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NEW YORK (Press Release)–B’nai B’rith International is troubled by recommended cuts to South Carolina’s Holocaust education program.”Holocaust education teaches valuable lessons about the past that can be applied to the future,” B’nai B’rith International President Dennis W. Glick said. “It is necessary to educate our youth about the atrocities of the Holocaust to ensure such […]

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (WJC)–The Palestinian Authority has settled a lawsuit brought in  Rhode Island over the killing of an American couple in Israel by Hamas gunmen in 1996. However, the court papers do not reveal the terms of the settlement, and it is unclear how much, if any, money the Palestinian Authority offered to resolve

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday hailed the adoption of a strong and inclusive anti-bullying and cyberbullying resolution by the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates. The League provided expertise as the resolution and accompanying comprehensive report were crafted and discussed at the ABA’s mid-year meeting in Atlanta. “We are delighted

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) – Michael P.S. Scanlon, 40, a business partner of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to 20 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging public corruption and fraud conspiracy, announced the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the FBI. Scanlon also was ordered

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Rep. Ted Deutch released the following statement regarding widespread reporting regarding Deutsche Boerse’s posible merger with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Euronext) and the possibility that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) name could be changed now or at any point in the future. “The ultimate merits of this potential merger

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A federal jury in the District of Columbia on Thursday convicted a former staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives on corruption charges relating to his acceptance of an all-expenses paid trip to Game One of the 2003 World Series , announced the Criminal Division and the FBI. Fraser C. Verrusio, 41,

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California) announced his selection as the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade to be chaired by Congressman Ed Royce (R-California). “I am honored to be selected by my colleagues to once again serve as the lead Democrat on the House Foreign

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jane Harman (D-California) announced on Tuesday that she plans to resign her congressional seat to become the head of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,Washington, D.C.   President Barack Obama responded: “Through nearly two decades in Congress, Jane Harman has been a champion of our national security, from standing up for

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) praises the Office of the District Attorney in Orange County, Californai,  for criminally charging the 11 students who deliberately and repeatedly disrupted a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) on February 8, 2010.  The 11 students – eight from UCI,

BOCA RATON, Florida (WJC)–Holocaust survivors are set to picket a golf tournament in Florida sponsored by the German insurance company Allianz, which the protestors claim still owes an estimated US$ 2 billion in unpaid claims to survivors. They plan to block the Boca Raton course of the US$ 1.8 million Allianz Championship and to return

  IRVINE, California — The decision of the Orange County district attorney to prosecute students who disrupted a speech by Israel’s Ambassador Michael Oren on the University of California at Irvine campus has drawn protests from a variety of groups.  Lest anyone forget what happened during the speech, StandWithUs, an Israel advocacy group, prepared a

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–“We deplore the blatant anti-Jewish discrimination that occurred at the anti-Zionist event ‘Never Again for Anyone’ on the Rutgers University campus on Saturday night, January 30,” said StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein. “Apparently the organizers are afraid of anyone who might expose their lies and prejudice. We hope Rutgers University will investigate and