President-elect Donald Trump, who frequently takes pride in his track record as a negotiator, this week named one of his campaign advisers on issues related to Israel as the incoming …
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By Elizabeth Kratz, JNS.org
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12/29/16
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Just two hours before Shabbos, President Obama made official his administrator’s betrayal of the Jewish state, thrusting a pale of uninvited gloom over Shabbos and the start of Chanukah by …
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By Ed Weintrob
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12/29/16
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Declaring that “this administration has been Israel’s greatest friend and supporter,” a combative Secretary of State John Kerry attacked Israeli policy on Wednesday.
In a lengthy …
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12/29/16
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Today, I want to share candid thoughts about an issue which for decades has animated the foreign policy dialogue here and around the world — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Throughout his …
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By Secretary of State John Kerry
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12/29/16
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a policy speech by Secretary of State John Kerry, saying the emphasis by the United Nations and the Obama administration on …
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By JTA
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12/29/16
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This is a transcription of Wednesday’s response by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech. The text of Kerry’s speech can be found at …
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By Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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12/29/16
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A chapter titled “The Menorah Wars” is at the center of a comprehensive history of the Chabad movement in the United States, “The Secret of Chabad: Inside the world’s most …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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12/27/16
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The annual Chanukah Telethon hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl of Chabad Mineola featured dancing rabbis, Lipa Schmeltzer, and talk about Long Island’s heroin epidemic.
The event, telecast …
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12/21/16
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This is the text of the statement by the Trump transition team announcing the selection of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel.
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday announced the …
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12/21/16
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A Jewish ambassador to Israel who is more sympathetic to Israel than to the Palestinians, and who will respect the wishes of the Israeli public and government? Shocking!
I’m not being …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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12/21/16
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