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(JTA) — An AEPi executive is leaving his position with a group whose political arm took part in the Jan. 6 pro-Donald Trump rally in Washington.
He will serve a full six-year term, while fellow incoming Sen. Raphael Warnock will be up for re-election in 2022.
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(JTA) — Jewish millennial Jon Ossoff became Sen. Jon Ossoff on Wednesday afternoon at a socially distanced swearing-in ceremony in the Senate chambers hours after Joe Biden was inaugurated as president.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Leaders across the globe welcomed the arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden and the end of the often confrontational presidency of Donald Trump, noting the world’s most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, a…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as 46th president of the United States, where he noted his decades-long friendship and urged him to work together on confronting the Iranian threat.
The center aims to “become a national leader in the exploration of Jewish music,” philanthropist Lowell Milken said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation's historic confluence of crises.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — His presidency over, Donald Trump bid farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted at a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter division in the country he led for four years.
While COVID-19 has the potential to evolve rapidly, “the good news is that it is very easy to create this vaccine,” said Tel Aviv University doctors in a webinar, adding that these inoculations are far more effective than flu vaccinations.
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OUDERKERK AAN DE AMSTEL, Netherlands (JTA) — Each year on the last Wednesday of June, dozens of people arrive by boat at the Jewish cemetery of this picturesque town near Amsterdam to commemorate their ancestors.
“I have never seen anything like this personally, and I have been in the business for 24 years,” said the manager of one Scottsdale cemetery.
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President Joe Biden's inaugural address Wednesday, as provided by CQ Transcripts:
Mountain Jews and city government representatives distributed food packages to family members and underserved senior citizens.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation's second-highest office.
(JTA) — The office of the president of Tunisia defended President Kais Saied against allegations that he had blamed Jews for recent unrest.
The first black U.S. representative elected from the Pacific Northwest—and one of the first Korean American women elected to Congress—notes that the Abraham Accords are “good for democracy” and “good for economies.”
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Among the Jews who did make the cut were several whose crimes affected Jewish communities.
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Joe Biden has selected former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to his former role, while also tapping Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health.
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U.S. Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken said the United States should not lift terrorism sanctions on Tehran or unfreeze its assets until and in order for the Islamic Republic to come to the negotiating table. Blinken also affirmed that Jerusalem is Israel's capital and the U.S. embassy will remain there.
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Jewish sages have guided the response to threats by undertaking the appropriate and responsible pragmatic efforts, and by turning to prayer.
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(JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisors, many of them Jewish.
Sella, a retired Israel Air Force officer, fled the U.S. in 1985 after Pollard was arrested and was charged in absentia on three counts of espionage.
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"I fear we are headed into a dangerous chapter with the Biden-Harris administration, working actively to undermine the national security gains made in the last four years," says Sen. Ted Cruz.
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The incident comes just days after Israeli warplanes struck Hamas “tunnel-digging workshops” in Gaza in response to a pair of rockets fired at Ashdod.
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Meanwhile, more than 25 percent of the population has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and more than 6 percent has been fully inoculated.
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“When parents don’t care about Israel, their children won’t either,” says the Zionist American philanthropist, who passed away on Jan 11.
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Jon Ossoff will be sworn in on the bible owned by the rabbi who was an ally to Martin Luther King.
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(JTA) — Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of state, said that the United States would seek to return to the Iran nuclear deal but would also consult with Israel on Iran policy.
Drs. Avital Beck and Hadas Shatz-Azouly—scientists, mothers, entrepreneurs and founders of the company MilkStrip—understand firsthand the challenges of owning a business while raising six and five children, respectively.
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — Any hope of an immediate confirmation for Alejandro Mayorkas, the Homeland Security secretary nominee, ended on Tuesday when Sen. Josh Hawley expressed concerns about Mayorkas’ answer to questions about border enforcement.
(JTA) — Among the flurry of actions Joe Biden plans to take on his very first day as president are several with special resonance for Jewish voters.
(JTA) – When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take office as U.S. president and vice president on Wednesday, they will be making history in all sorts of ways — including Jewish history.
(JTA) — When the Yiddish newspaper Der Blatt set out to explain how a massive wedding for the grandson of the Satmar grand rabbi took place despite pandemic limits on gatherings, it waited until after the event to reveal all the details.
(JTA) — For decades, Rabbi Zamir Isayev has prayed on Shabbat mornings for the government of his native Azerbaijan, a Muslim-majority nation situated northwest of Iran.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel of being “racist” for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories, despite the fact that the West Bank is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and the Gaza Strip is run by the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Hamas.
Eight pro-BDS activists were acquitted of hate crimes after having had the American Jewish musician Matisyahu canceled from performing at the 2015 Rototom Reggae Festival in Benicàssim.
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(JTA) — A Delaware rabbi blessed President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, before they leave the state to assume the presidency by citing this week’s Torah portion describing the Israelites’ flight from Egypt.
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The national commemoration committee of the Netherlands named as its keynote speaker a Muslim author who has called Gaza a “ghetto” and is accused of making anti-Semitic statements about Dutch Jews.
(JTA) — Max Rose, the outspoken Staten Island Jewish congressman defeated in his bid for reelection, appears headed to the Pentagon to be a top adviser on the coronavirus pandemic.
(JTA) — The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has partnered with the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, a center of Jewish thought and education in Israel and North America, on Identity/Crisis, a podcast about Jewish news and ideas.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 15: (L-R) Ken Kurson, Jared Kushner and Mark Rykken attend The New York Observer Celebrates Robert Kurson's New Book PIRATE HUNTERS at The Rusty Knot on June 15, 2015 in Ne…
People walk through the campus of the UCLA college in Westwood, California on March 6, 2020. - Three UCLA students are currently being tested for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) by the LA Departeme…
(JTA) — An AEPi executive is leaving his position with a group whose political arm took part in the Jan. 6 pro-Donald Trump rally in Washington.
(JTA) — Jewish millennial Jon Ossoff became Sen. Jon Ossoff on Wednesday afternoon at a socially distanced swearing-in ceremony in the Senate chambers hours after Joe Biden was inaugurated as president.
The center aims to “become a national leader in the exploration of Jewish music,” philanthropist Lowell Milken said.
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OUDERKERK AAN DE AMSTEL, Netherlands (JTA) — Each year on the last Wednesday of June, dozens of people arrive by boat at the Jewish cemetery of this picturesque town near Amsterdam to commemor…
A view of some of the graves at the Groman Eden Mortuary in Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, Calif.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
He will serve a full six-year term, while fellow incoming Sen. Raphael Warnock will be up for re-election in 2022.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as 46th president of the United States, where he noted his decades-long friendship and urged him to work together on confronting the Iranian threat.
While COVID-19 has the potential to evolve rapidly, “the good news is that it is very easy to create this vaccine,” said Tel Aviv University doctors in a webinar, adding that these inoculations are far more effective than flu vaccinations.
The post Israeli virus experts: ‘We may need vaccine updates every year or two’ appeared first on JNS.org.
Mountain Jews and city government representatives distributed food packages to family members and underserved senior citizens.
The post Azeri Jews pay tribute to victims of ‘Black January’ with charity event appeared first on JNS.org.
The first black U.S. representative elected from the Pacific Northwest—and one of the first Korean American women elected to Congress—notes that the Abraham Accords are “good for democracy” and “good for economies.”
The post Washington State’s Marilyn Strickland supports Mideast ally Israel, warns of Iran threat appeared first on JNS.org.
Joe Biden has selected former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to his former role, while also tapping Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health.
The post Biden taps two additional Jewish nominees to senior posts in intelligence, health appeared first on JNS.org.
U.S. Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken said the United States should not lift terrorism sanctions on Tehran or unfreeze its assets until and in order for the Islamic Republic to come to the negotiating table. Blinken also affirmed that Jerusalem is Israel's capital and the U.S. embassy will remain there.
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