Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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News Hebron Rioters Inspired by Radical Settler Leaders
Jerusalem — To the Jewish West Bank settlers who attacked Palestinian people and property in Hebron this month, it was Operation Price Tag — an attempt to increase the price to the Israeli government of evacuating them from ground they view as sacred. To the prime minister of Israel, it was a “pogrom.” For all…
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News After Mumbai Attacks, Chabad Movement Grieves Around the World
Tel Aviv — Hours after news filtered out of Mumbai that Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were dead, 8,000 miles away at Chabad of Atlanta, Georgia, a congregant was called to the Torah to name his one-day-old daughter. It was obvious to him what she should be called — Rivka. Neither the father, Yaakov Citrin, nor…
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News Sand for Sale: An Unusual Solution to Theft in the Negev
Tel Aviv, Israel — Land disputes are nothing new in the Middle East, but the latest battles are over an unexpected part of Israel’s territory — its sand. In recent months, the Israel Land Administration, the government agency that owns most of the land in Israel, has become concerned about building contractors who have been…
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News As Israel’s Labor Party Declines, a Rival Emerges on the Left
Haifa, Israel — After 40 years as the voice of the left in Israel, the Labor Party appears to be losing its political heft, and many powerful politicians are now moving to form a replacement. Labor and its predecessor, Mapai, have been major forces throughout Israel’s history, either governing or leading the opposition in almost…
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News At UJC Assembly, Speeches About Iran and Fears About the Economy
Jerusalem — The 4,000 North American Jews who visited Jerusalem for United Jewish Communities’ General Assembly were treated to an all-star line up of speakers, including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, President Shimon Peres and the leaders of the country’s three main political parties. With little consensus among politicians as Israel gears up for elections,…
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News A (Limited) Promise of Marriage in Israel
Haifa, Israel — The promise of marriage may not be the most conventional commitment to make during an election, but Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has decided that it will prove a winning formula in Israel. The Kadima party leader has pledged that if she wins in the February general election, she will enable 350,000 citizens…
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News Olmert’s Longer Tenure Leaves Peace Process Further in Doubt
Haifa, Israel — During the majority of his political career in the Likud party, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was known as a hawk. After he joined the Kadima party, Olmert was said to be increasingly dovish. Today, he is referred to with a third avian metaphor: a lame duck. It has already been 12…
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News Another Crisis Over Funding Looms for Israeli Higher Education
Haifa, Israel — Presidents of all seven of Israel’s public universities have told students to stay at home on November 2, the first day of the 2008-2009 academic year. The leaders are vowing that there will be no classes or lectures during the first week of school, unless government funding for higher education is dramatically…
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