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Obama talks Palestine with Israeli students US President Barack Obama addressed Israeli students on the plight of Palestinians, and reaffirmed his unwavering support of Israel during his first official... By: AlJazeeraEnglish
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Israel under attack: two rockets fired from Gaza strike residential area in southern Israel By: JewishNewsOne
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Posted By richards on March 21, 2013
Passover
March 21, 2013
by Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Congressman from Florida's 20th congressional district
Every Passover, we gather with family and friends around the Seder table to read the inspiring foundational story of our peoples liberation from slavery in Egypt. We tell and retell this story every year, and millennia later it informs who we are. There are many ways in which Judaism speaks so strongly to the themes of service and justice, but to me, there is none stronger than our own experience: Once we were slaves in Egypt, and now we are free. Distilled in this line, the sentiment is clear. Our tradition and history compel us to give back to our society, make the world a better place, and ensure freedom for all.
This intimate connection between Judaism and social justice is why throughout American history the Jewish communityour communityhas been a vocal advocate for the values of freedom and equality that make the United States the great country that it is. As a Jewish woman and a member of the U.S. Congress, I strive to bring that connection to bear on my work every day. We are all obligated to make those connections in our own way.
This Passover, I am particularly focused on the rights of women and girls, both in our own backyard and around the world. The Talmud teaches that the optimism and initiative of Jewish women ensured our redemption from slavery in Egypt. And today, women are often still the catalysts for change and liberation; yet too many women around the world are still enslaved and oppressedincluding the victims of rape and violence, those who are denied an education and those coerced into sex trafficking.
The specter of violence against women looms large today. Millions of women in war-torn countries like Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda dont move freely from place to place for fear of being rapeda fear created and exacerbated by soldiers who purposefully and disgracefully turn womens bodies into casualties of war.
Denying girls the education they need undermines their freedom as well. Lets be clear: meaningful freedom for women and girls will never be possible without the ability to access education and the social tools necessary to build a fruitful life. But barriers to girls education are enormous worldwide. Women activists like the brave Mukhtar Mai of Pakistan receive death threats almost weekly for striving against the odds to educate young girls.
Sex trafficking is a global pandemic in parts of the world, and in Southeast Asia alone, 250,000 women are trafficked every year. Traffickers prey on women and their families who are vulnerable because they are forced to grapple with the grim daily realities of life in poverty. These women are bound by modern slaverytrafficked and abused, they languish without the freedoms and protections they deserve. Some are chained to beds, given just enough food and water to stay alive, and have no way to protect their own physical and sexual health. We must fight to liberate these women and girls from the shackles of bondageboth physical and figurativethat keep them from freedom. As Passover reminds us, we must not rest until these women too, are free.
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Posted By simmons on March 21, 2013
President Obama faces Heckler during Speech to The People of Israel President Obama #39;s address to the Israeli people at the Jersualem Convention Center, Mar. 21, 2013 President Barack Obama was interrupted Thursday by a heckle... By: YouHotNews
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Posted By richards on March 21, 2013
Tzipora S. secured her passport from Iran to Switzerland by miracle.
When I went to renew my passport and get a tourist visa to Switzerland, they asked me why I didnt bring my old one with me. I had gone to Israel before the revolution, Tzipora, who could not use her full name because of security reasons, said. I told the authorities someone must have taken it. But the truth is that I had burned my passport. They called my husband to come and substantiate the story.
Esther and Avraham S. sat there shaking, the authorities interrogating them. Then, by miracle, the man behind the counter became ill.
He had a terrible stomach ache, all of a sudden, Esther recalled. So he just signed the papers and let me go.
The plans were to travel to the United States and visit her sons, three of whom at the time were studying at Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Pikesville. Avraham was forced to stay behind; the Iranians were worried that Esther would not return and Avraham was her guarantor.
The year was 1985 or 1986.
Esther took her then 4 12-year old son with her and traveled to Switzerland, where she was told she would need to travel to Vienna, be recognized as an Iranian refugee and then make her way to the U.S.
Refugee. Refugee. Refugee.
Esther recalled that she did not like the word. She did not want to be a refugee.
I had my house, my car, a married daughter and my husband still in Iran, she said. But her husband and sons told her to stick to the mission.
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Posted By admin on March 21, 2013
Inside Story - Resetting the tone of US-Israeli relations? President Obama arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. It is his first foreign trip since he began his second term in office aAnd his first to Israel as the US pr..
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Posted By simmons on March 21, 2013
PROTESTER Interrupts Obama During Speech in Israel A protester interrupted Barack Obama today during his speech to university students in Israel. By: jim hoft
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Posted By simmons on March 21, 2013
Israel under rocket attack: Gaza rockets hit Sderot on Day Two of US President Obama #39;s visit 4 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza with 1 Kassam rocket hitting a residential courtyard in Sderot. US President Obama is currently in Israel and h..
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Posted By simmons on March 21, 2013
WOW! The Antichrist Barack Obama Just Spoke In Israel, Exposing His Real Identity to all the World.! http://youtu.be/oBuwQ1_P89w http://youtu.be/ekUzvLp8fps http://youtu.be/9hXN6Y49NcI ***I AM SORRY BUT AFTER TRYING IT FOR A MONTH I AM ONCE AGAIN FORCED TO D... By: dockidds
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Posted By simmons on March 21, 2013
Nice.
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