By Shoshana Bryen Second of two parts, click here for Part I WASHINGTON, D.C. –President Obama’s speech at West Point was a study in isolationism. There was a blueprint for ending our deployment in Iraq, leaving Afghanistan to Afghan security forces and pushing the Pakistani government to fight extremists. We will “surge” for 18 months […]
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Shoshana Bryen, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Jewish Federations of North America convened the JAFI-JDC Work group Monday to begin planning how to move toward reaching a new agreement on allocations for overseas needs with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). John Ruskay, Executive Vice President & CEO, UJA/Federation of
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Middle EastCHICAGO (Press Release) — New federal charges filed Monday allege that a Chicago man, who was arrested in October for planning terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper and two of its employees, also conducted extensive surveillance of targets in Mumbai for more than two years preceding the November 2008 terrorist attack on India’s largest city
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USAJERUSALEM (WJC)–European Union ambassadors have reportedly failed to agree on the wording of a proposal by the Swedish EU presidency to divide Jerusalem and make East Jerusalem the capital of a new Palestinian state. The foreign ministers of the 27 EU states were to meet on Tuesday to discuss and vote on the final wording
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Middle EastTEHRAN (WJC)–A spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said there would be no need for third-party mediation in the nuclear dispute, thus rejecting reports of Turkey assuming such a role. “The Iranian stance in the nuclear dispute is quite clear and there is no need for a third party to mediate,” Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –There is a military adage, “Don’t tell military people to ‘do’ something; tell them what you want done.” Give commanders a mission and they can tell you what resources, strategy and tactics they need to carry it out. The Obama Administration’s inability to formulate a coherent military mission in Afghanistan
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Shoshana Bryen, USASHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (Press Release) —Shoah by Arnold Reisman examines Turkey’s role in the Holocaust and compares it to that of the United States and the United Kingdom, in an effort to reveal that Turkey actually did significantly more than previously thought. The dark days of the Holocaust have been well-documented, but now in Shoah,
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)– At a time when the United States is looking to Egypt to play a critical role in bringing about a new era of reconciliation and partnership between the Muslim world and the West, an attitude of “business as usual” persists among Egyptian leaders toward the incessant drumbeat of anti-Semitism in the
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The New York Times has continued its intensive coverage of Afghanistan with a lengthy and detailed report on how the president came to his decisions about increasing the commitment of troops, along with a conception of withdrawal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/world/asia/06reconstruct.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=Afghanistan&st=cse In the nature of things, one cannot have total confidence in this report of
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Compiled by Gail Umeham ** Can A Nation Live By Hate? (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press January 22, 1954 Page 4 It has been a long time since we have read such a clear statement of what is ailing American Democracy as was stated by Archibald MacLeish at the Freedom Forum celebrating the 40th year of
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Adventures in SD History, Middle East, USABy Ronald S. Lauder One of the simplest ways to influence public opinion is to present a common enemy. Today, the favourite bogeyman in international affairs is the state of Israel. Israel-bashing is growing in popularity in many areas. At international sporting events, Israeli athletes are sometimes avoided, sometimes prevented from taking part by immigration
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Middle EastTEHRAN (WJC)–The head of Iran’s nuclear program, Ali Akbar Salehi, has said that his country needed 20 new industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities. The announcement came only days after the regime in Tehran approved a plan to build ten new enrichment plants. The IRNA news agency quoted Salehi as saying that Iran needed the sites to
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USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It qualifies as an important event in Jewish history: An international body stands by Israel in its life-and-death dispute with Iran. The governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency – described as the nuclear watchdog for the United Nations – censured Iran by demanding that its government freeze
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)—The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194) before the December break. “The timing for this vote is especially significant. After serious attempts by the United States and other world powers to engage Iran and
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