Posts Tagged: Cuba
Team Israel’s Improbable World Baseball Classic Run Comes to End With 8-3 Loss to Japan in Tokyo
Team Israel’s improbable run through the World Baseball Classic came to an end on Wednesday with an 8-3 loss to heavily-favored Japan at the Tokyo...
Alan Dershowitz: Cuba, 60 Years Later
I finally made it to Cuba -- nearly 60 years after first trying. It was Christmas vacation during my senior year at Brooklyn College. Five members...
Team Israel Suffers First Loss at World Baseball Classic, Likely Needs Win Over Japan on Wednesday to Advance to Championship Round
Team Israel, the Cinderella story of the 2017 World Baseball Classic so far, suffered its first loss of the tournament on Monday, falling 12-2 to...
Venezuelan Dissident: Trump Administration Should Punish Maduro Regime for Nefarious Activities, Including Iran and Hezbollah Ties That Directly Threaten US Security
The Trump administration should make the Nicolas Maduro regime pay a price for its nefarious activities -- particularly its ties with Iran and Hezbollah --...
What World Leaders’ Reactions to Castro’s Death Reveal
Not known for mincing words, US President-elect Donald Trump responded to the news of Fidel Castro's death on Saturday by calling Cuba's former leader "a...
Alan Gross: I’m Grateful for ‘Kehila Insurance’
Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on my years of captivity in Cuba, I’m starting to feel settled into my new life in freedom...
Iranian President Heads for Venezuela, Cuba Ahead of UN General Assembly
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani set off Friday for a tour of Venezuela and Cuba before heading to New York for next week's UN General Assembly, official...
Cuban-Jewish Women ‘Lit Up Their Souls’ in Israel
JNS.org - Dr. Sara Bedoya was raised in a small Cuban town. She was a member of the town’s only Jewish family. Though she knew of...
Will Cuba Recognize Israel?
Cuba and the United States have been enemies for a long time. Now they have recognized each other. The Cold War is pretty much over,...
Little Left of Cuban Jewry’s Rich Past
JNS.org - The new U.S. policy of rapprochement with Cuba, which was accompanied by the celebrated release of imprisoned Jewish aid worker Alan Gross,...
Free at Last: Jewish Leader Welcomes Release of Jewish Contractor Alan Gross in Cuban-American Prisoner Exchange
American -Jewish aid worker Alan Gross has been released from Cuban prison after serving a five year sentence. Gross was freed in exchange for the...
Canada FM: UN Special Rapporteur Candidate’s Comments on Israel Show ‘Abysmal Judgment’
Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird on Thursday said he was "concerned" over the leading candidacy of Turkish lawyer Hilal Elver for UN Special Rapporteur for...
Wrong on Both Counts: Academic Boycotts and Israel
Statements rejecting calls for an academic boycott of Israel, such as that recently resolved by the academic American Studies Association, generally resort fully only to...
Alan Gross, Jewish Contractor Held by Cuba, Asks Obama for Help
JNS.org - Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year prison term in Cuba for helping the Cuban Jewish community access the Internet while he was...
