Was in the 80s. When a soviet Jewry Movement begins here in the United States. And the American Jewish Community Found itself in direct, direct defiance of the wishes of the Israeli Government that wanted the russians to go there. And the American Jewish community argued freedom of choice. On immigration. Of course once the russian jews arrive here in large numbers, they really dont want a lot to do with them and ill just end with an anecdote. I mentioned to my own synagogue board, maybe we should have an Outreach Program to russian jews in northeast philadelphia. And one member said out loud, why do we need to do that . I already have somebody to do my nails. Coming up tonight on American History tv, its the history of immigration. Starting at 8 00 p. M. , well show you a comparison of the roles of congress, states, and the president in developing immigration policy. Going all the way back to the colonial period. Then at 9 20 eastern, the origins of the 1882 chinese exclusion act and
Visits hiroshima next week. A new chapter. Taiwans first female president takes power as beijing ramps up pressure on her to recognize the onechina policy. Police in japans southern okinawa prefecture arrested an american who works on a u. S. Military base. Theyey say h he admdmitted to sg and strtrangling a japananese w who went missing three weeks ago. Kenneth franklin shinzato works on kadena air base. Information from the suspect led them to the body of Rina Shimabukuro lying by the side of the road. The suspect confessed to attacking the woman and abandoning her body. Sources close to the investigation say officers found the victims blood stains in his car. Residents have long complained about crimes committed by base personnel. More than 70 of u. S. Military facilities in japan are in the prefecture. Translator this is unforgivable. I am lost for words. Translator incidents like this will happen as long as we have the bases. Japans Prime Minister voiced his anger. Translator i de
Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening thanks for joining us. In philadelphia, pope francis is in the final hours of his first ever visit to the United States. At a seminary this morning, the pope met privately with five survivors of sexual abuse by priests and others. Francis apologized to victims, saying, in part, i am profoundly sorry that your innocence was violated by those who you trusted. For those who were abused by a member of the clergy, i am deeply sorry for the times when you or your family spoke out, to report the abuse, but you were not heard or believed. The pope la
Onehalf jointed to william c. Campbell and mura for their discoveries concerning therapy againstnfections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria. Omura and campbell discovered a new drug. Its derivatives radically lower the ips dense of river blindness and lymphatic. It is also effective against a growing number of other parasitic diseases. Two discovered a drug called artimicenin. It lowers mortality rates for malaria sufferers. Omura is the 23rd Nobel Prize Winner born in japan and the third japanese to win in the category of physiology or medicine after yamuraka won in 2012. Top officials are going down to the wire on a major trade deal. Gene otani joins us with more and a wrapup of the business headlines. Gene. James, thanks. Ministers from 12 countries including japan are negotiating to create one of the Worlds Largest regional trade zones. Theyve spent six days in atlanta trying to reach a broad agreem
[inaudible conversations] hello, everyone, welcome to the book store. Thank you for joining us tonight. Julie checkoway is the author of the memoir, little sister, searching for the shadow world of chinese people, and a collection of essays on fiction writing. Also the director of the documentary, leaning for hawk, which premiered at the tribeca film festival. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Salt Lake Tribune and the huffington post. She won an artist fellowship from the National Endowment for thard. Tonight tonight she is presenting the three year swim club. Please join me in welcoming julie checkoway. [applause] thank you so much. If youre in back and not shy and youd like to come up, feel free to come up closer. Want to thank the book for for having me and you coming out. Something brought you here, and ill be curious to know what that is when we get to questions and answers. Some are friends i know, and others are strangers to me, but i imagine that something about this