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“President Trump and Senator McConnell may be tempted to tell the Democratic states, like Illinois, to get lost. Mr. Stoll offers an alternative approach — using the sudden federal financial leverage “to demand policy reforms that would diminish the long-term structural dysfunctionality” of the mendicant states”

NEW YORK SUN State Bailouts: ‘Beyond Galling,’ ‘Shameless,’ Too Editorial Board April 20, 2020 The drama of profligate states using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to seek federal bailouts to paper over long-term mismanagement has finally found a Pavarotti … Continue reading

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Netanyahu announces easing of health restrictions

JERUSALEM POST Coronavirus: Regulations eased up, certain stores reallowed to open by Rossella Tercatin, Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman and Tzvi Joffre April 18, 2020 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday night a partial release of the restrictive measures imposed by the government … Continue reading

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“The prominence of Arabs in Israel’s health system reflects an effort by many to move into the mainstream, despite decades of discrimination and marginalization”

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR In Israeli war on coronavirus, Arab doctors rush to the front by Joshua Mitnick April 16, 2020 …Though Arab doctors, nurses, and pharmacists have over the past decade become a familiar presence at Israeli hospitals and state-supported … Continue reading

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A battle to acquire failing UK Jewish newspapers

TIMES OF ISRAEL Rival bids submitted for UK’s two bankrupt Jewish newspapers by Staff April 17, 2020 Rival bids have been submitted for Britain’s two major Jewish publications — the Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish News — which announced last … Continue reading

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“The fact that Biden would embrace J Street’s endorsement suggests he is pivoting to the left, not the center — at the cost of whatever pro-Israel views he once may have had”

BREITBART Joe Biden Celebrates Endorsement by J Street, Soros-backed Israel Critics by Joel B. Pollak April 17, 2020 J Street offered Biden its first-ever presidential endorsement, citing his opposition to Israeli settlements and his work in negotiating the Iran nuclear … Continue reading

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Democrats and Republicans join on pro Israel initiative

BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS Cruz Looks to Replace America’s Medical Reliance on China with Israel by David Sidman April 17, 2020 Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) are launching a bipartisan effort to ween the U.S off of medical … Continue reading

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“Daughter of Muriel and David Cohen, an American WWII veteran, says the couple chose not to be separated after her mom tested positive for virus: ‘They were always together’”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Jewish liberator of Nazi camp, wife of 78 years die hours apart by Associated Press April 16, 2020 A World War II veteran and his wife of nearly eight decades who had tested positive for COVID-19 died … Continue reading

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“Poland’s ruling party took a stand on Wednesday against a far-right push to stop the restitution of property owned by Jews and others before the Holocaust”

JERUSALEM POST Polish leaders block bill stopping restitution of property lost in Holocaust by Cnaan Lipshiz April 16, 2020 Poland’s ruling party took a stand on Wednesday against a far-right push to stop the restitution of property owned by Jews … Continue reading

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“Some 75% of the Baltimore area’s Jews – around 100,000 people – live in 21215 and four other contiguous ZIP Codes”

THE FORWARD Virus outbreak in black-Jewish Baltimore neighborhood leads to anti-Semitic blame game by Aiden Pink Apri 15, 2020 An African-American radio host’s public blaming of Jews for Baltimore’s coronavirus outbreak led to an accusation of anti-Semitism, particularly since data … Continue reading

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The Ancient Bond Between America and Israel

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