Cailin Acosta

JNF-USA to Host World’s Largest Virtual Tour of Israel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) has announced that hundreds of international “passengers” have registered to attend the world’s most immersive virtual tour of Israel as part of the organization’s complimentary four-day national conference taking place October 10-14, 2021. Featured in national travel publications including National Geographic, JNF-USA is unparalleled when it […]

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Middle East, USA

Negotiations with Germany Result in First-Ever Pensions For 6,500 Holocaust Survivors 

NEW YORK (Press Release) — On Wednesday, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced that, in an important achievement for survivors, first-time pensions have been allotted for Holocaust survivors who survived the Leningrad Siege as well as survivors who were in hiding in France and those who survived persecution in Romania,

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International

US Supreme Court to hear case involving California family’s Nazi-looted painting

Published by The San Diego Union-Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case involving a La Mesa, California, family’s 20-year effort to reclaim a French Impressionist painting looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust and now hanging in a Spanish museum. Camille Pissarro’s 1897 work, “Rue Saint-Honoré, Afternoon Effect,” is worth by

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San Diego County

Gaza Seaport in Sinai Could Boost Strip’s Economy, Preserve Israel’s Security

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) When Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid recently floated his new two-stage plan for developing the Gaza Strip earlier this month, a clause in the plan sounded all too familiar to Asaf Ashar, an emeritus research professor at the National Ports and Waterways Institute USA with 40 years of worldwide experience in

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Middle East

Iran starts military exercises at border with Azerbaijan

Published by DPA Army ground troops have begun a military manoeuvre in north-western Iran, despite criticism from neighbouring Azerbaijan. According to the Tasnim news agency on Friday, several military exercises are to be completed. The exact location of the manoeuvre was not officially named at first. In the past few days, there had been reports

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Middle East

Why Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism are Inextricably Linked

By Jay Ruderman (JNS) For centuries, Jews have debated who belongs to our community. While embracing a more inclusive Jewish world is an important and worthwhile conversation, more immediately, our efforts should be focused on the current existential threat facing our community: antisemitism. This debate is, ironically, driving Jews further apart, undermining the legitimacy of

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Middle East, USA

74 Jewish and Education Groups Demand Newsom Veto Ethnic Studies Requirement Bill

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Seventy-four religious, civil rights and education organizations today urged Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB 101, a bill mandating an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement. The California legislature recently voted to advance AB 101, and the bill is now on the desk of the Governor, who has until Oct. 10 to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Mahmoud Abbas UN Speech is All Bark and No Bite

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Peace be upon you.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas uttered these hospitable words to conclude a hostile speech against his usual suspect, namely Israel, in a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly. If Abbas means what he says, which we can rarely count on, Israel and the Palestinians

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Bruce Ticker, International, Middle East

Israel’s foreign minister in Bahrain for historic visit

Published by DPA Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived on Thursday in Bahrain, marking the first official visit by an Israeli minister since the two countries established ties last year. The Israeli official was welcomed by his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif al-Zayani. “We arrived in Bahrain. Very proud to repre sent Israel on the first official

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Middle East