Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Culture Georgetown Eyeing a Judaics Center in Bid To Boost Image
In an effort that could help burnish its spotty image in the Jewish community, Georgetown University, a prestigious Jesuit institution with a prominent center for Arab studies, is moving toward establishing a “Center for the Study of Jewish Civilization.” “We have internally — and making no announcement about it whatsoever — determined that we wish…
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News ADL Files Brief Opposing UMich’s Admissions Policy
With the Supreme Court set to take up the issue of affirmative action in university admissions for the first time in a quarter-century, the Anti-Defamation League appears to be the only major Jewish group to weigh in with a brief opposing the University of Michigan policies that are being challenged. “What we want is society…
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News Jewish Agencies Working Overtime For Newly Jobless
Victor Plotkin can’t remember a time when it was so difficult for him to find a job — not when he first came to the United States from Russia, and not when he switched fields from mining to technology. The 59-year-old resident of Castro Valley, Calif., a suburb of Oakland, has been out of work…
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News Groups Rap Feds Over Detention Of ‘Visitors’
Jewish groups led by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society are preparing a letter to President Bush to express misgivings about the detention last month of hundreds of Middle Eastern men in Southern California who reported to federal immigration offices to comply with a new post-September 11 visitor registration program. Three weeks after the temporary detentions…
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News Fund Fights Charge of Aiding ‘Deserters’
A left-leaning Jewish charity that funds two organizations supporting Israeli soldiers refusing to serve in the territories is fending off accusations from Israeli rightists that its contributions “finance desertion” from the Israeli army. The charity, the Philadelphia-based Shefa Fund, allows donors to earmark tax-deductible donations to two Israeli groups that back soldiers who refuse orders…
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