Hundreds of physicians around the world, representing a wide variety of specialties as well as political leanings, are asking their colleagues to sign a petition, asking President Donald Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act with regard to Gilead Sciences.
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Any woman or girl enjoying the warm weather in the South Florida area is in for a treat come Thursday, February 20, or Sunday, the 23rd. On those dates at 7:30pm plus a matinee at 1pm on Sunday, Jewish Women’s Theater of South Florida (JWTSFL) will perform its original production of “It Takes a Woman: A Salute to the Women of Broadway,”
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Most Jews in the New York tri-state region think of Jackson Township, NJ, as only the bucolic home of the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park; but, for the past four years, it has been the focal point of a major controversy, centering on the town’s growing Orthodox community’s charges of antisemitism and discrimination at the hands of the local municipal government.
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If you grew up with images of “My Fair Lady” you’ll enjoy “Pygmalion,” the play on which “My Fair Lady”
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By Miriam Rosenbluth
With the memory of the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue still fresh and the heartbreaking murders in Jersey City still weeks away, at the end of November, Hillel, the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, partnered with the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to sponsor an inaugural meeting of ACT – Anti-Semitism on Campus Student Leadership Assembly.
read moreIsrael has the largest number of startups per capita in the world, earning it the nickname “Startup Nation”. With a population of around 8.5 million, Israel has around one startup per 1,400 people.
read moreFar left-wing J Street is convinced the Trump administration’s decision not to consider Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as illegal can be rescinded “by this administration or the next.”The organization is promoting a Congressional letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanding a reversal. Please, call your Congressmen and women and Senators and ask them to support the new policy as articulated by Mr. Pompeo.
read moreThe issue is not was there a quid pro quo between President Trump and Mr. Zelensky, but rather who was the beneficiary of the request. The obvious answer: American taxpayers who were being asked to give a great deal of money to Ukraine, a country riddled with charges of corruption and meddling in the 2016 US Presidential election.
read moreWhile one could argue that anyone, using the term “lynching” when the victim is not being murdered is engaging in objectionable hyperbole, it is very unfair to say it is objectionable because it is about race. While in the US, most lynching victims were African-Americans, a significant proportion were not. Leo Frank was an example of a Jewish victim of a lynching.
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“Variations” clever twist with at least two ways to serve the same ingredients in each recipe
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Parents—and children—who remember with nostalgic fondness the award-winning animated film, “The Swan Princess” are in for a treat.
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David Serero is a whirlwind, a force of nature whose good humor, generosity of spirit, Jewish sensibility, and inborn affinity for theatrical presentations combine to make all of his productions delightful recreations infused with new insights and charm. He should be declared a national Jewish treasure.
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The only way for Mr. Trump to avoid impeachment is for Republicans to regain control of the House and retain control of the Senate. If the Republicans regain the House, Ilhan Omar would no longer be on its Foreign Relations Committee.
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Actress Natalie Portman, believes herself competent to compare Anne’s experience during the Holocaust to that of an undocumented migrant hiding in the US fearing deportation. The analogy is specious.
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