National

Presbyterians Debate Divestment

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Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Washington Proponents of using economic pressure to force Israel out of the West Bank may have lost a key battle last week -- by a hair's breadth -- but they have no intention of giving up. That's the message from backers of a divestment motion at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), which on July 5 rejected a...

Health

Will Healthy Debate Continue?

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Bryan Schwartzman

Audrey Ross breathed a huge sigh of relief when she heard that the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld President Barack Obama's health care law last week. The 32-year-old works for a Center City nonprofit, suffers from diabetes and has faced anxiety over the prospect of losing her insurance. "I think health coverage is an absolute right. I also think it...

National

'Mein Kampf' Debate

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Toby Axelrod , Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Berlin Does Mein Kampf belong in the German high schools? With Adolf Hitler's book due to come out of wraps here in 2015, freed after decades under copyright protection that prevented its publication in Germany, it's a question that is being debated in classrooms and on German TV talk shows. Hitler wrote his rant against Jews and communists while in...

National

Swastika Banner Riles Beachgoers

By:

Deborah Hirsch

Despite purportedly good intentions, a banner bearing a swastika embedded in a star of David that was flown along the New Jersey and New York shore Saturday ignited a hailstorm of criticism. According to proswastika.org , the web address listed on the banner next to a swastika, peace sign and heart symbol, the action was intended to commemorate a third...

National

Brotherhood Upends Mubarak Legacy

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Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

June 27, 2012 - Washington · Analysis Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi is the declared winner of Egypt's presidential race and his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, reportedly continues to lie near death in a coma -- just like the legacy he tried to craft for himself and his country. For his part, Mubarak once wielded the type of power that ultimately...