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By Marc Gronich
While Hochul would probably like to deliver this type of speech many more times, her political opponents – both Democrats and Republicans – would like this to be her last.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dustin Wilkerson, 37, was charged with aggravated criminal damage for throwing rocks last month at Kol Ami Synagogue.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Hussain Altamimi has made false, hateful, anti-Semitic, anti-Israel accusations on Instagram,” ZOA national president Morton Klein said in a letter sent to the New York legislator.
By COLlive.com
Both Menashe Shapiro and Fred Kreizman are graduates of Yeshiva University.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
According to the U.S. State Department's Population, Refugees, and Migrations Bureau, the funds will "provide education, health care, and emergency relief to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children and families during a time of need."
Israel will acquire 12 Lockheed Martin CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing KC-46 refueling aircraft.
By COLlive.com
The state expects to receive significantly more applications than can be funded by the program.
The boxes of packed rice were delivered to 325 families each week.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“These fees impose a significant burden on elderly Holocaust survivors, victims and heirs who often rely on these payments to meet their everyday needs,” Acting Superintendent Adrienne Harris said in a press release on Wednesday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Peres lived with his wife Sonia and their daughter in an apartment on the corner of West 95th Street and Riverside while he studied at New York University and the New School.
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
"It’s important that we sit together and develop a common strategy, a common outlook."
The global conglomerate continues to come under fire after ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s boycott decision.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The time that we bought is running out. Omicron is already in the country, from the Knesset to kindergartens, and it is spreading fast,” says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Israel’s Counsel General to Atlanta Anat Sultan-Dadon, whose post includes Kentucky and the Southeast, said she wanted to convey Israel’s support for the people of Kentucky, and “our love and friendship during these difficult days.”
“This is a way to be more competitive, more active, more energetic and more impactful,” said Steve Grossman, who served as AIPAC president from 1992 to 1996.
The decision not to reopen the Jerusalem consulate to the Palestinian Authority is still only a temporary one that Biden can change.
If enacted, the bill would create an office to monitor and combat Islamophobia in the State Department—similar to the one that exists for anti-Semitism.
“This is not the first time Duke has faced incidents of anti-Semitism on its campus.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
US and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials met virtually on Tuesday to renew the US-Palestinian Economic Dialogue (USPED), the first such meeting in five years.
“Glad you woke up, guys, and welcome to the club.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Christopher Stephen Brown, 37, allegedly sent a message to Chabad via its website on Dec. 2, calling for the death of all Jews and threatening to kill members of the beit din, a Jewish rabbinical court.
"Thankfully, I was in the right place at the right time to help, and that is all that matters.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The treasurers of Arizona, Idaho, Oklahoma, Nebraska, West Virginia, Louisiana and Mississippi sent a letter to Unilever CEO Alan Jope and the company’s board of directors on Thursday demanding that it override its subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s decision on the issue.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This dramatic statement, which was carried by the entire Israeli media over the weekend.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The fuel products were sold for more than $26 million; some of the funds may go to the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.
By Aryeh Werth
Many key community leaders publicly complained that the De Blasio administration did not consult or even inform them before the mayor’s Monday announcement.
Within hours after a campaign was started to help clean up the center, more than $91,000 was raised, almost double the funds needed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
They include four Democrats and two Republican U.S. congressional members eyeing re-election.
By Marc Gronich
She also has to keep up her mantra of being responsible for the most transparent state government New Yorkers have ever seen. This goal appears to be a work in progress.
"I know we're going to do a lot of great things together. Welcome back to Israel and best of luck, my friend."
"A bad deal with the Iranians will have implications for our national security."
Thousands of Jewish mothers across the US have joined a campaign urging Congress to insist on the return of the bodies of two IDF fallen soldiers and two Israeli civilians being held by Hamas as a precondition to any US aid to the Gaza Strip.
PA revenue during the first 10 months of 2021 were the highest in its history.
By Marc Gronich
“I have no problem raising taxes,” said Suozzi, “but not only in New York.” Suozzi said any tax hike, including a carbon tax, would have to come from the federal level.
The NYPD said that all the young victims wore traditional Jewish clothes, which marked them as targets.
Watch as we break down their lies and propaganda.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Patrols in the city are to be increased during the holiday of Hanukkah.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Report: American forces simulated air attacks at Andersen Air Force Base and practiced deploying air-defense systems to the Pacific.
These Thanksgiving dinners are part of Nefesh B’Nefesh’s return to in-person events, helping Olim acclimate.
The Israeli government has informed the US that Israel won't be moving ahead with the construction of a much-needed neighborhood for Haredim (Ultra-Orthodox) in the Atarot section of northern Jerusalem.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Iranians are “very close” to nuclear breakout, says OC Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie • IAEA head says “no progress” was made on his trip to Tehran.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Alma Center: There is likely an organized division of responsibility between the US and Israel for attacking targets related to the activities of the Shi’ite axis headed by Iran in Syria.
By Alan Zeitlin
Vernikov, 37, a Jewish Ukrainian-American, told JNS of her victory in Brooklyn: "People were angry with what the Democrats are doing to this country. People were ready for a change. They believed I was that change.”
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who recently visited Israel on a J Street-sponsored trip, is leading an effort expressing “immense concern” over plans to build 3,400 new apartments.
The letter was written when Einstein was living in Princeton, New Jersey, several years after the Nazi rise to power and his decision never to return to Germany.
The role will not require Senate confirmation, allowing him to begin serving immediately as acting envoy until the Senate moves on the nomination of Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If we succeed, by early 2023, we will be able to say goodbye to the queues at the U.S. embassy.”
Riots and looting broke out around the country in response to the not guilty verdict.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“As the last living Nuremberg prosecutor and a man who spent more than 50 years prosecuting the most horrific war crimes, [Ben] Ferencz embodies the idea that while the work is not ours to finish, neither is it ours to neglect,” said Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 2021 Federalist Society conference and included remarks by Richard Goldberg, who drafted one of the first anti-BDS laws in 2015.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) said the proposal to reopen it would be “inconsistent” with the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995.
By Josh Hasten
“Countries have interests, they don’t necessarily have friends, and the Saudis have come to the conclusion that it is in their national interests to make peace with the Israelis,” said attorney Eric Levine, a participant and board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We continue consulting with Emirati officials to ensure unmistakable understanding with respect to obligations before, during and after delivery,” said Mira Resnick, a deputy U.S. assistant secretary of state.
“Give me an example of one Muslim state with possibly the exception of Morocco, where Jews and other religions live and prosper as minorities."
The funding works like a matching grant, covering costs of equipment but not the labor to install it.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“The exercise was another step in a collaboration between the IDF and MARCENT under the CENTCOM,” the IDF stated.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Projected to open by the third quarter of 2022, the facility can provide as many as 300 jobs.
Combining guided missiles with drone technology, UVision’s series of loitering munitions is being delivered to the U.S. Marines, the Indian military, and now, a new cooperation agreement is in place with a German defense company.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Frederick Barrett Sechreist of San Marcos, Texas, was seen on video carrying a gas canister outside of Congregation Beth Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Several U.S. allies, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, have already done so.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The [Biden] administration abstained on an issue of hate and bigotry,” said Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values. “This is not moral leadership.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The congressmen had just visited with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The American delegation observed a Home Front Command training site and held a workshop on how to process trauma cases.
Virginia Tech’s Graduate and Professional Student Senate members implement the academic boycott on campus and in their own classrooms.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi has arranged to take Linda Thomas-Greenfield on a tour of the country, especially to its borders.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price: “The delegation provided a verbal briefing on information that they had on certain groups. They provided written materials. We’ve provided those written materials to our counterparts in the administration.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The meeting comes after the leftwing lobby group has been shunned for years by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Marc Gronich
Goldstein said he hopes a new cannabis-growing plant on the horizon will be the beginning of a revitalized and brighter future for the town.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said Ben & Jerry’s decision violated his office’s policy against the BDS movement against Israel.
Watergen’s Mobile Box, which is capable of extracting clean water from the air, made its world debut on the Ford Ranger pick-up at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas last week.
By Marc Gronich
Hochul needs to cater to downstate interests on many issues. That moves her farther to the left but she can’t really ‘out-left’ Tish James.
"Those who float money to groups that are connected to terror must be held to account for the murder, misery, and suffering their funding has paid for."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A report said the drones and explosive warheads used in the attack were manufactured in Iran.
By Josh Hasten
Speaker after speaker at this year’s Republican Jewish Coalition accused the Biden administration of failing on many issues but especially on damaging the strong U.S.-Israel ties developed under the Trump administration, while also showing weakness against Iran as they pursue nuclear weapons.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
CSA is geared to promote the cooperation between the U.S. oil and gas industries and the pro-Israel community.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“Make no mistake about it, President Joe Biden has turned his back on Israel,” Pence told the Republican Jewish Coalition over the weekend.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
McKeon did not confirm if the Biden administration’s believe that Jerusalem should remain undivided.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Nonetheless, a convincing majority of Virginia's Jews voted Democratic.
By Ariel Kahana
The move ends a nearly 10-month period in which Washington had no official envoy in the Jewish state.
Rabbi Yudi Steiner, director of the Rohr Chabad Center at GW, said “what I’m hoping to do today is lead by example and model how I think the Jewish response, from Jewish students especially, should be, and that is what we will talk about the rally.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
James Vincent, 44, was found guilty on Wednesday of randomly attacking Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, 52, and shouting anti-Semitic slurs as he tried to strangle the victim.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A number of Democratic representatives have stated that they intend to act in the coming days and raise the issue with Biden in a number of ways, imploring him to reconsider the decision.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
During Communication Minister Yoaz Hendel's meeting with U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, he discussed the need for cooperation between regulators to effectively regulate social networks.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
“Instead of amplifying voices of coexistence trying to effect real change on the ground, those who support a boycott are only creating more division,” said Ari Ingel, director of Creative Community for Peace.
By Josh Hasten
“This is not what real friends do. If you are a real friend, you should respect your friend’s authority and sovereignty over its territory,” said Eytan Meir, head of the international division of Im Tirtzu.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), who backs the BDS movement, has long accused Israel of mistreating "Palestinian" children.
Weizmann Institute and NASA Researchers discover surprising parallel between Jupiter and Earth
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The center will be dedicated to the dissemination of his leadership lessons and values in classrooms, communities and through public discussion.
The increase is across denominational lines. This is also the first time since 2008 that there a “net enrollment increase” in non-Orthodox schools.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly told a tourist-industry gathering that Israel, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania are the four “candidates in the pipeline.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Biden administration said it is “engaging with our Israeli partners at very senior levels conveying this message.”
Civil rights group demands an investigation.
Wynton Marsalis said: “We are many, let us also be one, unified in our embrace of humanism, cultural excellence and democracy. Let us not be tribal.”
22 percent said they had changed their habits when it comes to going out.
A member of the anti-Semitic "Goyim Defense League" stood atop a highway overpass not too far from the Dell JCC, gave the Nazi salute and unfurled a banner that read “Vax the Jews.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
‘Jerusalem is Not Afghanistan’: New Coalition to Fight Opening US Consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinian Authority
“The New Jew” helps Israeli viewers explore the fundamental differences between Judaism in Israel versus Jewishness in the US.
The lower mortality risk after COVID-19 vaccination suggests substantial healthy vaccinee effects.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Thomas Nides cleared the second-to-last hurdle before being official.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Sunrise GW said that it does not support a “litmus test on Jewish students” to be part of its movement and is instead focused on “ending the era of fossil fuels, winning a Green New Deal and creating millions of good jobs in the process.”
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