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Liberal Churches Slam Israel
As Israel presses for more time to pursue its military campaigns against Hezbollah and Hamas, liberal American churches are pushing hard for a cease-fire and are criticizing Israeli actions in Lebanon and in Gaza. Late last week, officials representing some dozen mainline Protestant and other, mostly liberal denominations sent a pair of letters to President…
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Bush Backing Israel Despite Divisions
WASHINGTON — Despite mounting international criticism, growing divisions within Israel and sharp operational disappointments on the ground, Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon continues to enjoy unwavering support from the Bush administration and from traditional pro-Israel circles in Washington, including a wall-to-wall coalition of Jewish organizations. The administration’s firm support stems, officials say, from its perception…
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If I Forget You, O New Orleans
All those who loved New Orleans — residents who had the privilege of enjoying her gumbo of races and cultures, her architectural beauty and her joie de vivre, as well as those who made frequent pilgrimages to sample her charms — will complete their year of mourning in the coming weeks. A year of mourning…
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Rekindling the Romance
This summer, we’ll be visiting Bubbe in Newport, R.I., and my in-laws in Milwaukee. In Newport we will pick raspberries, scream in terror at lobsters, gaze in wonder at the surreal topiaries at Green Animals, ride the carousel at First Beach. In Milwaukee we will once again eyeball livestock at the Wisconsin State Fair, run…
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She Contained Multitudes
Ursula Merkin, a philanthropist who played a prominent role in various Jewish institutions, passed away on July 23. Her daughter, novelist and cultural critic Daphne Merkin, delivered the remarks below at a memorial service this week. My mother was one of the most vivid people I’ve ever met. She was full of contrary impulses, all…
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Foes Take Aim At McKinney In Surprise Georgia Race
A surprisingly close race involving one of the pro-Israel community’s least favorite lawmakers, Rep. Cynthia McKinney, is poised to become a Middle East proxy fight. McKinney, a left-wing Georgia Democrat with a long history of criticizing Israel, finds herself in an unexpected run-off election after failing to win a majority in her July 18 primary….
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Summer Storms Kill Two N.J. Teens, Michigan Camp Director
HACKENSACK, N.J. — The two teenagers were enjoying the long days of summer last Saturday, playing a casual, early-evening game of soccer with friends. But when a thunderstorm touched down July 22 on the elementary school field in Montvale, N.J., where Steven Fagan, 18, and Lee Weisbrod, 19, were playing soccer, a bolt of lightning…
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Victims Press Brooklyn D.A. To Seek Abuse Suspect’s Extradition From Israel
In the wake of new revelations about sexual abuse in the Orthodox community, pressure is mounting on the Brooklyn district attorney to seek the extradition of a man who fled to Israel after being indicted for sex offenses. Avrohom Mondrowitz was indicted in 1984 on four counts of sodomy and eight counts of sexual abuse…
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Rabbi Said To Drop Fight An Orthodox rabbi has dropped his legal fight to identify anonymous bloggers who wrote on their Web sites about his alleged sexual harassment of female congregants. Rabbi Mordecai Tendler, who was accused by at least nine women from his former congregation in New Hempstead, N.Y., of sexually propositioning them when…
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Study: U.S. Museums Lag on Art Info
On the eve of fresh congressional hearings about the return of artworks looted during the Nazi era, a new study indicates that American museums have lagged behind on commitments they made in the late 1990s to research and publicize potentially looted artworks. The study, conducted by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against…
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Opening of Archive Slower Than Expected
BAD AROLSEN, Germany – Behind the stone walls of a rectangular building in this picturesque town, which is famous for its baroque architecture, sits the world’s biggest archive of documents, photographs, maps and correspondence pertaining to the Nazi Holocaust. The entrance is emblazoned with a modest red cross. Inside these former SS barracks and a…
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