World News (Page 32)

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By , JTA World News Service   (JTA)—The Egyptian army removed President Mohamed Morsi from power amid mounting protests against the country’s first democratically elected leader. Several hours after the expiration of a 48-hour ultimatum by the military ordering Morsi to respond to the demands of thousands of protesters who haveContinue Reading

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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA)—It’s almost boilerplate: The American Jewish community asks a foreign leader with whom it has cultivated a close relationship to kindly tell firebrands in the leader’s government to pipe down and fall in with an established policy that happens to be embraced byContinue Reading

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By Jana Banin, JTA World News Service HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (JTA)—“World War Z” gives us the basics of a summer blockbuster—a star actor worth looking at (Brad Pitt) and a far-fetched action-packed plot (hero races to stop virus that is turning all of humanity into zombies). So can’t we all just buyContinue Reading

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By JTA News Desk, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—Andrew Pochter, the American student stabbed to death Friday during a protest in Egypt, was active in Hillel and motivated by a desire to encourage peace and democracy in the region. “He went to Egypt because he cared profoundly about theContinue Reading

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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — In his letter announcing he was stepping down as Yeshiva University’s chancellor and rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Norman Lamm acknowledged his failure to respond adequately to allegations of sexual abuse against Y.U. rabbis in the 1980s. Lamm, now 85, became theContinue Reading

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By Matt Robinson, JNS.org When fans picture Rick Moranis, the first things that probably come to mind are comedy and scenes from science fiction movies such as “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” “Ghostbusters,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” or “Spaceballs.” But Moranis’s latest project conjures up an image much closer to home.Continue Reading

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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA)—A slight bump up on affirmative action, a plunge on voting rights, and on gay marriage, the mountaintop: federal legitimacy. It’s been a week of roller-coaster highs and lows at the Supreme Court for liberal Jewish groups. Their collective pledge: Stick it out.Continue Reading

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By Sherif Elhelwa, The Media Line CAIRO, Egypt—Political satire apparently knows no borders, based on the recent appearance of Jon Stewart, host of America’s hit political satire program The Daily Show, on Egyptian television’s “Al Bernameg,” (The Program) that is frequently described as “the Egyptian Jon Stewart program.” Host Bassem YoussefContinue Reading

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By Ronen Shnidman, JNS.org JERUSALEM—Within the past year, three student-run legislative bodies at University of California (UC) state schools—UC Berkeley, UC Irvine and UC San Diego—passed resolutions urging divestment from Israel. These votes occurred amid allegations of the harassment of pro-Israel students on UC campuses. Yet at the same time, suchContinue Reading

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