Obama wishes Israel happy ‘Yom Ha’atzmaut’
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
President Obama wished Israel a happy independence day in a statement that reiterated his commitment to the two-state solution.
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May 6, 2014
Iran on agenda for White House aide talks in Israel
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
National Security Adviser Susan Rice will travel to Israel on Wednesday and Thursday for meetings with Israeli officials in which nuclear talks with Iran will be on the agenda, the White House said on Tuesday.
School assignment in Rialto revised after ADL, Wiesenthal condemnation
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
An assignment for eighth-graders in the Rialto Unified School District asking them to use critical thinking skills to determine whether or not the Holocaust occurred has been revised following condemnation by the local branch of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance.
Gurlitt, reclusive German who hoarded Nazi-looted art, has died
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
The elderly German recluse whose Munich apartment contained a secret art hoard, including masterpieces looted by the Nazis from their Jewish owners in World War II, has died after a heart operation, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
Moribund to magical? Wizards broadcasters reveling in NBA team’s climb
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
Most fans of the usually dismal Washington Wizards would be thrilled to be taking in the team’s rare playoff run from a luxury suite.
Regrets? She’s had a few, Lewinsky says of Clinton scandal
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
Monica Lewinsky, the onetime White House intern whose 1990s affair with Bill Clinton nearly brought down his presidency, broke a long silence on Tuesday, saying she regretted what happened.
Pakistan’s failings to fight polio spark global emergency response
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
Pakistan\’s failure to stem the spread of polio triggered global emergency health measures on Monday, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommending all residents must show proof of vaccination before they can leave the country.
Peres: Netanyahu blocked Palestinian-Israeli framework agreement in 2011
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
Israeli President Shimon Peres said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2011 refrained from reaching an agreement with the Palestinian Authority on a framework for peace talks.
Now the Real Work Begins
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
After days of enduring endless airings of the most repulsively racist audio recordings in recent memory, most of us rejoiced when National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver swiftly delivered a lifetime ban upon Donald T. Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, from any contact with his own franchise.
L.A. Lone Soldiers honored by IDF
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May 6, 2014
“I look upon your glowing faces and your shining eyes, and I\’m as excited as you are,” Israeli President Shimon Peres told 120 members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on May 6, as they stood at attention on his back lawn.
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