, a former guard at Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig (Gdańsk) in northeastern Poland, goes on trial in Hamburg on Thursday, in what could be the last Holocaust-related criminal cases. Dey was 17 when […]
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Netanyahu’s Failed Gamble on the World Stage
In recent years, Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to position himself as the leader closest to the world’s two most powerful people – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.It is likely that he has met with each of them and/or talked to them more than any other leader – and this has definitely […]
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Rivlin Meets Polish Veterans, Righteous Among the Nations
Photo Credit: Koby Gideon (GPO) President Rivlin with Polish Righteous Among the Nations, 16 October 16, 2019 President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday met at the presidential residence with a delegation of Polish veterans and Righteous Among the Nations, headed by Acting Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression Jan Józef Kasprzyk, […]
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