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Meretz Lauds a Music Master
“My commitment to Meretz and the peace movement has always been intricately and indissolubly connected to my belief in an Israel that is not only secure in life and limb but anchored in moral rectitude,” stated a white-bearded, prophetic-looking Theodore Bikel, honoree at Meretz USA’s festive dinner January 9 at New York’s B.B. King Blues…
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Jewish Organizations Plan a Big Push Against Genocide in Darfur
Jolted by the tepid response to the genocide in Darfur, Jewish communal organizations are mobilizing at an unprecedented level for an issue that might appear tangential to Jewish concerns. National and local Jewish organizations are gearing up for a rally to be held April 30 in Washington under the aegis of the Save Darfur Coalition,…
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Jewish Legislators Build International Network
JERUSALEM — “I’ve been coming to Israel every year since 1983,” said Rep. Gary Ackerman, a New York Democrat, “and every time, people say, ‘You’ve come at an interesting time.’” That was never truer than this year. Ackerman came here last week to take part in the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, a loose association…
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Hebron Declared Closed Area As Settlers Clash With Troops
TEL AVIV — Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, seemingly determined to dispel doubts about his ability to take up the leadership mantle of Ariel Sharon, vowed this week to act firmly against violence by West Bank settlers and to evacuate illegal squatters. His comments came shortly after the army took the unprecedented step of imposing…
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Israel’s ‘Mystical City’ Opens Its Doors to Outsiders
The bus ride from Jerusalem to Tsfat takes three hours… but it can be a long three hours. On my most recent trip to the mystical city — a former backwater that, in the 16th century, became the most important center for Kabbalah in the world — I was stuck in the back of the…
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THROW THIS OUT
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THROW THIS OUT
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