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Daily Archives: January 20, 2021

January 20, 1496: Decree of Expulsion Issued for Portuguese Jews

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Following the death of King Joao of Portugal in 1494, his son King Manuel I ascended the throne. When his legitimacy as heir to the throne was challenged, Manuel wished to marry Princess Isabel...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the normalization deal with Sudan, Oct. 23, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Trump grants a second round of pardons including his daughter’s father-in-law and two of...

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In total, 29 people received clemency or commutation of their sentences. This Wednesday was a second round of pardons granted by Trump, after he announced the pardon of 15 other people on Tuesday. In...
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Trump pardons former adviser Steve Bannon and 70 others on the last day of...

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The announcement came just hours before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Trump also granted a presidential pardon to more than 70 people in his final hours in office. Pardons were announced for rappers Lil Wayne...
Former Deputy CIA director David Cohen, who was appointed to the same position by U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. Credit: Central Intelligence Agency via Wikimedia Commons.

Biden taps two additional Jewish nominees to senior posts in intelligence, health

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has appointed former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the same role. The Biden transition team announced the move on Friday. Cohen, 57, who is Jewish, will not need U.S....
Tony Blinken testifies in front of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his nomination hearing to be U.S. Secretary of State. Source: Screenshot.

Biden nominees stress that US will not be rejoining Iran nuclear deal anytime soon

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Several nominees for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team acknowledged on Tuesday that the United States isn’t ready to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
Israeli soldiers seen near IDF tanks stationed near the Israeli Gaza border on March 26, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

IDF tanks strike Hamas positions in response to continued rocket fire

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Israeli tanks struck Hamas military positions in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to the firing of a rocket into Israeli territory on Tuesday night, the Israeli military said in a statement. The rocket,...
Police at a temporary roadblock outside Jerusalem on Jan.19, 2021, during Israel's third nationwide lockdown. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israel extends lockdown until Jan. 31 amid rising COVID-19 infection

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The Israeli Cabinet voted on Tuesday to extend the country’s current coronavirus lockdown for an additional 10 days, until Jan. 31, and impose tighter restrictions on travelers entering the country, the Prime Minister’s Office...
President-elect Joe Biden announcing his picks for his national security team. Source: Joe Biden/Facebook.

It’s time to stop counting Jews in the Cabinet

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Jewish Democrats are celebrating this week and with good reason. Their party is about to take back power in Washington and end the presidency of the man they all love to hate: President Donald...
Photo: Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, dear friend.

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Gratitude is literally written into our Jewish identity. In the Book of Genesis, when our foremother Leah gives birth to her last son, she says: “‘This time I will give thanks to the Lord’; therefore she...
Florida State University. Credit: Flickr.

Florida State University student senate to vote on BDS resolution

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Florida State University’s student senate is scheduled to vote on a resolution on Wednesday that calls on the university to divest from companies that do business in Israel. The BDS resolution calls on “FSU trustees to review...