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Daily Archives: May 14, 2019

June 2 Friendship Walk to honor Lori Gilbert Kaye, z”l

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Friendship Circle is an internationally recognized organization providing life-changing opportunities for individuals with disabilities and for the youth and adult volunteers. Local volunteers provide social opportunities for people living with developmental disabilities which enhances...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump with senior White House adviser Jared Kushner at the start of a meeting in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

A memo to Jared Kushner

A recent report indicates that U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, suggested in a confidential email over a year ago that then U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other policy makers read...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

A particularly happy anniversary

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One year ago today, on May 14, 2018, the United States officially transferred its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Although the move could be viewed as merely the fulfillment of the Jerusalem Embassy Act...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Pressed into a corner, Iran threatens oil exports from Persian Gulf

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Recent developments in the Persian Gulf demonstrate that Iran has taken a strategic decision to respond to escalating U.S. financial and diplomatic pressure against it by threatening the ability of Arab Sunni states—bitter rivals...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton visit the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Aug. 21, 2018. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

US warns of increased risk of terror attacks in Israel on anniversary of embassy...

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The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem issued a security warning Monday night regarding increased risk of terrorist attacks over the next few days. According to the warning, which the embassy posted on its website, “terrorist groups may...
Madonna performing during her MDNA Tour 2012 at Key Arena in Seattle. Credit: Ronald Woan via Wikimedia Commons.

Madonna pushes back against BDS pressure to boycott Eurovision

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In a statement to Reuters today, popular music icon Madonna pushed back against Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) pressure to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, where she is scheduled to make a...
Jim Lammey of the Shelby County Criminal Court in Tennessee. Credit: Screenshot.

County commissioners vote 12-0 for censuring judge who posted Holocaust article

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Commissioners in a Tennessee county voted unanimously on Monday evening in favor of censuring a judge for posting on his Facebook page a link to an article that states that Jews should “get the f*** over the...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaking to troops while visiting the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Department of Defense Photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released.

As tensions increase, Trump warns that Iran will ‘suffer greatly’ if ‘they do anything’

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Amid increasing tensions between the United States and Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Tehran will “suffer greatly” if “they do anything.” “We’ll see what happens with Iran. … If they do...
Valerie Plame Wilson speaking at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 4, 2007. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Former CIA agent Plame says she was ‘foolish’ for sharing anti-Semitic article

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Former CIA agent Valerie Plame, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Mexico in 2020, acknowledged on CNN on Monday that she was “foolish” and “embarrassed” for sharing an anti-Semitic...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon took fellow ambassadors to the Aish World Center in Jerusalem. Credit: Aish HaTorah.

Danon leads delegation of ambassadors to Aish World Center in Jerusalem

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The Aish World Center, opposite the Western Wall, hosted Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon and a delegation of 30 of his peers during their visit to Jerusalem earlier this month, following...