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Seyed Hussein Mousavian discusses “Nuclear Iran: Negotiating a Way Out,” on Feb. 4, 2013. Credit: Chatham House via Wikimedia Commons.

Congressman: ‘Insanity’ to have Iranian propagandist at US military seminar

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Speakers at the 2023 U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium, which was held Aug. 16-17 in Omaha, Neb., included current and former military leaders, a member of Congress, a governor and a university president. And then...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump: ‘I’d give visas to Iranian leaders to attend UN’

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would give visas to Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, and foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly in New York. “If it...
Shelby Shoup, an intern for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum’s campaign and a member of FSU's Students for Justice in Palestine, was arrested and charged with battery for throwing chocolate milk at a group of college Republicans tabling on campus. Credit: Screenshot.

FSU SJP member arrested for throwing chocolate milk at college Republicans

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A member of Students for Justice in Palestine at Florida State University in Tallahassee was arrested and charged with battery for throwing chocolate milk last week at a group of student Republicans tabling on...
Surfside, Florida. Credit: Jerome LABOUYRIE/Shutterstock.

Orthodox Jewish mayor of Florida town receives neo-Nazi death threat

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Shlomo Danzinger, the Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla., is reportedly under police protection following a neo-Nazi death threat against him and his family. Danziger received a threatening email on Aug. 4 from someone who...
Amy Coney Barrett delivers remarks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced her as his nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 26, 2020. Credit: Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks.

Jewish groups react to Trump nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

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Jewish groups expressed mixed reactions to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sept. 26 that he has nominated U.S. Seventh Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on...
The ASF's Inaugural Sephardi House Fellowship Cohort

Announcing the Sephardi House Fellowship

The American Sephardi Federation (ASF) is announcing today the launch of a new program—the Sephardi House Fellowship—designed to immerse Jewish college students in the intellectual and cultural legacy of the Sephardic tradition. Henceforth, the ASF will appoint Sephardi House Fellows annually at...
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and administration officials, signs a proclamation formally recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, on March 25, 2019, at the White House. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan ‘sends direct message to Arab world’

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The formal recognition of Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan Heights by the United States could not have come on a more sobering day for Israelis. As rockets were being launched deep into the central...

BBYO centennial draws thousands of Jewish teens to Orlando convention

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Thousands of Jewish teens and adults from 46 countries gathered at a hotel in Orlando, Fla., for BBYO’s annual international convention. Held from Feb. 15-19, the convention, which took place at Rosen Shingle Creek and was...
Former U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin. Source: Screenshot.

Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as US secretary of defense, Haines to intelligence

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The U.S. Senate confirmed Lloyd Austin on Friday as U.S. secretary of defense. Austin, a general who retired in 2016 and needed a congressional waiver due to a law that requires retired military personnel to...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Congress pursues bill to sanction entities aiding Palestinian terror groups

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A group of 16 Republican senators signed on to a reintroduced bill that would require the imposition of sanctions on any individual, entity or state that provides support for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and...